The Modern is a game-changer for the Palisades, with its glass exterior rising above everything else in Fort Lee. Developed by SJP Properties, the 47-story, 496-foot-tall, 450-unit rental building opened in 2014.

A twin of its northerly neighbor, The Modern II will also be 47 stories tall and house 450 rental units. Developed by SJP Properties, it is due to open its doors in 2018.

Located across the street from The Modern, Hudson Lights is the other development remaking downtown Fort Lee. The mixed-use complex will be home to 276 luxury rentals, an iPic Theaters cinema, a CVS, restaurants, and more. Tucker Development, Ares Management, and the Kushner Real Estate Group are the developers. The first phase is slated to open sometime this fall, but the cinema and its City Perch restaurant are already open.

Developed by LandSea, Avora features 184 condominiums just steps from the Port Imperial NY Waterway ferry terminal. Sales are set to launch in fall 2016.

Developed by Ironstate Development Company and Panepinto Properties, 50-story-tall 70 Columbus features 545 luxury apartments. Amenities include a 60,000-square-foot landscaped roof deck and a 30,000-square-foot base gym. A market is coming. Leasing launched in November of 2015.

90 Columbus, a sister tower to 70 Columbus, will also be 50 stories tall. Also developed by Ironstate Development Company and Panepinto Properties, it will have 539 rental apartments. The groundbreaking happened in 2016, but the expected completion date isn't until 2018.

Developed by KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors, Journal Squared's second tower will be 70 stories tall and have 700 rentals when it's completed; that's expected by 2019.

Developed by KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors, Journal Squared's third tower will rise 60 stories and have 600 rental apartments. Completion is expected by 2021.

Developed by Ironstate Development Company and KRE Group, this rental project features a 45-story building with 546 units and a 10-story building with another 131 units. Construction is set to start in 2016.

Developed by the Manhattan Building Company, the 27-story industrial-inspired rental building features 232 one-, two-, and three-bedroom loft-style residences with some of the largest floor plans in Hudson County. Among the amenities is a 17,000-square-foot roof deck with a heated pool, outdoor shower, gas BBQ grills, and fire pits. It opened in March 2016.

Developed by Senate Place Urban Renewal, 25 Senate Place features 265 rental residences. Leasing launched in December of 2015, and there are some apartments left asking between $1,975 and $3,150 per month.

Developed by Newport Associates Development Company, Embankment House features studios, along with one-, two-, and three-bedroom residences, ranging in size from 510 square feet to 1,280 square feet. Offering views of Hamilton Park, the six-story building was developed 12 feet above a stone embankment formerly used by railroad cars operated by the Erie Railroad. It opened in June 2016.

Created in the century-old former Maidenform factory, there are 85 "Brooklyn-style loft apartments." The developer is SilkLofts LLC and it opened in January 2014; it's currently 90 percent occupied, but the remaining apartments are going for $1,500 to $3,400 per month.

Developed by the Post Brothers, the three-towered Duchess occupies a relatively short stretch of River Road that is in North Bergen. It will have a host of amenities, including a heated saltwater pool, and the interiors were designed by Paris Forino. It's slated to be complete by the end of 2016, possibly months earlier.

Developed by Advance Realty, Harlow Hoboken will feature 140 apartments ranging from studios to three-bedrooms. Completion is slated for fall of 2016.

Developed by Mill Creek, Modera Lofts is an adaptive reuse of the former Butler Brothers warehouse, located in Jersey City's Powerhouse Arts District. It features 366 residences ranging from one- to two-bedrooms, with 12-foot ceilings. It opened in April of 2016.

The Beacon is a complex of six buildings (with names like Orpheum, Mercury, Paramount, and Tower), some of which rise as high as 23 stories. Residential units total 1,155 and there is also the 45,000-square-foot Overlook Park, which has a dog run, a playground, grills, and more. Building & Land Technology is the developer and the final two buildings, dubbed Criterion and Hague, were completed in 2016.

Developed by Ironstate Development Company and The KRE Group, 18 Park features 422 residences in an 11-story building. It's next to the Marin Boulevard Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station and across the Morris Canal Basin from Liberty State Park. It opened in July of 2014 and was fully leased by January of 2015.

Developed by BNE Real Estate Group, Twenty50 has 194 rental units billed as "condo-style" and ranging from one- to two-bedrooms. It sits just down the hill from the entrance ramp to the George Washington Bridge, which is also where the inbound bus stop is. It opened in 2013 and there is currently limited availability.

Developed by Kushner Companies, the Morris Adjmi-designed 30 Journal Square will rise 72 stories and contain 741 residential units. No completion date has been set. [Rendering via YIMBY]

Developed by Kushner Companies and designed by Woods Bagot, One Journal Square will include a 56-story tower and a 79-story tower. Between the two, there will be 1,725 residential units. The first phase—the 56-story tower—is supposed to be done in 2018.

Developed by the LeFrak Organization and designed by Arquitectonica, Ellipse doesn't actually have an address yet, but is at the eastern end of 14th Street in Jersey City. The 43-story, 444-foot-tall building will have 376 rental units. Construction began in 2015, with an anticipated completion date of 2017.

New Jersey gets its very own Hudson Yards-esque with the 11-acre Hudson Exchange West megaproject. The first building—at 35 stories and 421 units—has topped out at 430 Marin Boulevard. Forest City Ratner is the developer and that first building is slated for 2017 completion.

Kushner Real Estate Group and Claremont Properties are developing the Marin Residences. There will be 397 units in this 17-story building, designed by HWKN Architects. Completion is slated for late 2017.

Developed by Toll Brothers City Living and designed Dewitt Tishman, 1400 Hudson is a 12-story, 236-unit condo building. It is located just steps from the Hudson River. It is already over 50 percent sold and residents are expected to move in in early 2017.

Developed by Toll Brothers City Living, this 12-story building was designed by SLCE Architects and features interiors by Stephen Alton. There are nine-foot ceilings inside and a pool and hot tub outside. There are 210 condos, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms. Closings began in 2014 and it is just about full.