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.

Residential & Mixed Use
Urby Newark welcomes Japanese-inspired restaurant to new downtown building

A Japanese-inspired restaurant has opened its doors in downtown Newark at the base of the newly delivered 250-unit Urby apartment building.

Retail
BRC: Beauty bar expanding to Somerville, takes 4,200 sq. ft.

A salon business has leased more than 4,200 square feet of retail space in downtown Somerville, brokers with Bussel Realty Corp. announced Monday.

Office
Azarian, Duncan Financial Group ink 1,200 sq. ft. office lease in Midland Park

A financial support company has taken more than 1,200 square feet at The Azarian Building, an 18,000-square-foot office property in Midland Park.

Finance & Capital Markets
Saxum, BGO partner for recap of 1.5 million sq. ft. national cold storage portfolio

Saxum Real Estate has recapitalized a six-property, 1.5 million-square-foot portfolio of cold storage buildings under a newly completed partnership with a national investment firm.

Office
Nokia Bell Labs moving to New Brunswick as sole tenant at new 360,000 sq. ft. research, office tower at city’s HELIX campus

One of New Jersey’s most iconic technology companies is headed to New Brunswick, where it will occupy a new lab and office building that’s slated to include some 360,000 square feet.

Professional Services
Veteran brokers March, Fowler join Lee & Associates New Jersey as senior vice presidents

Lee & Associates New Jersey has bolstered its Edison office with the addition of seasoned brokers Paul March and Mark Fowler as senior vice presidents.

Office
JLL: New-look medical office building in Montvale adds psychology practice as latest tenant

A psychology practice has taken 1,000 square feet at a newly modernized office building in Montvale, according to a leasing team with JLL.

Professional Services
WCRE taps veteran broker to lead New York expansion, boosts partnership with CORFAC

Wolf Commercial Real Estate, the Marlton-based firm with deep ties to South Jersey and the Philadelphia metro, is expanding northward with a new office in the New York region

Top News
Simoncini to step down as Meadowlands YMCA board chair after 11 years

The Meadowlands YMCA will have a new slate of volunteer leaders after Ron Simoncini, a public relations executive with strong ties to the state’s commercial real estate sector, prepares to step down as board chairman after more than a decade in the role.

Editor’s Note
A proud moment as NJIT’s Newark Startup Studio graduates 45 minority entrepreneurs

I hope you’ll indulge me this morning as I highlight a proud moment for all of us at Real Estate NJ. It came at this week’s Newark Summit, where New Jersey Institute of Technology President Teik Lim addressed the hundreds that were assembled in downtown Newark.