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.

Residential & Mixed Use
Kislak inks $20 million sale of 80-unit garden apartment complex in Neptune City

A private investor has acquired an 80-unit garden apartment complex in Neptune City for $20 million, according to a listing team with The Kislak Co. Inc.

Residential & Mixed Use
Developer family sells 124-unit Matawan apartment complex in deal with Pentaurus Properties

Pentaurus Properties has added to its New Jersey multifamily portfolio with its purchase of a 124-unit garden apartment complex in Matawan.

Events
Newark Summit returns Feb. 9, with all-star panels and more than 1,200 slated to attend

Business leaders will descend on New Jersey’s largest city in less than a month as the Newark Summit for Real Estate, Economic Development & Placemaking returns for a third year.

Professional Services
Longtime retail broker Finkelstein joins VanRockCRE to reunite with Huter, Palestina

VanRockCRE has welcomed veteran retail broker Lew Finkelstein, bolstering its team just months after the launch of the Midland Park-based commercial real estate services firm.

Industrial
BRC: South Plainfield industrial complex fully leased after two deals for 4,500 sq. ft.

The owner of a South Plainfield industrial complex has filled 4,500 square feet with two newly completed leases at the property, brokers with Bussel Realty Corp. announced Wednesday.

Retail
Wellness practice for active adults, families leases 3,700 sq. ft. in Livingston, CBRE says

A health care user has taken more than 3,700 square feet at a mixed-use commercial property in Livingston, in a newly announced deal by CBRE.

Government & Public Policy
Kushner project poised to revive Perth Amboy waterfront secures planning board approval

A proposal to bring more than 600 new apartments, public space and other uses to the Perth Amboy waterfront has taken another key step forward after a vote by the city’s planning board.

Government & Public Policy
Santola, longtime Woodmont executive, serving on Sherrill transition team

A third consecutive governor in New Jersey is set to take office with the help of Stephen Santola, the veteran and highly respected development executive, as a member of its transition team.

Finance & Capital Markets
JLL investment sales team touts $4.4 billion in transactions across 90 deals in 2025

JLL’s Morristown-based investment sales team is celebrating another banner year, having closed some $4.4 billion in transactions in 2025.

Professional Services
NAI Hanson’s Chris Todd named SIOR New Jersey chapter president

Christopher D. Todd, a senior managing director with NAI James E. Hanson, has taken the reins as the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors’ New Jersey chapter president.