Secaucus Hospital Owner Yan Moshe Wants To Turn Former Channel 9 Building Into Marijuana Grow Business

SECAUCUS, NJ — Big news continues to come out of the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority (NJSEA), the powerful land controller in the Meadowlands region:

At their November 2025 meeting, the NJSEA approved a change-in-use variance application for the former Channel 9/WWOR-TV building located at 43 Meadowlands Parkway. That building used to be owned by Hartz Mountain Industries, but Patch reported in 2023 it was purchased by Yan Moshe, the real estate developer/businessman who owns the Secaucus hospital. Moshe also owns the hospitals in Hoboken, Bayonne and the land on which Christ Hospital used to sit in the Jersey City Heights (Moshe abruptly closed Christ in November, to a major public outcry).

Now, Moshe would like to turn the empty TV studio building into a massive indoor marijuana grow facility, according to NJSEA documents. This is the document; see page 6: https://njmc.s3.us-east-2.amaz...

That property is zoned for commercial use, and Moshe, under an LLC called NJ Highlands, asked the NJSEA to change its zoning to light industrial use. In his application, Moshe said he intends to use the site as a vertical grow business to grow and process cannabis (marijuana) plants inside the building.

Ultimately, Moshe would like to turn the building into a medical marijuana research center. Teams would conduct marijuana research there, and he could sell medical marijuana from there.

There is not a recreational-sale license available for him to purchase within the town of Secaucus.

Hartz Mountain Industries owns Osprey Cove apartment building right next door to Channel 9 and Hartz' lawyers said at the November meeting they have serious concerns about the commodity proposed to be sold there (marijuana) and air quality (whether there'd be any smells from the facility).

In a unanimous 15-0 vote, the NJSEA approved Moshe's request to change the property to light industrial use.

However, this is not final. Moshe's application still needs to get approval from the town of Secaucus' Local Cannabis Control Board. That board is made up of Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller, town administrator Gary Jeffas and the Secaucus town attorney. Jeffas spoke at the November meeting and stated the town had no objection to Moshe's change-in-use variance.

Will the Secaucus' Local Cannabis Control Board approve Moshe's vision for the Channel 9 building?

That remains to be seen.

Last week: Will NJSEA Approve Gas Station, QuickChek, Extended Stay Motel Proposed For Meadowlands Parkway? There is a meeting scheduled for this on Feb. 10, and the NJSEA may make their decision then.