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.

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What all real-estate companies, developers and professionals need to know about political contributions

With the presidential election now less than a year away, 2020 promises to be a year in which politics is difficult to escape. But before businesses and individuals rush to engage in political activity and make political contributions at the county and municipal levels, it is important to review New Jersey’s pay-to-play laws. Because what the real-estate world doesn’t know about political contributions may come back to hurt it.

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Russo Development is bullish on Kearny — and the ability to tap an underserved market

Russo Development has delivered more than 500 apartments in Kearny since mid-2018, with hundreds more in its pipeline, seeing an opportunity in a town that is minutes from downtown Newark and the ability to capture renters who are priced out of neighboring submarkets.

Retail
Coffee, halal chains coming to Ironside Newark as first retail tenants

Edison Properties has landed the first two retail tenants at its Ironside Newark project, luring a café operator and an international halal food chain to the adaptive reuse project.

Industrial
Atlantic inks $15.6 million sale of Somerset industrial building

A maker of natural ingredients and chemicals has sold its 120,000-square-foot warehouse in Somerset County for $15.6 million, under a transaction by Atlantic Real Estate Services.

Office
SFA acquires 116,000 sq. ft. office, flex complex in Mount Laurel

An investment firm has made another addition to its South Jersey portfolio, acquiring a nearly 116,000-square-foot office and flex complex in Mount Laurel.

Residential & Mixed Use
Kislak: Bergen County rental portfolio fetches $15.7 million

An affiliate of Alfred Sanzari Enterprises has sold an 87-unit apartment portfolio in Bergen County for nearly $16 million, in a series of deals arranged by The Kislak Co. Inc.

People
SJP names new director of asset management amid growing third-party business

SJP Properties has hired a veteran property manager to support its growing line of construction services and other third-party offerings.

Office
Video firm moving from Hackensack, takes 10,000 sq. ft. in Rochelle Park

A video communications company is leasing 10,000 square feet of office space at a mixed-use building in Rochelle Park, brokers with JLL announced.

Residential & Mixed Use
Affordable apartments in Newark rehabbed with LIHTC tax credits

State and local officials cut a ceremonial ribbon Thursday to mark the major rehabilitation of a decades-old building with 200 apartments for working families in the city’s Central Ward.

Office
PT practice takes 5,400 sq. ft. for Paramus headquarters, NAI Hanson says

A physical therapy practice is relocating its headquarters in Paramus, inking a lease for nearly 5,400 square feet near the busy intersection of routes 4 and 17.