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The pervasive question “What’s happening on Fort Monmouth?” refers not only to redevelopment projects; it is also spurred by the sight of heavy equipment and excavations throughout the 1,126-acre property.

Final negotiations are underway with three potential tenants seeking to be first into the new retail center rising along Oceanport Avenue on Fort Monmouth, according to the property’s owner. 

A hotel, helipad, attractions, a visitor center and retail components are all allowed on the 292-acre Mega Parcel on track to become Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth.

Monmouth Medical Center, Inc., an affiliate of Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health (RWJBH), closed on the purchase of the 36-acre former Fort Monmouth Myer Center property Dec. 16 at a purchase price of $7,256,660.

During its final meeting of the year last night, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) was poised to vote on a Purchase and Sale & Redevelopment Agreement (PSARA) with Netflix for the fort’s 292-acre Mega Parcel in Eatontown and Oceanport.

Major Fort Monmouth redevelopment projects that have been advancing through local, county and state bureaucracies for years are now becoming reality on the former U.S. Army base, causing disruption and some concern for a few neighbors.

A jubilant crowd of residents, staff and supporters gathered Nov. 10 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community on Essex Road.

During the past decade of redevelopment at Fort Monmouth, various projects have evolved based on factors from changing market conditions to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) maintains a master Reuse Plan for the 1,126-acre fort, attempting to balance the needs and desires of developers with neighbors in Eatontown, Oceanport and Tinton Falls.

BarCo Brands, owner of Deal Lake Bar + Co. on Loch Arbour’s border with Asbury Park, has leased a substantial space in Fort Monmouth’s Commissary at Baseline for a new sports bar/restaurant to be called Baseline Social.

Fort Monmouth’s former Commissary sprang back to life last weekend as the first new business to locate there, Birdsmouth Brewery, opened its doors.