NJCU is never content to rest on its laurels. Mere moments after cutting the ribbon on a new 425-bed West Campus Village Residence Hall, school dignitaries snatched up their shovels to break ground on the University Place redevelopment project. Designed to revitalize the Jersey City West Side, University Place will include mixed-use residential buildings with shops, a supermarket, recreational facilities, on-street parking, and garages. Also planned are academic and non-academic facilities, including a new center for the performing arts.