Wednesday, May 3, 2017
The Atlantic County Improvement Authority (ACIA) in cooperation with Atlantic County, the Stockton Aviation Research and Technology Park (SARTP), Stockton University, the FAA and CRDA will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, May 15 to celebrate the construction of the first building in the Stockton Aviation Research and Technology Park located on 58-acres adjacent to the FAA Williams J. Hughes Technical Center and the Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township.
The first of seven, multi-story buildings with over 400,00 total square feet of research and development space planned for the park will be constructed and owned by the ACIA. The 66,000-square foot, three-story building will feature high-speed connectivity to the FAA Technical Center laboratories, state-of-the-art classrooms and conference rooms, and a roof-top lounge. An FAA lab and offices will occupy 7,000 square feet with rental space for additional labs and offices. The park’s campus-like setting is designed to promote collaboration among business, academia and all major research arms of the federal govenrment. Construction of the first building is scheduled for completion in mid-2018.