The basics:

• NJSEA unanimously approves variance for light industrial use at the former WWOR-TV site
• 129,786-square-foot Secaucus property proposed as indoor cannabis cultivation facility
• Owner Yan Moshe plans to seek clinical registrant license from the state
• Project now heads to local Secaucus’ cannabis control board for review

The former WWOR-TV (Channel 9) property in Secaucus may find a new life.

The New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority unanimously approved in December a proposal to transform 43 Meadowlands Parkway into an indoor cannabis cultivation facility. The town’s local cannabis control board will now consider the plan for the 129,786-square-foot building.

During its November 2025 meeting, the NJSEA approved a variance allowing light industrial use in a commercial park zone. The site falls within the Meadowlands Redevelopment Zone. Due to the location, issues such as land use changes, zoning approvals and redevelopment plans require the authority’s approval.

The property has been vacant since 2018, when Fox sold the television studio back to Hartz Mountain Industries for about $4.05 million after the station moved out and consolidated operations into Manhattan, according to Jersey Digs. About three years ago, the two-story building was purchased by real estate developer Yan Moshe, Patch reported. He is also the owner and chairman of Hudson Regional Health, a Secaucus-based health care network that includes Secaucus University Hospital, Bayonne University Hospital and Hoboken University Hospital.

Delivering for Secaucus

Dependent upon New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission and local approvals, NJ Highlands LLC would develop the grow facility. According to HRH spokesman Vijay Chaudhuri, Moshe will seek a license as a clinical registrant from the CRC.

A distinct category of medical cannabis licenses, the permits aim to enable clinical research and patient care partnerships with academic medical centers. It enables holders to operate medical cannabis cultivation, processing or distribution under strict state regulations.

A media representative for the CRC told NJBIZ that the state currently does not have any permitted clinical registrants.

In a statement, Chaudhuri said Moshe “is proud of his strong record of delivering for the Secaucus community, having led the transformational turnaround of the failing Meadowlands Hospital into the thriving Secaucus University Hospital, following tens of millions of dollars of investments into the facility.”

“He is also proud to have strengthened the health care system in Hudson County, with over $300 million invested into the former CarePoint facilities, with HRH now the largest healthcare provider in Hudson County,” he said.

A clear path?

Chaudhuri went on to say Moshe “looks forward to another project to further revitalize 43 Meadowlands Parkway, a blighted building that has sat vacant for several years.”

“This facility would contribute to research on medical cannabis, create jobs at a local business, as well as generate significant revenue for the Town of Secaucus to reinvest in the community, all without any adverse impacts on local residents,” he said.

43 Meadowlands Parkway, Secaucus:

Chaudhuri added that the HRH chairman “looks forward to continuing to collaborate with the Town of Secaucus on this project, as well as other quality-of-life initiatives to benefit the community in the months ahead.”

Patch noted that Secaucus Town Administrator and local cannabis control board member Gary Jeffas spoke at NJSEA’s meeting last fall. At the time, he said the town has no objection to the large legal grow proposal.

The town’s municipal clerk told NJBIZ the three-member board’s next meeting is not yet scheduled.

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 8:42 a.m. Feb. 11, 2026, to include more information about permitted clinical registrants. It was later updated to include more about CRC and local approvals.