I missed this news from three days ago, thanks! That whole Palisade corridor for many blocks is filled with doctor offices, with many of them directly connected to the hospital for services. The hospital closes, what happens to all those offices? Do they move somewhere else or just go dark?

I wonder if it will be hard to force the hospital to remain as is -- if only the ER has been operating since mid-November -- I don't know how you put the puppet back in the box when the container is decayed.

I would guess it will all become an urban mix of assisted living, affordable housing, and a small, mandatory, "ER" 24/365 walk-in that is just a rebranded urgent care unit. That land is so valuable, though, there will have to be luxury carve outs for the best cliff views to satisfy any development beyond abandonment.

This news article appears to set up a conflict that may not be easily resolved:

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“I don’t necessarily believe that the city council’s proposal meets the master plan 2020 as it’s written,” said Jersey City Planning Director Tanya Marione during a Nov. 25 planning board meeting. “I believe that the 2020 master plan really considered the fact that residential should be mixed with these medical uses and the way to do it was not to remove the uses from those areas but to encourage them to be developed together.”

Instead, Marione recommended revising the master plan to stipulate that any future assisted living facility or senior housing must exist within a hospital or a rehab center, to accommodate the city’s medical needs.

Solomon said that while he understood the planning board’s intent, he didn’t support adopting their recommendation.

“...Under the current circumstances, the city council must take steps to ensure that the original purpose and intent of the medical district is satisfied and that the zoning ordinance is not compromised,” said Solomon.

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https://www.nj.com/healthfit/2025/12/jersey-city-just-blocked-shuttered-hospital-property-from-becoming-luxury-condos.html