BAYONNE — In hopes of restoring what was once an icon of industry in Bayonne, the City Council moved to declare the former Best Foods site on Avenue A as a redevelopment zone at its July 18 meeting.
Best Food, owned by Unilever, shut its doors finally in 2003 after years of downsizing and layoffs, leaving the Avenue A facility largely unoccupied since.
Slated for redevelopment to possibly include a warehouse, light industrial, and retail, the project is being developed by branch of Cameron Group, which most recently constructed the Bayonne Crossing Mall on Route 440 in Bayonne.
The project was also given a $2.5 million loan in June, although the resolution will have to be voted on again at the August meeting because the original resolution listed the wrong lot numbers, an issue raised by Louis Ripps at the July 18 meeting, whose family currently owns the lots mentioned in the loan resolution.
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