Grove Pointe Guide: 102 Christopher Columbus Drive Condos at the Grove Street PATH
102 Christopher Columbus Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07302. Sixty-seven condominiums at the Grove Street PATH plaza, in the complex that anchors downtown’s busiest corner.
Grove Pointe is the shortest commute in Downtown Jersey City, full stop: the complex rises directly beside the Grove Street PATH station and the Newark Avenue pedestrian plaza, where the crossroads of Grove, Newark, Columbus, and Marin meet. What most shoppers miss is that it is really two properties: a 29-story rental tower at 100 Christopher Columbus Drive and a separate condominium portion of 67 homes at 102 Christopher Columbus Drive. The condo side gives an owner the location and the amenity program without the tower’s turnover, and because only 67 homes exist, they trade less often than the address’s profile suggests.
Building facts
| Address | 102 Christopher Columbus Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (the condominium portion; the rental tower is 100 Christopher Columbus Drive) |
|---|---|
| Completed | 2007 |
| Developer | Kushner Real Estate Group (KRE); designed by DeWitt Tishman Architects |
| Height and homes | 67 condominiums in the 11-story portion of a 525-unit complex whose rental tower runs 29 stories |
| Residences | One and two bedroom layouts on the condo side, marketed from the start on generous dimensions |
| Ownership | Condominium at 102 Columbus. The building appears in Jersey City’s long-term tax exemption schedules, so homes are generally billed under a PILOT arrangement whose term is not publicly documented; a displayed tax figure may not represent the full carrying cost where a separately billed service charge applies, so confirm dues and the all-in number for the specific unit |
| Parking | Enclosed 535-space garage across six levels serves the complex; confirm the parking arrangement offered with the specific condo |
| Amenities | 24-hour attended lobby, outdoor pool, rooftop garden, fitness center with yoga studio, billiards room, residents’ lounge with prep kitchen, children’s playroom, landscaped courtyard, and package service |
| Getting to Manhattan | The Grove Street PATH is directly at the complex, with service to the World Trade Center and 33rd Street; roughly 20,000 sq ft of retail sits at the base |
What Grove Pointe is like to live in
The center of everything, which cuts both ways. Restaurant Row on Newark Avenue begins at the plaza outside the lobby, the farmers market sets up at the station, and the commute is an elevator ride and a turnstile. The amenity program runs deeper than most 2007 buildings, with the pool and roof garden earning their keep all summer. The trade is energy: this is downtown’s busiest corner, so the right home here depends on exposure, floor, and your own tolerance for street life below. Depending on the residence, you face the plaza activity or the quieter interior courtyard.
The homes that set the price
On the condo side, the separators are exposure and outdoor access more than floor count, since the condominium portion sits below the rental tower’s heights. Courtyard-facing homes trade on quiet; plaza-facing homes trade on light and the view of downtown’s main stage. Parking arrangements vary and belong in the price conversation, and because the rental tower next door offers a constant alternative, condo pricing here has to respect what renting the same lifestyle costs; the ownership case is strongest for buyers planning to stay, not to flip.
Sales context
I price Grove Pointe from downtown’s core closed history: the Grove Street corridor’s condos, Hamilton Square and Dixon Mills a few blocks north and west, my $1,790,000 closing at Columbus House down the same drive in 2026, and the Powerhouse Arts District’s newer towers one block east. With 67 homes, the building’s own comp history is thin in any given year, so the pricing file leans on the corridor, and the corridor is one I close in. The sales behind it are on the Track Record page.
What buyers should know
Confirm you are buying at 102 Columbus, the condominium, and read the association documents on how the condo portion relates to the complex’s shared elements; mixed condo and rental properties are common downtown and work well, but the mechanics belong in your attorney review. Ask exactly what parking arrangement conveys or is available. Visit the specific line at rush hour and on a Saturday night before you commit to a plaza-facing exposure. And weigh the rent-versus-buy math honestly at this address; owners who stay several years are the ones the math rewards.
What sellers should know
Your competition is not just other condos; it is the rental tower attached to your own address, so the listing has to make the ownership case: the amenity program, the scarcity of 67 homes, and the corridor’s closed sales. Lead with what a renter cannot get, whether that is your exposure, your outdoor access, or your parking arrangement. Priced from the corridor’s evidence, condo-side homes here move; priced from tower-rental optimism, they sit in front of the busiest foot traffic downtown.
Quick answers about Grove Pointe
Is Grove Pointe a condo or a rental building?
Both, in separate portions: 67 condominiums at 102 Christopher Columbus Drive and 458 rentals in the 29-story tower at 100 Christopher Columbus Drive, built together in 2007 by KRE.
How close is Grove Pointe to the PATH?
The Grove Street PATH station is directly at the complex, beside the Newark Avenue pedestrian plaza, with service to the World Trade Center and 33rd Street.
What amenities does Grove Pointe have?
A 24-hour attended lobby, an outdoor pool, a rooftop garden, a fitness center with a yoga studio, a billiards room, a residents’ lounge, a children’s playroom, and a landscaped courtyard, plus retail at the base of the complex.
Does Grove Pointe have parking?
The complex has an enclosed 535-space garage across six levels. The arrangement offered with a specific condo varies, so confirm it during attorney review.
What neighborhood is Grove Pointe in?
The Grove Street core of Downtown Jersey City, at the corner where Grove Street, Newark Avenue, Christopher Columbus Drive, and Marin Boulevard meet, with Restaurant Row starting at the plaza outside.
Nearby buildings
151 Bay · 10 Provost · The Oakman · Hamilton Square · Dixon Mills · Columbus House
Tools for this building
Jersey City Abatement Checker · Condo carrying cost calculator · NJ seller net sheet · Is new construction worth it on the Jersey City waterfront?
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