Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth

Netflix is converting the decommissioned Fort Monmouth Army base in Monmouth County, New Jersey into its flagship East Coast production campus, a roughly $1 billion investment that ranks among the largest studio construction projects in the country. The first four sound stages topped out on June 23, 2026, when crews set the final structural beam over Stages 3 and 4.

Project Scope

The campus plan converts the former military installation into purpose-built production infrastructure: a dozen sound stages plus production offices, mill space and backlot support. General contractor JT Magen held the structural schedule through one of the harshest winters in recent memory to deliver the first phase of stages on time. The project team has diverted about 80 percent of construction waste, more than 55,000 tons of material, from landfills through salvage and recycling, a meaningful number on a demolition-heavy redevelopment of a mid-century Army base.

Work now shifts to building enclosure and interior fit-out on the topped-out stages while later phases move through approvals with the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority, the state entity that managed the base’s redevelopment after its 2011 closure.

Why It Matters

New Jersey has spent heavily on film and television tax credits, and Fort Monmouth is the physical proof the strategy is landing anchor tenants rather than one-off location shoots. A permanent Netflix campus creates durable demand for local trades, from stage rigging and acoustical work to the ongoing fit-out cycles that studio complexes generate for decades. It also puts the state in direct competition with Georgia and the U.K. for large-scale production work.

For the construction market, the project is a reminder that streamers continue converting content budgets into concrete and steel. Studio work behaves differently from commercial development: it is owner-occupied, schedule-driven and far less sensitive to interest rates, which makes it some of the most reliable private backlog available in the current market. Netflix has not committed to a public date for first production, but the structural pace suggests cameras could roll by late 2027.

Project Team & Details