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
NAI Hanson, project partners break ground at Sparta flex building

A development and leasing team has broken ground on a 10,400-square-foot industrial and flex space in Sparta, the first of two new buildings slated for a nearly 32-acre complex.

Government & Public Policy
Analytical instruments company moves to North Brunswick with EDA-backed financing

Alliance Calibrations Group, which manages instruments in chemical laboratories, has acquired an 11,000-square-foot facility in North Brunswick that will serve as its permanent headquarters.

Residential & Mixed Use
Manhattan Building Co. eyes sweeping plan to transform Jersey City neighborhood

A developer with deep roots in Hudson County has proposed building more than 2,300 apartments at the edge of downtown Jersey City, seeking to transform several blocks of blighted property just east of the New Jersey Turnpike extension.

Residential & Mixed Use
Somerset closes on 31-acre transit village site in Somerville

Somerset Development has completed its long-awaited acquisition of 31 acres in downtown Somerville, paving the way for a project that includes more than 500 residential units and other uses adjacent to the borough’s train station.

Office
Hartz sells Woodcliff Lake office building for $36 million, C&W says

An investment group has acquired a 118,000-square-foot, single-tenant office building in Woodcliff Lake for $36 million, in a newly announced transaction by Cushman & Wakefield.

Industrial
Apparel company leases 203,000 sq. ft. warehouse in South Brunswick

An apparel company has leased an entire 203,488-square-foot warehouse and distribution center under construction in South Brunswick, brokers with JLL announced Monday.

Professional Services
JLL closes on $1.8 billion acquisition of HFF

Real estate services firm JLL has closed on its $1.8 billion acquisition of HFF, greatly expanding its capital markets platform under a blockbuster deal announced earlier this year.

Retail
Tool, equipment chain takes 18,000 sq. ft. in Hampton

A discount tool and equipment retailer has leased some 18,000 square feet at a Hunterdon County shopping center, under a new deal brokered by The Goldstein Group.

Hospitality & Tourism
Morris, Jingoli look to build on Hard Rock’s first year in Atlantic City

As they mark the anniversary of the debut of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, the property’s well-known local partners are seeking to build on a successful first year in business and in the community.

Office
NKF inks 35,000 sq. ft. renewal at New Providence office building

An information services company has renewed its 35,000-square-foot lease at a New Providence office building, under a newly completed transaction by Newmark Knight Frank.