After a sleepy first half of the year, New Jersey’s office market woke up in the third quarter. And it did so in a big way — thanks to a flurry of high-profile leases that reached the finish line.
Christie, lawmakers reach deal to fund road projects
A bipartisan deal, unveiled Friday at the Statehouse, calls for raising the state’s gas tax for the first time since 1988 to replenish the Transportation Trust Fund. The 23-cent-per-gallon increase will fund a $2 billion TTF plan over the next eight years, with 100 percent of gas tax revenues constitutionally dedicated to repair and replace the state’s roads and bridges.
Russo details mixed-use plans for iconic Hess property
The landmark Hess tower in Woodbridge may be getting some company in the years ahead. That’s according to a plan laid out Wednesday by developer Ed Russo, whose firm is part of a joint venture that aims to acquire and transform some 30 acres around the iconic building. He said the Carlstadt-based firm and its partner, Onyx Equities, intend to build a mixed-use community with roughly 600 residential units and 40,000 square feet of retail space.
