FAIR LAWN, NJ — Fair Lawn residents are up in arms over the possibility that the former Nabisco property could become a data center, despite the borough saying the site was approved for a warehouse.

Fresh concern erupted this week after a resident posted in the "Unhappy Taxpayers of Fair Lawn NJ" Facebook group that the owner and its agent were marketing the Gateway North 208 property at 22-11 Route 208 as a potential data center.

"The owner/agent are marketing it as a data center," the resident wrote, questioning whether such a use would require additional approvals.

The concern appears to stem from the property's marketing materials. A CBRE listing for the 645,775-square-foot industrial property includes a section describing "Data Center Facility Facts," including the building's power supply and industrial zoning.

News 12 New Jersey also reported that CBRE marketing materials described the property as "data center by right."

That language quickly caught the attention of residents already watching development of the massive site, which replaced the former Nabisco factory.

The borough approved Greek Real Estate Partners' plans in 2023 for a roughly 644,000-square-foot warehouse at the site. Mayor Cristina Cutrone told News 12 that the existing approval is specifically for a warehouse and made clear that Fair Lawn does not want to become a destination for data centers.

Greek Real Estate Partners told News 12 it is seeking a tenant for the warehouse approved by the borough but declined to address the data center language in the marketing materials.

The property is being marketed as Gateway North 208, with plans calling for a massive building featuring 40-foot ceilings, 100 loading docks, four drive-in doors, 260 parking spaces and 100 trailer spaces.

The site sits along Route 208 near McBride Avenue and the Radburn NJ Transit station, with the project's plans estimating roughly 65,500 vehicles pass the property every day.

For residents, the question now isn't simply who will occupy the former Nabisco site. It's whether a project approved as a warehouse could ultimately become something very different.