Kenneth Falcon (pictured above, left) wants all 4,000 of his tradespeople out of a job by 2028. It’s cool: as Netflix‘s director of enterprise operation, that’s kind of his job. Plus, they’ll all move on to the next gig — construction is not so dissimilar from film and TV production.
In December 2022, Netflix purchased a quarter of the 1,200-acre vacant U.S. Army base Fort Monmouth, a business decision entirely tied to the Garden State’s generous film tax incentive program. In May 2025, Falcon, the Jersey-born Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, (former) Gov. Phil Murphy, and me broke ground on the the ambitious multi-year construction project. OK, so I didn’t get a shovel, but it was a fairly intimate affair. As was this morning’s.
On Tuesday, Falcon, 400 construction workers, and myself (and, yes, a few others) celebrated what the streamer has dubbed a “major milestone.” The final structural beam is now in place on Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth‘s Stages 3 and 4 (of the 12 planned, totaling 500,000 square feet; there will also be offices and post-production facilities). Contractors love beams, so we had barbecue. (There was also mediterranean food, but probably not a ton of vegetarian and vegan masons in attendance. The choice to serve hibiscus iced tea likewise did not receive a favorable review from the hardhat in front of me.)
