Current Issue

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.

Retail

Newly opened Shops at Ledgewood Commons shows potential of ‘de-malling’ done right

Developers say the future of retail is now on display in Roxbury, where Advance Realty Investors has transformed an aging, enclosed mall into a 450,000-square-foot, open-air destination with centralized parking and a new Walmart Supercenter as its anchor.

Finance & Capital Markets

Father and son thriving together as part of JLL capital markets team in New Jersey

JLL’s New Jersey-based capital markets team includes a rare father-son combination among commercial real estate brokers, part of an office that remains a leader in the state and has only expanded its reach over the past year.

Policy Page

The future of office work has arrived

The economic rebound is fueling job growth in office-using sectors, which comes as the state lifts requirements that employers accommodate telework arrangements. Now that the future has arrived, I am sure that all employers would agree that employees are the most critical resource for success. Striking the right balance for the new workplace will likely be case-sensitive, and will no doubt take some time and a great deal of patience.

Roundtable

What will be the pandemic’s longest-lasting impact(s) on New Jersey’s multifamily sector?

We assembled a panel of industry experts to tackle this month’s question. Here’s what they had to say.

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.

Industrial

Profeta sells 300,000 sq. ft. Amazon warehouse site in Ohio after redevelopment

Montwards LLC has agreed to sell an industrial property in Columbus, Ohio, that is home to a newly built, 300,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center, following the firm’s redevelopment of a property that it first acquired nearly two decades ago.

Office

Investment firm continues push into New Jersey suburbs, eyes return to high-end office buildings

With nearly a dozen acquisitions and more than $750 million in combined investment — all since spring 2018 — The Birch Group is exceedingly bullish on northern New Jersey’s office market and the expected return to work in top-tier locations.

Professional Services

CREW NJ president touts growth of programs, membership amid COVID challenges

Six months into her term as president of Commercial Real Estate of New Jersey, a Newark-based attorney is helping to guide it through the second year of the pandemic and what it hopes will be a continued economic recovery, plus new networking and business development opportunities.

Policy Page

Geopolitics and demographics impact commercial real estate in our region

Our state is making headlines these days in a number of good ways. One contributing factor is certainly geopolitics, the study of how place matters. While this term is more often used to describe countries and explain the origin and source of their wealth, culture and military strategy, we can also see how this applies at the state level.