1888 Studios
Proposed film and television studio
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1888 Studios is a proposed film and television studio planned to be built on a 70-acre (28 ha) site at Bergen Point in Bayonne, New Jersey.[1][2] Its name is a nod to the year the movie camera was invented.[3] At 1.5M million gross square feet, reports say it will be the largest ground-up movie studio complex in North America.[4]
The waterfront brownfield site on the Kill van Kull and Newark Bay was a former Texaco site rezoned in 2020 in a redevelopment plan to permit a film studio to be built.[5][6] When completed, it will be New Jersey's largest film and television studio[7] and will include a part of the Hackensack RiverWalk.
The project, which will include approximately 19 buildings,[8] is estimated to cost $700 million in construction and $200 million in land development. The City of Bayonne floated a bond of $65 million to support the project.[9] as well a PILOT agreement.[10] Projected to cost over $1 billion, it is being spearheaded by Arpad Busson with incentives from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.[11]
The studio lot was designed by architectural firm Gensler.[4] Construction was expected to start in 2024[12] and take 2 years.[13]
In October 2025, Paramount Skydance announced that it had signed a minimum 10-year, 285,000-square-foot (26,500 m2) lease at 1888 Studios.[14] The groundbreaking took place on December 16, 2025.[15][16]
