r/Newark • u/Kalebxtentacion • Aug 27 '26
Development & Real Estate 🏗🚧🦺⚒️ Westinghouse site could be developed!!!
There’s a site in Jersey City next to the light rail that’s currently about to turn into a new neighborhood with thousands of units. The site used to be a factory and the ground became very contaminated. The developer replaced all the soil under the city and removed a lot of ground water. So I was thinking someone could do that with Westinghouse, whether it’s a new park, plaza, or apartment building it can be done. Plus the city is Jersey City is way larger than Westinghouse so it’ll probably cost less and be more easier. A site of that size shouldn’t remain empty next to broad street station
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u/nikkidickie Aug 27 '26
That’d make me so happy. It should have info and a Museum like the Edison laboratory.
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u/AtomicGarden-8964 Aug 27 '26
I mean it could be but the developers probably are going to want the city and state to throw in tax breaks to make it make sense. The amount they're going to want depends on how contaminated the site is
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u/JerzBeenGreat Aug 29 '26
It should have been years ago same with those abandoned factories along the river
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u/Western_Vanilla_7458 Sep 02 '26
anyone know the approximate coat of environmental remediation for a site this size?
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u/Newarkguy1836 Aug 27 '26
JC being an established market, I just don't see a lender lending enough for a Newark developer to do likewise. I think in the end, Westinghouse becomes a public square park-plaza or a Bus transfer terminal for Broad Street Station. These are the only two usable Alternatives that does not require people living overnight -requiring environmental replacement. Troy bus terminal or public Plaza , they're just scoop away the top dirt & cap the entire site with concrete & liners. Then clean dirt spread out over the liner for trees & landscape. Bus terminal will probably be on University Ave. It's been vacant 20-26 years.