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.

People
Avison Young hires new marketing coordinator in N.J.

Amanda M. Franko has joined Avison Young as a marketing coordinator in the company’s New Jersey office, the commercial real estate services firm said.

Residential & Mixed Use
Dranoff, Schreiber look ahead after setting the stage for NJPAC development

Stakeholders in the city are now looking ahead to a long-awaited groundbreaking for One Theater Square, a high-profile, mixed-use project that was conceived more than a decade ago. The $116 million proposal calls for a glassy, 22-story luxury apartment tower sitting atop street-level retail space, aiming to transform a 1.2-acre lot across from NJPAC.

Professional Services
iCIMS names project management firm to oversee move to Bell Works

Software provider iCIMS has picked Avison Young to spearhead project management for the company’s move into a new 200,000-square-foot office space at the Bell Works complex in Holmdel.

Professional Services
N.J. architecture group recognizes firm for 9/11 memorial design

The American Institute of Architects’ New Jersey chapter has recognized Davis Brody Bond Architects and Planners for its design of the National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center in New York City, the association announced.

The Rundown
Opponents of American Dream bond sale dig in for legal battle

The fight over a $1.15 billion bond sale that would help a developer complete the stalled American Dream Meadowlands project is now in the hands of a state appeals court.

Health Care & Education
Hollister delivers new field house for Somerset County school

Hollister Construction Services has completed a new 14,400-square-foot recreational facility for Gill St. Bernard’s School in Gladstone, the construction management firm said Tuesday.

Finance & Capital Markets
Conair sells E. Windsor development site

Conair Corp. has sold a 27-acre development site alongside its headquarters in East Windsor, according to the brokerage firm that orchestrated

Office
Jaguar unveils plans for new Mahwah HQ

Jaguar Land Rover North America will occupy 147,000 square feet at the former Sharp Electronics Corp. headquarters in Mahwah and expand the facility by 30,000 square feet, with plans to move into the revamped complex by early 2018.

Finance & Capital Markets
Morristown midrise among seven deals brokered by Gebroe-Hammer’s Tragash

A midrise apartment building in Morristown has traded hands for $18.5 million, the largest among more than $50 million worth of recent investments sales orchestrated a veteran broker with Gebroe-Hammer Associates.

Residential & Mixed Use
Jonathan Rose unveils South Orange development

Jonathan Rose Cos. has opened the doors to its first ground-up development project in New Jersey, a 215-unit apartment building just steps from the South Orange train station.