JERSEY CITY – The largest produce market in the nation is considering whether to move to a North Jersey location, bringing with it more than 3,000 jobs, according to published reports.
The New York City Terminal Produce Co-operative Market at Hunts Point in the South Bronx, which supplies grocers and restaurants in the tri-state area, has twice before been invited to New Jersey, but the offers never progressed.
Nevertheless, operators of the market say they’re seriously considering New Jersey, and have hired commercial real estate brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle to handle negotiations with its landlord and to look for locations on the west side of the Hudson as well as in and around New York City, according to the reports.
The reports say the produce market is considering New Jersey sites within 10 miles of the George Washington Bridge and Lincoln Tunnel, which could include space in the Meadowlands sections of Bergen and Hudson counties, for facilities of 600,000 to 800,000 square feet on 75 to 100 acres.