1888 Studios

Bayonne, New Jersey(approximate location)

1888 Studios is a roughly 1.5-million-square-foot film and television production campus being built on a former Texaco oil refinery brownfield on the Bayonne waterfront near the Bayonne Bridge. Developed by Togus Urban Renewal, LLC under chairman Arki Busson and designed by Gensler, it is planned to include 23 soundstages (18,000 to 60,000 square feet each), more than 350,000 square feet of support space, backlot, offices, and mills, positioning it to be New Jersey's largest and one of North America's largest purpose-built studio complexes. It is named for 1888, tied to Thomas Edison's early motion-picture work in New Jersey. In May 2024 the NJEDA designated it the state's first Film-Lease Partner Facility and it secured a $400 million Aspire tax-credit award; Paramount signed a 10-year anchor lease in October 2025. The project is under construction, with groundbreaking on December 16, 2025, and reported opening targets ranging into 2028.

Run by: Arpad 'Arki' Busson — Chairman, Togus Urban Renewal, Flynn Busson — Business/Development, Togus Management

Known for: Paramount (Paramount Skydance) — anchor tenant