HARRISON, NJ-When the Port Authority of New York and NewJersey announced this week it would move ahead withreplacing the antiquated platform at the Harrison train station,six major developers at work in the surrounding community cheeredwith coordinated gusto.

Very coordinated. Possessing all the polished synchronicity of achampion cheerleading squad, in fact –a rare mode for competitivedevelopers at any time, but perhaps most unusual in the midst ofeconomic crunch times. “It is highly unique, I think,”Peter J. Cocoziello, president and CEO of AdvancedRealty, tells GlobeSt.com.

“We have formed our own association to collectively cheereveryone on in getting the master plan underway for Harrison tobecome a true 24-hour, live-work-play community.” Advance is theso-called master developer for the 245-acre project begun 10 yearsago. The massive retooling of a deteriorated site dating to theIndustrial Revolution took longer than originally expected. The RedBulls soccer arena and several condominiums besides the PassaicRiver were completed in the past few years.