Secaucus Pitched For New Amazon Headquarters

SECAUCUS, NJ — Could Amazon come to Secaucus? One landowner in town submitted a formal bid for the e-commerce giant to choose Secaucus.

A company has submitted Secaucus as the ideal location for Amazon to open its second global headquarters, according to the Hudson Reporter. DT Allen, a contracting company that is based in Midland Park, NJ, owns 60 acres in Secaucus. They propose offering 105 acres, from the Secaucus Junction NJ Transit Station to the Hackensack River, into a mixed use, transit-oriented Amazon Global Headquarters Village development. They are calling the concept "A Vision for 15X," after the Secaucus Junction exit on the New Jersey Turnpike. It would include hotels, retail, housing and a marina. Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise endorsed the proposal in a letter he sent to Amazon.

But Secaucus Mayor Mike Gonnelli told the Hudson Reporter he doesn't approve of the plan because it includes corporate housing, which would add to Secaucus' already growing population. (A 469-rental unit will open soon near the Secaucus Walmart; read more about that here.)

Gonnelli said he wouldn't be opposed if Amazon opened in Secaucus without the corporate housing, however.

The 60 acres DT Allen currently owns sit on the former Malanka landfill, on the Jersey City/Secaucus border.

More than 200 cities across the country, including New York City and Newark, are putting in their bid to become home to Amazon's new HQ, and Amazon has yet to decide on a location. Their current headquarters is in Seattle. The possibility of being home to Amazon is tantalizing, because it would bring up to 50,000 jobs and tax dollars into towns.