1888 Studios is a proposed film and television studio planned to be built on a 70 acres (28 ha) site at Bergen Point in Bayonne, New Jersey. [1] [2] Its name is a nod to the year the movie camera was invented. [3] At 1.5M million gross square feet, reports say it will be the largest ground-up movie studio complex in North America. [4]
The waterfront brownfield site on the Kill van Kull and Newark Bay was a former Texaco site rezoned in 2020 in a redevelopment plan to permit a film studio to be built. [5] [6] When completed, it will be New Jersey's largest film and television studio [7] and will include a part of the Hackensack RiverWalk.
The project, which will include approximately 19 buildings, [8] is estimated to cost $700 million in construction and $200 million in land development. The City of Bayonne floated a bond of $65 million to support the project. [9] as well a PILOT agreement. [10]
The design is by Gensler. [11] Construction was expected to start in 2024. [12] and take 2 years. [13]
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1888 Studios is a proposed film and television studio planned to be built on a 70 acres (28 ha) site at Bergen Point in Bayonne, New Jersey. [1] [2] Its name is a nod to the year the movie camera was invented. [3] At 1.5M million gross square feet, reports say it will be the largest ground-up movie studio complex in North America. [4]
The waterfront brownfield site on the Kill van Kull and Newark Bay was a former Texaco site rezoned in 2020 in a redevelopment plan to permit a film studio to be built. [5] [6] When completed, it will be New Jersey's largest film and television studio [7] and will include a part of the Hackensack RiverWalk.
The project, which will include approximately 19 buildings, [8] is estimated to cost $700 million in construction and $200 million in land development. The City of Bayonne floated a bond of $65 million to support the project. [9] as well a PILOT agreement. [10]
The design is by Gensler. [11] Construction was expected to start in 2024. [12] and take 2 years. [13]
40°38′51″N 74°08′29″W / 40.64750°N 74.14139°W