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WEEHAWKEN, NJ–It is condo-construction time again, at least at Port Imperial. Lennar Urban tells GlobeSt.com that it will break ground next week on a new 74-unit building with million-dollar-plus units because buyer interest is rising again – particularly among foreign buyers.
Lennar is currently at work on a 36-unit addition to the sprawling Port Imperial complex on the Hudson River, at its Henley on Hudson community. “We just topped out that building, and we’ve already sold 25 of the one-, two-, and three-bedroom units at an average price over $1 million,” says division president Craig Klingensmith.
When the Henley building opens next year, it will be the first new condo offering at Port Imperial since 2010. The overall condo market, which had sagged to nearly nil in New Jersey for a couple of years, has “good days and bad days,” says Klingensmith. “It is lumpy, with people still sitting on the sidelines.”
But he said international buyers are bringing fresh dynamism to the market throughout the New York metropolitan area as of late. “That’s really what is driving sales at Henley,” he says. “There is an influx of buyers from Russia, China, India, with strong appetite for for-sale product.”
The new building, for which ground will be broken Aug. 14, is to be known as 1000 Avenue at Port Imperial. It will be the first of five buildings Lennar Urban plans to put up directly at riverside comprising “The Avenue Collection.” The five-building community will have a total of 669 condos.
While the Henley condos will open by spring of next year, 1000 Avenue is scheduled for occupancy in the fall of 2014, according to Klingensmith. The seven-story Avenue building, designed with a modern glass fa
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