Joshua Burd, an award-winning reporter and editor, has been covering New Jersey commercial real estate for 13 years. Many industry leaders view him as the go-to real estate reporter in the state, a role he is eager to continue as the editor of Real Estate NJ. He is a lifelong New Jersey resident who has spent a decade covering the great Garden State.
Two life sciences companies have taken a combined 215,000 square feet in Morris and Somerset counties, accounting for New Jersey’s largest new office leases during a positive first quarter.
An importer and distributor of cabinetry has leased 111,000 square feet at a new industrial building in Ridgefield, in one of several newly announced transactions by Lee & Associates.
An investment group has acquired a 158,000-square-foot warehouse and self-storage building in Newark, where it’s planning a series of upgrades and a new marketing campaign.
Zito Partners has added to its team of public relations professionals with two new hires, including a partner who will work on the firm’s real estate accounts.
Riding the success of its Bell Works project — the adaptive reuse of the landmark Bell Labs campus in Holmdel — Somerset Development is taking its show on the road.
Genova Burns has bolstered its team of real estate and land use attorneys, hiring a former deputy state attorney general as an associate in its Newark office.
One Wall Partners, a Newark-based owner of transit-oriented workforce housing, has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of nearly 1,000 apartments in eastern Pennsylvania.