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PROJECT UPDATES
    ROCKEFELLER BREAKS GROUND ON BURLINGTON LOGISTICS CENTER
among other features.
The so-called Rockefeller Group Logistics Center Eastampton will occupy 27.64 acres.
“We are excited for the opportunity to expand
our industrial
development
to central New
Jersey with
our newest
project along
the New Jersey
Turnpike,” said
Zachary Csik,
director, real estate development
for Rockefeller Group’s New Jersey and Pennsylvania region. “The
Exit 8A submarket has seen record growth and absorption over the past five years and we are confident that tenants will look to Exit 7, the Burlington County submarket, and points south for Class A distribution space.”
Rockefeller Group purchased the property in September, noting
that Burlington County has
become a core market for users, developers and owners driven by
its accessibility to New York and New Jersey ports, southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. The CBRE team of Tom Monahan, Gerard Monahan, Stephen D’Amato, Larry Schiffenhaus, Lauren Hageman and Ana Lazarides serves as the leasing agent for the development, which will also feature 54 dock doors with two drive-in doors, 4,000 square feet of office space, 3,000 amps of power and LED lighting.
Rockefeller Group has selected Blue Rock Construction as its general contractor, while Menlo Engineering Associates is the civil engineer
and KSS Architects designed the building.
a destination for visitors and those stationed at Fort Monmouth.”
The state has spent nearly a decade focused on repurposing the iconic base, which served for more
than 90 years as the Army’s hub
for developing communications technology, intelligence and reconnaissance services before
the government closed it in 2011. FMERA noted that the site had 5 million square feet of building area, 70 percent of which is targeted for demolition, while nearly 80 percent of the fort’s total acreage is sold, under contract, in negotiations or entering the request for proposals process.
In the past two years, builders such as RPM Development and Lennar have completed residential projects at the site, in a sign of continued demand in the market.
“We are excited about BCP’s redevelopment plans for Barker Circle,” said Sarah Giberson, FMERA’s marketing and development manager. “This developer has already made
a significant investment at the Fort with The Loft project and we expect to see the same level of attention and considerable ingenuity employed
in the redesign of these historic buildings.” RE
 Rockefeller Group has made another addition to its fast-moving construction pipeline, touting the start of a nearly 350,000-square- foot distribution center project in Burlington County.
The developer said the facility, located on Route 206 in Eastampton
Township, will bring new high-end logistics space to the growing Exit
7 submarket along the New Jersey Turnpike. It expects to deliver the 345,600-square-foot project next fall, with plans calling for 36-foot clear ceiling heights, parking for 96 trailers and 384 cars and a 185-foot truck court with a 60-foot concrete apron,
Zachary Csik
 Rockefeller Group has broken ground on Rockefeller Group Logistics Center Eastampton, a planned 345,600-square-foot distribution center on Route 206 in Eastampton Township, as depicted in this rendering.
 DEVELOPER PLANS 75 APARTMENTS, ENTERTAINMENT SPACE AT FORT
state historic preservation covenants, FMERA said. The agency expects the developer to invest more than $22 million for the project, which will create 70 construction or temporary jobs and 40 permanent positions.
“Barker Circle sits at the Eastern Gateway to the Oceanport and Eatontown sections of Fort Monmouth,” a spokesman for BCP said. “Consisting of 20 acres and some 200,000 square feet of historic buildings, it serves as a pivotal project for the Fort’s development.”
FMERA officials noted that the parcel is at the main entrance of the 1,126- acre fort property, on the easternmost side and near other completed and planned residential projects. It also sits near a mix of commercial and retail uses, including the Marina at Oceanport, an events space known
as the Park Loft and the Fort Athletic Club.
“The redevelopment of Barker Circle will not only provide premium residential units to a community that is experiencing high demand but will also generate critical tax revenue for the borough of Oceanport,” FMERA Executive Director Bruce Steadman said. “It will also activate one of the premium sites that once served as
A developer has purchased 20 acres at Fort Monmouth, with plans to convert a series of historic buildings to create 75 apartments and new commercial and entertainment space.
According to the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority, which spearheads the redevelopment of the former Army base, Barker Circle Partnership LLC paid $4.85 million for the parcel along Avenue of Memories and Oceanport Way in Oceanport. The property is home
to seven buildings, including four that functioned as barracks, as well
as a facility known as Kaplan Hall, the former Army Communications- Electronics Command museum and the Main Post Fort Monmouth Firehouse.
BCP will convert the barracks buildings to residential units, according to a news release. Its plans also call for office space and a restaurant and arts-related uses in the firehouse and Kaplan Hall, respectively.
All seven buildings will be adaptively reused and are subject to New Jersey’s
 Barker Circle Partnership LLC is slated to redevelop Fort Monmouth’s Barker Circle property in Oceanport, where plans call for 75 apartments and new commercial and entertainment space.
   Courtesy: Barker Circle Partnership LLC Courtesy: Rockefeller














































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