The Beacon (Jersey City)
Jersey City Medical Center | |
The Beacon in 2020 | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by Montgomery Street, Cornelison Avenue, Dupont Street and Clifton Place, and Baldwin Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′20″N 74°3′51″W / 40.72222°N 74.06417°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003057 |
| NJRHP No. | 1515 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 27, 1985 |
| Designated NJRHP | March 19, 1985 |
The Beacon is a mixed-use development located on a 14-acre (57,000 m2) site on Bergen Hill, a crest of the Hudson Palisades and one of the highest geographical points in Jersey City, Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The Beacon, which occupies the Jersey City Medical Center's rehabilitated original complex, creates the northeastern corner of the Bergen-Lafayette section and is just east of McGinley Square. The Beacon includes 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2) of residential and retail space, approximately 1,200 luxury residences and 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of retail space.
Jersey City Medical Center moved to the site in 1882, and the complex was expanded in stages through the mid-20th century. Metrovest Equities was designated the redeveloper of the property in the first decade of the 21st century. The redevelopment stalled after a down-turn in the market, but was completed by April 2016.
The complex is listed on the national and New Jersey registers of historic places.