The architectural firm of Elkus Manfredi Architects designed the buildings, one of the world's tallest twin-tower projects.

It received a 2018 New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award[8] and an honorable mention in the 2019 Architecture MasterPrize.

[9] The towers are part of a larger urban renewal project for the long vacant parcel, where film studios were located when Fort Lee was the home America's first motion picture industry.

The mayor reported the incident, wore a wire, and exposed the attempt, as documented in the 1976 book The Bribe.

In 2016 an agreement was made with the town that The Modern and Hudson Lights would make Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT).