Building Up Jersey City & Hoboken Conference
Wed Mar 11, 2026
Building Up Jersey City & Hoboken Conference
Exploring how planning, development, and capital are transforming the Hudson waterfront
$139.00
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Event Host
Waterfront Corporate Center II-121 River Street
Developed by SJP Properties, Waterfront Corporate Center in Hoboken is 1.5 million SF of mixed-use buildings combining retail and headquarters quality office space with views of the New York City skyline. The success of the entire Waterfront Corporate Center development has brought numerous global corporations to the Hoboken community including Walmart, Newell, EY, Unilever and Marsh & McLennan. The property is located immediately adjacent to the Hoboken Transit Terminal which includes NJ Transit, PATH, NY Waterway, bus and light rail access. With nearly 50,000 people commuting through the terminal each day, combined with over 2,500 employees within the complex, Waterfront Corporate Center is an ideal retail location.
Speakers and Panels
Site Selection, Permitting & Approvals on the Waterfront
Aligning site strategy, entitlement timelines and community priorities in Jersey City and Hoboken’s most constrained corridors.
Christopher Brown
Multifamily & Mixed‑Use Investment & Development
Evaluating demand, deal structure and capital appetite for multifamily and mixed-use projects across the Hudson.
Jason Bonnet
Russell Tepper
Michelle Mumoli
Why You Should Attend This 2026 New Jersey Waterfront Summit
What You'll Learn:
- How are global supply chain disruptions, rising material costs, and labor shifts influencing the feasibility of large scale development, and how are builders and investors adapting?
- How are mixed use developments redefining growth and neighborhood identity across Northern New Jersey’s most active submarkets?
- How are lenders, equity partners, and other capital sources viewing the investment landscape in Jersey City and Hoboken?
- How are major capital flows shifting in the multifamily and mixed use sector, and what does that mean for deal structure, sizing, and return expectations?
- How are developers, builders, and architects innovating to create more livable, walkable, and community oriented multifamily projects along the waterfront?
- How are current supply and demand dynamics influencing land values, multifamily leasing, and long term investor confidence in these markets?
- What tailwinds are driving growth in multifamily and mixed use development, and how are they shaping the future of New Jersey’s waterfront communities?
- What does the permitting and approvals process look like along the waterfront, and how are developers building flexibility and contingency into their site strategies?
How you'll do more business:
Hear from developers, owners, investors, brokers, lenders, city officials, architects, engineers and contractors on the future of multifamily, mixed-use development and investment activity in Hoboken and Jersey City.
Who attends:
Network with a diverse group of industry leaders, including developers, financiers, urban planners, policymakers, and real estate experts. This event is a melting pot of ideas and strategies, fostering connections and collaborations in the New Jersey real estate market.
Why should you attend:
Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network, and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us.
For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our Northeast Event Producer, at joshua.piquion@bisnow.com.
To request disability-related accommodations, please contact mackenzie.kunkle@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Agenda
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8:30 AM 9:30 AM |
Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
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9:30 AM 10:15 AM |
Site Selection, Permitting & Approvals on the Waterfront
1.) What permitting pathways and municipal approval timelines look like in Jersey City and Hoboken, and how to build them into your deal schedule.
2.)Learn how to position community benefits, open space and ground-floor programming to strengthen approvals and project value. |
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10:15 AM 11:00 AM |
Multifamily & Mixed‑Use Investment & Development
1.) Learn how capital providers are viewing Jersey City and Hoboken, and how that perspective is shaping deal structure, pricing and return hurdles.
2.) See how supply and demand dynamics are influencing land values, lease-up assumptions and long-term rent growth expectations. |
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11:00 AM 11:30 AM |
Post Event Networking
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CURRENT EVENTS, ARTICLES, NEWS, PROJECTS
- $384 Million in Financing Secured for Jersey City’s Harborside 8
- Developer Proposes Supertall Mixed-Use Tower in Jersey City
- Steven Fulop Reflects On Policies Behind Historic Development Boom
- Esen Development Set $1.5B Jersey City Waterfront Development
- Jersey City Advances Two-Tower, 1,000-Unit Plan at 660 Grove Street
- Hoboken advances North End redevelopment with 729 homes
- Hoboken Urby Breaks Ground Near Lackawanna Terminal, Expected to Open in Summer 2027
- Unilever debuts 111,000 sq. ft. U.S. headquarters at SJP building in Hoboken
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