UPDATE: See image belowTwo updates on the
Bellmawr Landfill project. An article in the Philadelphia Inquirer (7/27/2008) talks about the
Bellmawr developer buying other South Jersey property that could affect dredging projects on the Delaware. In the article he gives an update on the Bellmawr project and comments on the soil being used in Bellmawr. Secondly, a few months back the developer updated their website with a few images of the current
project plans. Each clearly depict "Bass Pro Shops: Outdoor world"
Philadelphia Inquirer Article: DredgingCore of the article is about Maritime officials becoming concerned that a property in Logan currently slated for dredging soil from the Delaware has been purchased by Charles
Gallub, the developer of the
Bellmawr project. His plans for the Logan project have the maritime officials concerned that they will lose the property as a location for Delaware River dredging soils, as he currently has an arrangement with the New York Port Authority to
receive dredged soils at
Bellmawr... and their is a serious risk that his
timelines are ahead of the Delaware project and he uses the NY soil for the Logan project.
From the Inquirer...
the furor is "based on misinformation that's being spread around," Gallub said. He pledges that the site [Logan] will remain available to the river's maritime industry."Specific to Bellmawr:
The article confirms that the
Bellmawr property is
receiving soil from the New York Port Authority. There apparently is a dredging project taking place in New York. They NY Port Authority is also managing the World
Trade Center project, but there is no mention if any
WTC soil is used in
Bellmawr.
Quoted from the Inquirer article:
"The material [Bellmawr fill] is treated to meet residential soil standards, one of highest levels of cleanliness. It is not what most people would consider New York-dredged material," Nogowski said.
Development:
In the article,
Gallub says buildings will start going up in
Bellmawr by the end of the year and the project was progressing nicely.
Also from the Inquirer article:
"The first phase in Bellmawr, along Big Timber Creek, is expected to be completed in 2010. Gallub said it would include 600,000 square feet of retail and commercial space - a large retailer, a multiplex cinema, four hotels, four restaurants, and a regional visitors center".Updated site plans:A few months back, the development website
http://www.bellmawrwaterfront.com/ updated
their website to include new images of the project plans. I haven't had a chance to post about it
until now. While some of the Bass fishing sites for the area are skeptical because there is nothing officially listed om the Bass Pro Shops Corporate Web site... the
BellmawrWaterfront images CLEARLY show Bass Pro Shops is coming to town.
Images from the
BellmawrWaterfront website (for larger images... please go to
BellmawrWaterfront.com)
UPDATE:
New image: The developer updated the site map. It already has an updated layout from just 2 monthjs ago. You can clearly see an AMC movie theater, the hotel locations have moved to be closer to the water... and the large Retail location that is targeted to be a hunting and fishing outlet... simply says Retail right now. Also.. the Patco speedline station is also clearly marked. The area closest to the Environmental center is labled as office, and the middle portion (deptford) is also all retail.Nothing is labled "residential". Click for larger image.
Image1) Site map image shows placement of Bass Pro Shops store, the FOUR hotels, multiplex, and what I believe is a few residential buildings. (Even on the developers site, its tough to read the small images)
Image 2) Aerial Rendering showing the placement and design of the Bass Pro Shops. We've all
seen the mountainous pile of dirt building up... especially on Rt 42... so this building will have a prominent location. Everyone on rt42 will see it! Also shown is a portion of the walking trail... which will circle the property and meet the needs of the
GreenAcres reuse agreement.
Image 3) Streetscape rendering... Rendering of the main store...
For other information on the project (from my blogs):
Feb 28, 2008:
Bass Pro Shops! Bellmawr pulls in a big fish?Jan 27
th, 2008:
Bellmawr Council Meeting: Landfill UpdateJanuary 23rd, 2008:
Public Hearing Jan 30: Rt 42/295/676 projectAugust 23, 2007:
Council Meeting Update: Landfill discussedMarch 27, 2007:
Landfill Project Meeting Details(Some of my earlier posts where done at the Courier Post and are now gone.... one of the reasons I stopped posting there. I like controlling the destiny of the articles)Regarding the use of the images above... I captured these images from the BellmawrWaterfront.com website myself. I am emailing the developer to confirm its ok for me to use here. I really don't think he'd have an issue, but if he does... I'll remove and just ask people to go to the site.
