Joshua Burd
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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.

Hoboken: Toll Bros. project includes 125,000 sq. ft. spec office component

New office space is coming to uptown Hoboken, as Toll Bros. prepares to start work on the final piece of a mixed-use redevelopment that goes back more than 15 years.

Parcel sale could allow tech firm’s expansion at Fort Monmouth

A tech firm based at the sprawling Fort Monmouth site is slated to grow its footprint after agreeing to purchase a former fire station on the property.

Hudson County apartments fetch $3.55 million, Marcus & Millichap says

Two apartment buildings in Hudson County have changed hands for a combined $3.55 million, following investment sales brokered by Marcus & Millichap.

New Jersey’s economy set to accelerate

With the U.S. economy poised to accelerate in 2018, many expect that New Jersey will once again be left out of the party. Yet New Jersey’s economy should surprise many this year and generate its strongest growth rate since 2000.

High hopes for life sciences

For all the time we’ve spent highlighting New Jersey’s glut of sprawling, vacant corporate campuses, it’s easy to lose sight of just how many of them have been rescued in recent years by some of the state’s boldest and most inventive developers. Those success stories are worth telling, which is why we often do at Real Estate NJ. But there are underlying trends or nuances in some of those projects that don’t get as much attention on a day-to-day basis. Like how a crop of innovative, lesser-known biotech and pharmaceutical firms are backfilling space at the former research campuses of Sanofi and Hoffmann-LaRoche, helping to stabilize those sites as their new owners pursue larger redevelopment plans.

Lawn, garden care business inks 271,000 sq. ft. lease in Mahwah

A lawn and garden tools company is expanding its footprint in New Jersey with a lease at a newly built, 271,000-square-foot distribution center in Mahwah.

Hampshire unveils latest self-storage project (SLIDESHOW)

The Hampshire Cos. has continued its expansion into the self-storage business, marking the opening of a new 82,000-square-foot complex in Carteret.

Newark towers trade for $70 million, Kislak says

An investor has paid more than $70 million for a two-building, 680-unit apartment property just north of downtown Newark, according to brokers with The Kislak Co. Inc.

DeMarco joins Mack-Cali board

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has appointed CEO Michael J. DeMarco to its board of directors.

CBRE brokers sale of Chase portfolio in Montclair

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has sold three properties in Montclair for a combined $4 million, in a recent transaction arranged by brokers with CBRE.