ROXBURY, NJ—While still far from any shovel being put in the ground, the township of Roxbury is reviewing a conceptual plan for the redevelopment of the former Hercules munitions plant, which has been shuttered for nearly two decades.
Ashland Corp., which purchased the 1,000-acre property in 2008, is calling for than 3 million square feet of warehouse space, three flex buildings of 75,000 square feet apiece and a residential transit village, according to the Daily Record.
Township Manager Christopher Raths says that "everything is conceptual" and that there has not been a timetable established to move the redevelopment plan forward. Ashland submitted its proposal to Roxbury in the form of a letter in July.
The Hercules plant was shut down in 1996 after the company agreed to a remediation plan a year earlier with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Subsequently more than 300 buildings were decontaminated or demolished at the property. See story in the Daily Record.
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