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By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal

Jersey City's skyline will see the addition of three new towers, with the Planning Board approving site plans for a two-tower project in Journal Square and a 53-story tower on Columbus Drive near the waterfront.

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The $364 million Columbus Drive project will house 750 units, with 5 percent set aside as affordable housing. It will also include a new school that will be given to the public-school district when it is completed. The plans were approved by the Planning Board on July 18.

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Construction on the tower is expected to begin in the winter. It will rise on the site of the parking lot adjacent to Paulus Hook Towers.

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The board approved plans for the two-tower 808 Pavonia Ave. project on June 27. The project is slated for a lot behind the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre.

The towers, one 51 stories and the other 57, will house a total of 1,189 residential units and include 7,300 square feet of retail space plus a theater, art gallery and a reimagined pedestrian walkway leading to Kennedy Boulevard.

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Construction on the first, 51-story tower is expected to start in the next two to three years.

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Approval of the site plans for the second VYV tower -- the new tower is pictured above on the right -- were postponed until the Planning Board's Aug. 15 meeting.

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The first tower, seen above on the left and located on the Metro Plaza site, will open to residents soon.

Terrence T. McDonald may be reached at tmcdonald@jjournal.com. Follow him on Twitter @terrencemcd. Find The Jersey Journal on Facebook.