The groundbreaking for Nokia Bell Labs’ new research and office tower in New Brunswick was a celebration of not just the company’s legacy of collaboration in New Jersey, but the public-private partnerships that have brought the project to life.
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Going global: Inside the growth of Asian logistics firms in New Jersey’s industrial market
Asia-based third-party logistics firms have played an increasingly important role in New Jersey’s industrial sector, creating new demand and helping to fill excess inventory after a recent surge in speculative construction. How those firms will be impacted by outsized tariffs and the U.S. trade war with China remains to seen, but developers are optimistic about what is now an established class of tenants.
Right place, right time
As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, Asia-based third-party logistics firms have been critical for many Garden State landlords, creating new demand and helping to fill excess inventory after the recent development surge. A spike in 2024 — when the offshore firms accounted for some 42 percent of all Class A industrial leasing in the state — has given way to a more modest pace in 2025. Yet developers expect Asian 3PLs to continue to loom large going forward, even with the cloud of a trade war between the U.S. and China.
System updates
As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, New Brunswick is marking its latest and perhaps most monumental investment in health care with the opening of the 12-story, 520,000-square-foot Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center. Executives with RWJBarnabas Health, the Rutgers Cancer Institute and other key stakeholders unveiled the facility in mid-May, hailing the arrival of New Jersey’s first freestanding cancer hospital and one of only 13 in the country, part of a $1 billion project that has brought top-tier patient care and cutting-edge research labs under one roof.
The ‘builders’ remedy’ strategy — and why it’s flawed
The “builders’ remedy” method, as an approach to solving New Jersey’s affordable housing crisis, is having a devastating impact across the Garden State. Many other options exist, options that should be squarely on the table. A shining example of these options is the construction of special needs and workforce housing, to name just some.
