Cover Story

Our monthly cover story in Real Estate NJ is a must-read, as we bring you an insider’s look at the decisions, personalities and economic conditions that are shaping the market.

Industrial
Investor demand for industrial space soaring to new heights, as rents rise at record pace

Industrial rents in New Jersey and other top markets are rising at unprecedented rates, leaving investors hungrier than ever for properties across the asset class.

Cover Story
How Devco does it: Inside $1.5 billion pipeline — and decades of high-profile New Jersey projects

New Brunswick Development Corp. is forging ahead after a year in which it broke ground on more than $1.5 billion worth of projects — a milestone that’s all the more notable for a team that never does the same project twice.

Professional Services
DMR eyes continued growth, pipeline diversity as design firm marks 30th anniversary

Three decades after its founding, DMR Architects has grown into a robust, multidisciplinary practice serving education, multifamily, health care and other public- and private-sector clients — with a pipeline valued at more than $1 billion.

Government & Public Policy
Insiders see growing (but measured) demand for new, more targeted state incentive program

With the recent approval of the first awards under Emerge, the state’s new jobs-based tax incentive program, officials and other insiders expect to see a measured pace of applications for a subsidy that was designed to be more discerning and targeted than its predecessor.

Office
Co-working demand grows in New Jersey, as users seek flexibility amid continued uncertainty

After 18 months doing their jobs from home because of COVID-19, many New Jersey workers are returning to flex and co-working spaces. Operators are responding by adding more private suites to their offerings to make users feel safer from infection — and while they’re keeping a wary eye on COVID’s Delta variant, they’re optimistic about demand, for both the short term and long term.

Industrial
Industrial owners adapting, unlocking new revenue streams as parking requirements soar

Demand for parking in and around industrial properties has soared in New Jersey, fueled largely by the use of large delivery fleets, spurring changes in building design and creating new revenue streams for industrial owners.

Residential & Mixed Use
With new apartments, reuse of Plainfield hospital site taking shape after more than a decade

CHA Partners recently unveiled a new 120-unit apartment building at the site of the former Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield, doing so more than a decade after the hospital’s closure devastated city residents and set off an emotional, multiyear battle to repurpose the site.

Residential & Mixed Use
With return to work on the horizon, apartments in transit hubs show signs of a rebound

A return to the office could help bring commuters back to urban employment hubs such as Manhattan, lifting the market for transit-centric apartments in northern New Jersey.

Residential & Mixed Use
KRE Group unveils next phase of landmark project, as momentum builds in historic Jersey City neighborhood

Kushner Real Estate Group and National Real Estate Advisors have opened the second of three towers at their Journal Squared project in Jersey City, having leased more than 50 percent of its 704 luxury apartments amid the ongoing revival of a historic neighborhood.

Retail
Retail leaders see a clearer path to recovery, despite continued uncertainty

Despite the enduring struggles of malls, further bankruptcies by large chains and other challenges to brick-and-mortar retail, industry leaders say the path to stability is becoming clearer. That’s especially true for properties that were fundamentally stronger before the pandemic, which are now drawing the attention of tenants in search of space.