Features

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.

Industrial
Fully mobilized: Greek, chair of new ‘Circulate NJ’ coalition, sees breadth of membership as key to promoting logistics industry’s impact (and curbing misinformation)

Let there be no confusion: Circulate NJ is not a lobbying group, as David Greek is quick to point out, but a well-organized, diverse coalition that has assembled to promote the vast economic benefits of New Jersey’s logistics sector.

That message is at the heart of the new public awareness campaign that launched shortly before Thanksgiving, led by a membership that includes not just prominent developers but stakeholders ranging from dock workers and truckers to the likes of Amazon. All of which have a vested interest in promoting their collective industry and, in turn, defusing the hostile rhetoric and misinformation that has derailed a growing number of warehouse projects in recent years.

Technology
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.

Features
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.

Residential & Mixed Use
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.

Industrial
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.

Top News
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.

Professional Services
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.

Features
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.

Features
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.

Government & Public Policy
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.