Joshua Burd
13496 Articles0 Comments

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.

Office
Firm hopes to ‘bring SoHo to the suburbs’ with new development, investment fund

A three-year-old development and investment firm has launched its first fund, with a goal of deploying some $75 million to acquire value-add properties in transit-oriented downtowns.

Retail
Goldstein Group inks deal for national fitness chain

The Goldstein Group, a Paramus-based retail brokerage, announced it has placed a national fitness operator in a shopping center some 10 miles over the New York state line.

Industrial
Avison Young: Ex-oil terminal site primed for industrial space

A well-located, 26-acre site in Perth Amboy that once housed a major oil company’s first terminal has a new owner, following a deal brokered by Avison Young.

Industrial
Garibaldi: Deal will bring new life to Chatham pharma complex

A life sciences company has acquired a 165,000-square-foot biotech complex in Chatham, where it plans to embark on renovations that will convert it to a modern manufacturing facility.

Residential & Mixed Use
North Jersey apartment rents grow again in 2016, report finds

Apartment rental rates in northern New Jersey will grow for the sixth consecutive year, a new report has found, as leasing activity keeps pace with the roaring pace of new construction.

Industrial
Second of three buildings coming to Exit 8A industrial park

Construction is underway on a nearly 190,000-square-foot distribution center in South Brunswick, the second of three phases in a planned industrial complex off New Jersey Turnpike Exit 8A.

The Rundown
Report: Project could bring 750 units, school to Jersey City

Developers are proposing to build a 52-story, 750-unit high-rise in downtown Jersey City that would include a new public school at what is now a parking lot, a published report said.

Finance & Capital Markets
HFF: Mack-Cali seeking buyer for 2.2M sq. ft. Bergen County portfolio

With a continued focus on right-sizing its office holdings, Mack-Cali Realty Corp. is looking to sell a sprawling nine-building, 2.2 million-square-foot portfolio in Bergen County.

Office
Allstate is newest tenant at Bridgewater campus, JLL says

Allstate Insurance Co. has leased an entire 63,000-square-foot building in Bridgewater, the latest in a series of new deals at a four-building office park on Route 22.

Finance & Capital Markets
Investors announces more than $300M in CRE loans

Investors Bank has originated than $308 million in loans in recent weeks, financing more than a dozen transactions involving multifamily and commercial properties.