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.

Retail
LMC: Tropical Supermarket takes 16,000 sq. ft. for newest Central Jersey location

A specialty grocer is expanding its footprint in central New Jersey with a nearly 16,000-square-foot lease in South Plainfield, in deal arranged by Levin Management Corp.

Professional Services
Storied architecture firm Kitchen & Associates rebrands as Thriven Design

The award-winning architecture firm long known as Kitchen & Associates is now Thriven Design, under a rebrand unveiled Wednesday by the Collingswood-based practice.

Editor’s Note
Recalibrating

I can point to a stretch of two to three weeks in March 2020 when the market was eerily quiet, as we all adjusted to life at the height of a public health crisis. Otherwise, we’ve had a largely uninterrupted, decade-long run of deal activity, development updates and other happenings that have fueled the engine of New Jersey commercial real estate news. That all figures to continue, but perhaps at a different pace as far as those deals are concerned.

Government & Public Policy
Right at home: NJAA moves to Trenton, with advocacy looming ever larger after COVID crisis

The New Jersey Apartment Association has changed its address, but there’s nothing unfamiliar about its new home in Trenton. The organization and its in-house team, previously based in Middlesex County, have long been a key voice in state politics and policymaking, advocating on behalf of a membership that owns and manages some 230,000 rental units.

Office
Kushner taps JLL as leasing team for 160,000 sq. ft. Florham Park office building

Kushner Cos. has retained JLL as its leasing agent for the nearly 160,000-square-foot office building in Florham Park that has long served as its home base in New Jersey.

Office
Signature Acquisitions touts 63,000 sq. ft. in leases at Union, Monmouth office buildings

An accounting and advisory firm has renewed its lease for nearly 20,000 square feet of office space in Cranford, in the largest of several recent deals by Signature Acquisitions.

Health Care & Education
Flemington: Larken inks lease expansion with medical consulting firm

Larken Associates has completed a lease in Flemington that will allow a medical consulting firm to expand its footprint to more than 8,500 square feet.

Health Care & Education
Atkins completes upgrades of 120,000 sq. ft. West Orange medical office building

Atkins Cos. has completed its renovation of a 120,000-square-foot medical office building in West Orange that it built nearly four decades ago.

Industrial
NAI Hanson completes sale of three-building property in Westwood

NAI James E. Hanson has negotiated the trade of a three-building property in the Bergen County borough of Westwood.

Industrial
Pool plastering business takes 8,000 sq. ft. in Plainfield, Boniakowski says

A swimming pool construction business has leased 8,000 square feet of warehouse space in Plainfield, in a newly announced deal by The Boniakowski Commercial Real Estate Group.