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
Procida: $58 million funding deal spurs Philadelphia opera house rehab

A developer is set to restore the historic Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia with the help of $58 million in financing arranged by Procida Funding, an Englewood Cliffs-based firm.

Professional Services
USGBC NJ seeking nominations for annual green building awards

The U.S. Green Building Council of New Jersey is calling for nominees for its annual gala awards, which honor outstanding achievement in green building and sustainability.

Hospitality & Tourism
Holmdel OKs plan for rooftop hotel at Bell Works

Local officials have cleared the way for Somerset Development to build a new 200-room hotel atop Bell Works, its adaptive reuse of the iconic Bell Labs complex in Holmdel.

Industrial
Fully leased, 224,000 sq. ft. warehouse is CenterPoint’s latest N.J. purchase

CenterPoint Properties has expanded its New Jersey holdings with the addition of a 224,000-square-foot industrial building in South Brunswick, executives said Tuesday.

Industrial
Edison developer inks 80,000 sq. ft. lease with logistics firm

A logistics firm has leased more than 80,000 square feet at a newly built warehouse in Edison, developer Wick Cos. LLC announced Tuesday.

Office
NAI Hanson named leasing agent for 139,000 sq. ft. office building

Brokers with NAI James E. Hanson are marketing a 139,000-square-foot office building in northern Bergen County, touting the ability for tenants to capture Class A space at a good value.

Residential & Mixed Use
Lodi apartments fetch $7.75 million, Gebroe-Hammer says

A private investor has acquired a 50-unit garden apartment complex in Lodi, in a nearly $8 million sale brokered by Gebroe-Hammer Associates.

Industrial
NAI Hanson: Meadowlands primed for continued rent growth, demand

Rent growth and falling vacancy show no signs of slowing down for Meadowlands industrial space, thanks in large part to the continued flight of tenants from New York City.

Industrial
Amazon, retailers fuel Q4 industrial gains in N.J.

Retailers accounted for more than a third of all industrial gains in northern and central New Jersey at the end of 2017, according to JLL, fueling what amounted to the second-highest net absorption total of any year since the recession ended.

Office
Korman details plans for 500,000 sq. ft. timber office tower at Newark stadium site (RENDERINGS)

Lotus Equity Group has unveiled new details about its massive redevelopment plan for the former Newark Bears stadium — including what it says will be the largest mass timber office building in the United States.