HWKN has shared photos of its latest addition to the skyline of Jersey City, New Jersey, called 351 Marin. The building, designed in partnership with executive architect HLW, topped out last fall and has recently achieved full tenancy, something developers KRE Group shares is a bellwether for increased demands for an “elevated lifestyle experience” in the city’s luxury real estate market post-Covid. 

Located in the burgeoning Powerhouse Arts District and featuring an angled base with a reinforced concrete superstructure, the 38-story residential tower begins as an anchor to a disused plot of land by extending its lobby into the 4,500-square-foot plaza area now redefined as a “sociable space” by its designers.

This creates a geometrically-dynamic public area that features a cafe, stepped concrete seating, and vertical sightlines framed by the darkness of the protruding rhombus-shaped surface above. Black exterior ventilation grilles add to the overall aesthetic quality. As the inscription on the facade reads, the building is “impressive from every angle.” 

Per the HWKN team: “This transformation continues with the pavilion that HWKN has attached to the building’s signature base. With a pitched roof that compliments the tower’s columns, the Pavilion establishes yet another lively area.” The firm extends this sense of sociable space into the lobby, choosing similar furnishings and palette — polished concrete, natural stone, and wood — as that in the pavilion.

Once inside, the building includes amenities like a gym, 37th-floor sky lounge, penthouses, patios, and a tiered theater feature. 

At the building’s crown, a geometric roof compliments the overall design, column alignment, and fenestration. The entire development includes a total of 507 one- and two-bedroom apartment units and another 8,000 square feet of commercial space. It was developed alongside New Jersey’s KRE Group, which also previously partnered with the firm on the nearby 485 Marin, and took approximately two years to construct.