L’Oréal to Build New Research and Development Facility in Clark
Mayor Salvatore Bonaccorso recently announced the unanimous approval by the Clark Planning Board of L’Oréal’s request to add an approximate 100K square foot building adjacent to their current site on Terminal Avenue.
Bonaccorso welcomed the April 1 approval and sees the project as a win for the entire township.
“We are happy to have L’Oréal continue to invest in their business and in this town,” said Bonaccorso. “This ensures Terminal Avenue remains an area of industry in town instead of becoming a place to develop more shopping centers and apartments. L’Oréal’s development brings jobs and people which is great as they spur the local economy.”
The new building will include a Research and Development center complete with parking and a traffic light to help with the flow of vehicles. The site will be constructed so it envelops the current site located at the corner of Central and Terminal Avenues.
“This street has always been industry,” said Bonaccorso. “The site they are developing was the site of a manufacturing firm for many years before, so rush hour commuters in and out of the workplace there is business as usual on the street and is still significantly less than shopping centers would bring in the same area.”
L’Oréal has strived to make the site environmentally responsible including the addition of a solar farm above the parking facility and a pond that recycles and cleans storm water runoff.
Bonaccorso said the L’Oréal project is something all residents should be happy about because it helps the town continue to provide the same services to the public without additional cost to taxpayers.
“Let’s face it, New Jersey isn’t built in a way that we can expect taxes to go down so having projects like this in town helps to stabilize the tax bill for residents, which is what my administration strives to do,” said Bonaccorso.
