Tag: Fort Monmouth

Newly named New Jersey City University (NJCU) interim president Andrés “Andy” Acebo said Tuesday the key to the future of its Fort Monmouth campus is increased enrollment and that the school will remain open. 

There’s no shortage of news coverage for those wishing to learn more about Netflix building a state-of-the-art facility on a large portion of the former Fort Monmouth. One interesting tidbit left out of most news coverage, though, is that movies and television shows have already been produced on the site – by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

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.

Two months ago, New Jersey City University officials were contemplating vacating the school’s year-old campus on Fort Monmouth following revelations of a financial crisis at the Jersey City-based institution. Last week’s announcement of a new round of cost-cutting measures are bolstering hope the school will remain open on the redeveloping former U.S. Army base.

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.

Basements, attics, spare bedrooms, or garages may seem like the perfect places to create home gyms. However, the benefits of working out at a commercial gym may outweigh the convenience of exercising at home for myriad reasons.