The Modern is a residential

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complex in

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near

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at the western end of the

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(GWB) on the

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. Situated atop the

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, the twin towers provide panoramic views of the

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, the

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, the GWB, and surrounding suburbs. The architectural firm of

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designed the buildings, one of the world's tallest twin-tower projects. Construction began in 2014 and was completed in 2018. The towers are and 47 stories tall. It received a 2018 New Jersey Chapter of the

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Merit Award and an honorable mention in the 2019 Architecture MasterPrize. The towers are part of a larger

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project for the long vacant parcel, where film studios were located when Fort Lee was the home

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. The

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was built adjacent to the towers. An adjacent project called Hudson Lights includes retail, hotel and office space, including a three-screen movie theater. The site on which the Modern (east parcel) and Hudson Lights (west parcel) are built had been undeveloped for close to 47 years. Civic leaders in Ft. Lee had sought to develop the vacant, 16-acre site since the 1970s, two attempts to put together a project failed in between 1970 and 1980, and in 2008, a $1 billion development project by Centuria Corp., which then owned the site, fell through. There was a controversy in which developers had tried to bribe Fort Lee's mayor via an organized crime representative. The mayor reported the incident, wore a wire, and exposed the attempt, as documented in the 1976 book ''The Bribe''.

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acquired the site, but construction plans never materialized.

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later owned the parcels, but the intended project was not constructed. Town and Country Developers bought the tract from his estate in 2005. Eventually, SJP and Tucker Development acquired the two sites. In 2016 an agreement was made with the town that The Modern and Hudson Lights would make

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(PILOT). Developers of the project, SJP Properties, are funding the construction of new sewer lines to the town to accommodate the new residents created by the development. An approximately area between the buildings was deeded back to the borough for use as public park. It does not include units which contribute to the boroughs affordable state required housing stock. The borough also anticipated traffic issues and a larger school population due to the new residents. The project contains 75,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities: an infinity pool, barbecue stations, basketball and volleyball courts, a lawn with an outdoor jumbotron, a screening room, a residents lounge, a business center, a spa/sauna, a fitness center, indoor and outdoor children's play areas, a covered dog walk and pet spa, a golf simulation room and a karaoke/gaming room.

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2015 establishments in New Jersey

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