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.

Finance & Capital Markets
Investors Bank expanding CRE lending platform

After riding the state’s multifamily boom to help build its commercial real estate lending platform, Investors Bank remains committed to the apartment sector. But it’s also making sure to diversify as it continues to expand its lending business.

Industrial
Hampshire sells six-building industrial portfolio for $147 million

The Hampshire Cos. has sold a six-building, 1.2 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in New Jersey for nearly $147 million, in a deal brokered by HFF that represents one of the largest in recent years for the state’s warehouse and distribution market.

Government & Public Policy
It’s time to address a critical need: Infrastructure investment

Maintaining a healthy level of connectivity is critical. This is why we need to continuously invest in our infrastructure to keep things like our economy and lives moving. People, goods, cars, trucks, trains, data, energy, drinking water and sewerage need to get places in a timely way. Where and how we live, work and play are influenced by access to these places.

Office
New owner of Bloomfield office park gets off to fast start

Less than three months after acquiring a well-known office park in Bloomfield, a real estate firm has inked more than 50,000 square feet in leasing activity at the property.

Residential & Mixed Use
Developer unveils 75-unit apartment rehab in East Orange

An affordable housing builder has opened the doors to its latest project, a newly renovated 75-unit apartment building in East Orange that will soon feature new amenities.

Professional Services
Sales, marketing veteran joins Newmark Associates

Newmark Associates has added to its brokerage team with the hiring of a longtime sales and marketing executive.

Residential & Mixed Use
Sale of Englewood properties could lead to redevelopment, NAI Hanson says

Two properties that could serve as a redevelopment site in Englewood have changed hands, following a transaction arranged by brokers with NAI James E. Hanson.

Event Coverage
Developers share success stories, challenges at SIOR market update

How do you stand out from the competition in commercial real estate? It’s one of the ultimate questions in virtually any industry, but a panel of developers weighed in recently before a group of brokers and others who do business in the Garden State. While their answers varied to some degree, the executives shared at least one common strategy: Go after the deals that your competitors would typically avoid.

Office
Colliers: Florham Park campus inks 20,000 sq. ft. in new leases

Four new tenants have leased space at a Florham Park office complex, where the ownership group has embarked on upgrades to the amenities and common spaces.

Residential & Mixed Use
Apartment portfolio in N.J., Pa. fetches $34 million

An owner of more than 40 years has sold a two-state multifamily portfolio spanning more than 500 apartments, including a 268-unit garden property in Camden County, in a nearly $34 million deal arranged by Gebroe-Hammer Associates.