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===Other=== In 2014, the apparel and foot ware company, [[VF Corporation]], moved 145 workers from Manhattan to {{convert|42,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of office space in Newport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2014/04/company_behind_nautica_timberland_opens_office_in_jersey_city.html|title=Company behind Nautica, Timberland opens office in Jersey City|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=April 28, 2014|access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref> In 2022, the [[sports memorabilia]] company, Collectors Holdings, owned by [[New York Mets]] owner [[Steve Cohen (businessman)|Steve Cohen]], leased {{convert|130,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of space for its authentication and grading services at [[Harborside (Jersey City)|Harborside 3]] along the Hudson River Waterfront.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roi-nj.com/2022/02/24/real_estate/collectors-holdings-takes-130000-sq-ft-at-harborside-3-in-jersey-city/|title=Collectors Holdings takes 130,000 sq. ft. at Harborside 3 in Jersey City|website=roi-nj.com|date=January 24, 2022|access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref> In 2025, electronics company [[Casio|Casio America Inc.]] leased {{convert|13,647|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} at Harborside 5 for their new sales and marketing headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://re-nj.com/casio-leases-35000-sq-ft-in-jersey-city-rockaway-office-deals-in-new-real-estate-strategy/|title=Casio leases 35,000 sq. ft. in Jersey City, Rockaway office deals in new real estate strategy|website=re-nj.com|date=March 28, 2025|access-date=April 4, 2025}}</ref> In 2014, Paul Fireman proposed a 95-story tower for Jersey City that would have included a casino next to [[Liberty National Golf Club]]. The project, which was endorsed by Mayor Steven Fulop, would cost an estimated $4.6 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=4600000000|start_year=2014}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref>Bagli, Charles V. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/nyregion/reebok-founder-proposes-95-story-tower-with-casino-for-jersey-city.html "Reebok Founder Proposes 95-Story Tower With Casino for Jersey City"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 10, 2014. Accessed June 1, 2015. "Mr. Fireman, the founder and former chairman of Reebok International, is proposing a $4.6 billion project, including a 95-story skyscraper, adjoining his 160-acre golf course on the Hudson River, at the south end of Jersey City."</ref> In February 2014, New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney argued that Jersey City, among other distressed cities, could benefit from a casino—were construction of one outside of Atlantic City eventually permitted by New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Sweeney Floats Idea of Casinos in Newark, Camden or Jersey City |publisher=NJ.com (powered by Independent Press) |date=February 7, 2014 |url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/sweeney_floats_idea_of_casinos_in_newark_camden_or_jersey_city.html}}</ref> In 2016, the [[New Jersey Casino Expansion Amendment (2016)]] ballot question was put before New Jersey voters asking them if they would allow the expansion of casino gambling outside Atlantic City via a constitutional amendment. Voters rejected the ballot question by a margin of 77% to 23% effectively ending the casino proposal.
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