At its meeting on March 15, 2023 the Bayonne City Council approved four items on its agenda related to the construction of the 1888 Studios by Togus Urban Renewal LLC.  The items included three ordinances and one resolution that concerned various financial aspects of the studio complex, which is slated for the former Texaco property in the southwestern corner of Bayonne.  I would like to thank the Council Members for supporting this extraordinary generator of future economic growth in Bayonne.  They spent several months analyzing the studio proposal and listening to both the developer’s representatives and the public at Council meetings.

Construction is expected to start later in 2023 with a projected completion date at some point in 2025.  Togus projects providing approximately 2,600 building trades union jobs during the construction phase and an estimated 2,100 permanent jobs when the studios are fully occupied.  All of the creative and technical jobs in the entertainment industry are heavily unionized. The developer has promised to hold employment fairs for both the construction jobs and the studio positions.

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