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- ↑ Goldberg, Ted (October 30, 2023). "Big development planned for Sayreville site after environmental cleanup". NJ Spotlight News.
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- ↑ Morris, Sebastian (January 4, 2020). "City Officials Approve $2.5 Billion Waterfront Development in Sayreville, New Jersey". New York YIMBY.
- ↑ Burd, Joshua (March 12, 2015). "Millennial marketplace In Sayreville, Luxury Point aspires to be mall of the next generation". NJBIZ. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ↑ Loyer, Susan (March 16, 2018). "$2.5 billion waterfront project will create town within a town in Sayreville". My Central Jersey.
- ↑ Hurdle, Jon (March 8, 2016). "A Project Reclaims an Abandoned Stretch of New Jersey Coast". The New York Times.
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- ↑ Baldwin, Carly (December 19, 2023). "Riverton Development In Sayreville Gets $400 Million In Tax Breaks". Matawan-Aberdeen, NJ Patch.