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Real Estate NJ goes in depth on the latest trends, success stories and critical issues facing the commercial real estate industry. Hear what is on the mind of the industry’s power players and get expert analysis as we give you the deepest look inside the market.

It’s complicated: Power, infrastructure constraints loom large as NAIOP panel weighs data center growth in New Jersey

The data center landscape in the U.S., particularly in New Jersey, is experiencing significant growth driven by the evolution of technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Yet there is still a good deal of uncertainty around how to meet this growing need.

Splendor’s growth in Red Bank, creative agency’s home since 2011, has gone hand in hand with robust commercial real estate practice

Commercial real estate clients have been critical to Splendor’s growth as a full-service creative agency, as have the firm’s own decisions about locating and growing its business in Red Bank.

A key step: For Prism, bringing residential property management in-house is a goal years in the making

Prism Capital Partners has reached a long-held goal of taking its residential property management in-house, a move that is already bearing fruit by providing real-time data that can boost performance, while reducing turnover and optimizing rental rates to ensure that the firm is enhancing the value of each property.

Shalek brothers, identical twins, making their mark in low-coverage industrial, with ground-up development on the horizon

Identical twins Eric and Scott Shalek are building a portfolio of low-coverage and outdoor industrial storage sites in New Jersey after launching Ridgecut Road in early 2022, with plans to begin their first ground-up warehouse project later this year.

Project tour, expansion to new schools helping to grow ULI’s UrbanPlan program for students

The Urban Land Institute’s UrbanPlan program is growing in New Jersey with its recent expansion to a second school district and a project tour led by Russo Development, creating new opportunities for students to participate in hands-on, simulated real estate planning.

A focused expansion: Scarinci Hollenbeck says it’s now a one-stop shop for real estate — with clear growth potential

It’s one thing to become the proverbial one-stop shop, as Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC has sought to do with a series of recent additions to its real estate department. But the Little Falls-based law firm has also keyed on what it sees as important growth areas in the space. That strategy is now taking shape at Scarinci, whose long-established real estate team has grown to 15 full-time attorneys from nine last summer, adding new expertise in everything from affordable housing and litigation to foreclosures and landlord-tenant disputes in the wake of the pandemic.

Glass masters: Wayne-based Bendheim has played a key role in building design, construction for nearly a century

Bendheim is a third-generation leader in fabricating glass and the systems to install it, making it integral to high-profile architectural projects ranging from office buildings to public spaces.

Punia’s Tiger reflects on term as IOREBA president, importance of networking

Ryan Tiger is finishing his term as president of the Industrial & Office Real Estate Brokers Association, a year in which the nearly century-old group remained focused on providing value to its members through events and other networking opportunities.

New affordable, supportive housing taking shape near hospitals with help of HMFA program

The first projects have arrived under a state program aimed at creating affordable and supportive housing near hospitals — providing shelter and other services while reducing the burden on local health care institutions — as officials eye continued growth for the program.

Making connections: How Morristown’s HQ Plaza will engage residents, visitors with new public-facing spaces

The renovation of Morristown’s landmark Headquarters Plaza will look to energize the sprawling concourse that connects three office towers, a Hyatt Regency hotel and a host of retailers and restaurants under the roof of the 1 million-square-foot complex. Not to be overlooked is the idea that the refreshed property will also engage the community in a way that it hasn’t in decades, taking cues from the town’s other recent redevelopment projects.