Planning Board to Discuss Uptown Monarch Project

The Hoboken Planning Board on Tuesday night will hold its first public meeting to discuss the Monarch Project, an often criticized plan that would add two 11-story buildings to an uptown pier. 

The Hudson County Planning Board didn't approve the proposal in February. 

The Department of Environmental Protection, however, did Shipyard Associates the permits necessary to move forward with the development. 

In March, , to add more open space to the plan. 

The developer first entered into an agreement with the city in 1997, to construct 1,160 residential units, according to the city's release on the matter. The proposed project would also include "commercial and retail use (63,200 square feet), approximately 1,460 parking spaces, open space, recreational use and various streets as part of a Planned Unit Development," according to the city. 

At 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, at the Wallace School at 1100 Willow Avenue, the Hoboken Planning Board will hold its first meeting about this project.