Starbucks Now Open In Belleville; Ribbon Cutting Draws Crowd

BELLEVILLE, NJ — Tulfra Real Estate and The Hampshire Companies recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome a high-profile tenant to the Park 11 building in Belleville: Starbucks.

Earlier this month, representatives from the corporate coffee powerhouse and Tulfra Real Estate joined several local officials at the new Starbucks, located at 11 Franklin Avenue.

As seen on Wednesday on the Starbucks website, the new store in Belleville is open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. It offers drive-thru and mobile order and pay.

Tulfra Real Estate said that Starbucks is among several retailers with long-term leases at the Park 11 location. According to a news release from the company:

“In late 2018, Wawa signed a two-acre ground lease on the property, opening a gas station and convenience store there in 2020. Extra Space Storage also signed a 75-year ground lease, operating a 110,000-square-foot, 807-unit, four-story space at Park 11.”

Tulfra Real Estate added:

“Park 11 is a joint venture between Tulfra Real Estate, which is the redeveloper for Belleville Township, and The Hampshire Companies. In 2015, the longtime partners acquired the then-vacant former site of Roche Diagnostics and got to work transforming it into a master-planned community hub.”

Site work on Park 11 was completed in 2020.

“The opening of the Starbucks at Park 11 furthers our vision for transforming this formerly underutilized space in Belleville into an active site that benefits the community,” said Sonny Jumani, president and CEO of Tulfra Real Estate.

“The new Starbucks is an excellent addition to Park 11, in a highly visible location, next to a busy intersection and swaths of residential blocks,” Jumani said.

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