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.

Professional Spotlight
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Our clients include real estate developers, property owners, investors, lenders, businesses and public entities engaged in commercial, industrial and multifamily residential real estate, redevelopment and transformative infrastructure projects throughout New Jersey. We represent buyers, sellers, lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants, investors, entrepreneurs and public and private REITs in both routine and highly complex real estate transactions. Our experience encompasses all sectors of the commercial market.

Professional Spotlight
Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP

MSW represents a wide range of clients, including major national and international developers, national and regional lending institutions, institutional investors, national contractors and subcontractors, family offices, landlords, tenants and other owners and developers of real property. Our boutique structure and multidisciplinary model allow us to serve an exceptionally diverse client base — from some of the largest real estate developers and private equity firms in the country to closely held family offices.

Office
RCS, Lamar Cos. buy 368,000 sq. ft. Jersey City office building in deal brokered by C&W

30 Montgomery St. in Jersey City — Courtesy: Real Capital Solutions/Lamar Cos. By Joshua Burd A joint venture has planted a flag in Jersey City with its acquisition of a well-known 16-story office building in the waterfront Exchange Place district.…

Industrial
Velocity, sustainable packaging firm ink 155,000 sq. ft. deal to fill historic Pennsauken building

Velocity Venture Partners has all but leased up a major industrial building in Pennsauken after securing a 155,000-square-foot deal with a maker of sustainable shipping products.

Education
NJIT opens 25,000 sq. ft. translational research center at NEST campus in Kenilworth

New Jersey Institute of Technology has officially launched a new research hub at the Northeast Science and Technology Center in Kenilworth, where it’s leasing 25,000 square feet from a joint venture that’s repositioning the former Merck & Co. campus.

Deals
Vantage: Investors scoop up Collingswood medical office building, eyeing redevelopment

Local investors have acquired a commercial property in Collingswood with plans to redevelop the site, leveraging the borough’s well-known downtown and its access to mass transit.

Retail
Zoltek lists 2.2-acre leasing opportunity for retailers on Route 31 in Warren County

The owner of some two acres along Route 31 in Warren County has tapped Zoltek Commercial Real Estate Services to secure a user for the highly visible and highly trafficked parcel.

Finance & Capital Markets
Kennedy Funding closes $4.4 million land loan for 39-acre residential project in Texas

The owner of a nearly 39-acre residential site outside Austin, Texas, has closed on $4.4 million in financing from Kennedy Funding, the Englewood-based direct private lender.

Top News
Red Bulls debut cutting-edge training campus in Morris Township, bringing new life to once-stranded office site

The transformation of another New Jersey suburban office campus is complete, but the result is far from the warehouses and apartments found at other redevelopment sites.

Office
Jersey Mike’s leases 70,000 sq. ft. in major office deal at Bell Works Fort Monmouth

With an initial public offering in the works, Jersey Mike’s Subs has found new office space at the historic Fort Monmouth property thanks to a lease with Inspired by Somerset Development.