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
Developers break ground on Parsippany project with downtown-style retail, 498 apartments

A joint venture has broken ground on its redevelopment of a former suburban office property in Parsippany, with plans calling for 60,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 498 luxury apartments and a pedestrian-friendly design meant to evoke a town center.

Residential & Mixed Use
Denholtz, Redwood break ground on 143-unit rental project in downtown Bound Brook

Construction is underway on a project that will add more than 140 apartments to Bound Brook’s fast-growing stock of luxury multifamily buildings.

Office
Birch Group, JLL tout flurry of leasing activity at 72,000 sq. ft. Princeton office building

The Birch Group has lured several new tenants to a Princeton-area office building, including the semiconductor maker Broadcom, in a series of newly announced deals by JLL.

Retail
Urban Edge leases 39,000 sq. ft. in Cherry Hill to Total Wine & More

Urban Edge Properties has signed a new 39,000-square-foot lease to bring Total Wine & More to a grocery-anchored shopping center in Cherry Hill.

Office
Contractor buys Howell office, warehouse property for $2.9 million, Sheldon Gross says

A contractor has purchased a 10,300-square-foot commercial property in Howell for $2.9 million, in a deal arranged by Sheldon Gross Realty.

Retail
LMC: New ShopRite store, center-wide upgrades coming to Blue Star on Route 22

ShopRite is getting a new home at Blue Star Shopping Center in Watchung, under a major redevelopment of the prominent 420,000-square-foot property on Route 22.

Editor’s Note
At the ready

The issue of so-called stranded assets is a recurring theme in New Jersey commercial real estate, regrettably so, one that often finds public officials on their heels when they’re left with a vacant, obsolete office park or mall. That is seemingly not the case in Bedminster, where local leaders spent nearly a decade preparing for the possibility that AT&T, its largest taxpayer and employer, would vacate its iconic, 1.1 million-square-foot campus in the township.

Residential & Mixed Use
Solomon taps McInerney as COO to replace retiring executive Rosen

The Solomon Organization has named a new chief operating officer, filling a role held by an executive who has retired after nearly four decades with the firm.

Industrial
NAI Hanson: Clothing retailer takes 25,000 sq. ft. in Ramsey, in relocation from N.Y.C.

A family-owned clothing accessories business has leased nearly 25,000 square feet of industrial space in Ramsey, in a newly announced deal by NAI James E. Hanson.

Office
Larken, Dynamic ink 15,000 sq. ft. deal for engineering firm’s third expansion in Chester

Dynamic Engineering Consultants PC is once again expanding in downtown Chester, where it occupies more than 15,000 square feet under a lease with Larken Associates.