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.

Industrial
Developer sells 10,400 sq. ft. industrial building in Sparta, NAI Hanson says

A developer has sold a 10,400-square-foot speculative industrial building in Sparta, under a newly announced transaction by NAI James E. Hanson.

People
Builders, contractors association names new president for New Jersey chapter

The Associated Builders and Contractors’ New Jersey chapter has tapped a veteran business owner and public official in South Jersey as its newest leader.

Finance & Capital Markets
Kennedy Funding closes $1 million loan for Long Island waterfront property

Kennedy Funding, an Englewood Cliffs-based direct private lender, has closed a $1 million loan for a nearly four-acre waterfront property in New York’s Nassau County.

Retail
Landlords brace for fallout, search for solutions with retailers battered by COVID-19 shutdown

New Jersey shopping centers that once buzzed with a steady hum of activity have been quiet since late March, with most retail businesses shut down to contain the spread of COVID-19. Retail landlords are now scrambling to figure out how to deal with tenants who say they can’t pay rent because their revenue streams have stopped cold — even though property owners still have their own financial obligations.

Finance & Capital Markets
Northmarq inks $16.5 million refi for Bergen County retail center

The owner of a grocery-anchored shopping center in Bergen County has refinanced the property for $16.5 million, under a newly announced transaction by Northmarq.

Residential & Mixed Use
Newly delivered Jersey City rental building launches leasing (SLIDESHOW)

The owner of a new luxury apartment building in Jersey City has launched leasing at the 99-unit property.

Retail
Bridgewater Commons mall owner taps Texas developer to oversee leasing, management

An investment group that owns the sprawling Bridgewater Commons mall has hired a Texas-based developer to lease and manage the nearly 1.3 million-square-foot property.

Residential & Mixed Use
Developers of new Hoboken rental building launch COVID donation program

The development team behind a new 424-unit apartment building in Hoboken is taking steps to support those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Events
NAIOP industrial conference going virtual this year, association says

I.CON, the annual mass gathering of industrial real estate professionals, is going virtual.

Industrial
Sitex adds 172,000 sq. ft. Meadowlands warehouse, two other sites

Sitex Group has acquired a 172,000-square-foot warehouse in Lyndhurst, in the largest of three newly announced additions by the real estate investment firm.