The new Frank J. Guarini Justice Complex on Newark Avenue in Jersey City will open its doors to the public by early next year.
So predicted David Drumeler, deputy Hudson County administrator, at a recent press tour of the building which was deemed “98% completed.”
It’s expected to take a few months to unload furniture, computer-related units, camera monitors and the like and test them out before opening the building for regular business.
Elevators and corridor drinking fountains are working but individual offices for judges’ chambers and staff and other county offices have yet to be fully outfitted.
Also, a two-way entrance/exit garage gate mechanism still has to be put into place and the county is preparing to solicit bids for a private caterer to run a 75-seat first-floor cafeteria.
Construction of the new 600,000 square foot structure – encompassing 24 courtrooms, a 459-space parking garage and various county offices currently housed in the county Administration Building across the street – was finished in 42 months.
