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.

Office
Saxum grows portfolio with two downtown acquisitions

A development and investment firm has made new acquisitions in Middlesex and Morris counties, its latest under a recently launched fund for repositioning downtown commercial sites.

Retail
Restaurant moves to Woodbridge retail center

A family-owned Pakistani restaurant has leased 6,800 square feet in Woodbridge after outgrowing its space in a neighboring town, Levin Management Corp. said Friday.

Retail
Dave & Buster’s coming to Woodbridge, mayor says

Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac announced that Dave & Buster’s will open a location this November at the Woodbridge Center mall. Construction is set to begin this month on the 34,000-square-foot store, which will occupy an upper level formerly used by Sears, now that retailers in the space have been relocated within the mall.

Residential & Mixed Use
A bird’s-eye view of Journal Squared (VIDEO)

Leasing is set to begin at the mixed-use, potentially transformative development known as Journal Squared, but you don’t need a tour to see the Jersey City tower up close.

Finance & Capital Markets
Financing allows firm to reposition Totowa industrial site

HFF has brokered a $9.5 million loan to help a developer refinance and complete its redevelopment of a Totowa industrial building, the firm announced Thursday.

Industrial
C&W inks three industrial sales in northern, central N.J.

Five industrial buildings in Newark, Linden and Edison have changed hands in a series of deals arranged by Cushman & Wakefield, the firm said Thursday.

Industrial
Mahwah industrial building sold to Rockland County firm

A tenant from just over the state’s northern border will relocate to a warehouse in Mahwah, after acquiring the site in a deal brokered by NAI James E. Hanson.

Retail
Eastman welcomes swim school to Livingston plaza

A swim school has leased 8,100 square feet at a Livingston shopping center, its owner said.

Government & Public Policy
Trenton’s pitchman: George Sowa says capital city is open for business

As CEO of Greater Trenton, George Sowa sees a city that has fallen on hard times and has to overcome years of bad press. But Trenton has what it takes to change the narrative, he said, starting with all-important infrastructure such as a transit hub that links to four different rail lines.

Office
NJAR sees new Trenton HQ as ‘a cornerstone project’ for city

NJ Realtors opened its new 20,000-square-foot headquarters on Hamilton Avenue last September, marking the completion of one of the city’s few ground-up construction projects in recent years.