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.
Slowly but surely, developers have begun to chip away at one of New Jersey’s most chronic issues when it comes to commercial real estate — the abundance of obsolete, aging office buildings that are no longer considered usable by modern standards.
Paramount Assets has completed its adaptive reuse of a historic property in Paterson, debuting renovated street-level retail and new apartments at what had been warehouse space.
A new 91-unit apartment building in Seaside Heights is set to open in less than a year, developer Walters Group said, as construction continues on the age- and income-restricted project.
Retailers and other industrial tenants have long counted on northern New Jersey as a hub for distribution into New York City, but the need for same-day and even two-hour delivery has pushed developers to make big bets in the outer boroughs.
E-Trade Financial Corp. and Teva Pharmaceuticals have applied for more than $60 million in combined tax credits for proposals in Jersey City and Parsippany, respectively, with the state Economic Development Authority slated to consider their applications on Tuesday.
French biopharmaceutical firm Ipsen is moving its U.S headquarters out of New Jersey and into Massachusetts, although it said it still plans to maintain a presence in the Garden State.
As New Jersey has shown, the industrial sector has become the new darling of commercial real estate in recent years. That was all too clear from the sold-out crowd of more than 850 development executives and other key players who descended on this year’s I.CON event in Jersey City.
