Joshua Burd
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Joshua Burd, an award-winning reporter and editor, has been covering New Jersey commercial real estate for eight 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.

Finance & Capital Markets
Progress Capital sources $14 million refi loan for new Journal Square apartments

The owner of a new 79-unit apartment building in Jersey City has refinanced the property for $14 million, according to a debt placement team with Progress Capital.

Office
Opal picks Avison Young as leasing agent at newly acquired Metropark office building

Opal Holdings LLC has tapped Avison Young as its leasing agent at an office building in Woodbridge, marking the firms’ latest collaboration in the Metropark submarket.

Professional Services
Blau & Berg promotes two brokers to senior director

The Blau & Berg Co. has announced the promotion of two brokers to the role of senior director.

Professional Services
PS&S acquires leading transportation, infrastructure firm B. Thayer Associates

PS&S, the Warren-based professional services firm, has acquired the assets of a New York-based consulting practice involved in some of the region’s largest infrastructure projects.

Industrial
Industrial leasing, pricing starts strong in 2022 amid ongoing supply constraints in New Jersey

Rents for warehouse and logistics space continue to climb across much of New Jersey, where landlords saw a first-quarter uptick in leasing activity after a momentary lull in late 2021.

People
Veris Residential taps new CIO, general counsel to succeed departing Cardoso, Wagner

Veris Residential Inc. has named a new chief investment officer and general counsel to succeed two longtime executives at the former Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

Office
Kimmerle touts upgraded amenities, common spaces at Onyx office building in Paramus

Onyx Equities has unveiled a series of upgrades and new amenity spaces at a 350,000-square-foot office building in Paramus, under a newly completed project by Kimmerle Group.

Deals
Newmark inks deals with financial services firms, retail users in downtown Summit

Three retail tenants and two office users have signed leases in downtown Summit, in a series of newly announced transactions by Newmark Associates.

Health Care & Education
CHA Partners unveils women’s health facility at Queens medical arts complex

Bloomfield-based CHA Partners has marked the opening of a new women’s health facility in what it says is an underserved section of New York City.

Residential & Mixed Use
Montclair apartment building sold after 52 years, fetching $38 million, Gebroe-Hammer says

The owner of a well-known, 133-unit apartment building in Montclair has sold the property after more than five decades, in a $38 million deal arranged by Gebroe-Hammer Associates.