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The Army Reserve Training Complex originally planned for a site along busy Berlin-Cross Keys Road will now likely be built at Camden County's former 4-H fairgrounds in the Lakeland complex along Woodbury-Turnersville Road. The Army agreed to relocate the project due to community concerns.
- The military facility, with a 53,000-square-foot main building, is intended to replace the Nelson Brittin Army Reserve Training Center, an aging facility in Pennsauken.
- It would serve some 364 military personnel, including 17 full-time staffers.
- The new center, to be built quickly and in use by September 2011, would be home to six Army Reserve units and one New Jersey National Guard unit.
- The site will have more than two acres of parking, with space for 60 military vehicles and 40 trailers.
- Camden County also gets what it wants: an infusion of cash. The Army will pay $2.2 million for the 4-H grounds, according to Deputy Freeholder-Director Ed McDonnell.
Benefits of New Location
- The former site of Berlin-Cross Keys Road will be preserved as the township waits for future development that could benefit the township.
- Gloucester Township officials believe if a shopping center is built on the site, it could generate up to $700,000 in annual property tax revenue.
- Commercial development along this part of Berlin-Cross Keys Road has boomed over the last decade. The Army Reserve center would not have paid any property taxes to the township.
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