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Office
Managing the journey at 30 Montgomery

Stephen Sullivan recalls standing across the street from 30 Montgomery around 2014, as he and other Onyx executives looked up at the 15-story building in downtown Jersey City. It was time to make a decision on the future of the 313,000-square-foot tower.

Office
The next challenge: 340 Mount Kemble

After the success of 211 Mount Airy Road last summer, Onyx Equities found its next blank canvas about 10 miles away when it acquired 340 Mount Kemble Ave. in Morris Township.

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Value drivers: How Onyx became a top player in New Jersey real estate

John Saraceno Jr. (left) and Jonathan Schultz, co-founders and managing principals of Onyx Equities LLC, have helped grow the company into one of the state’s top private value-add investment firms in New Jersey since its founding in 2004. — Photo…

Retail
The next step for Bell Works: With office space nearly full, retail takes center stage at landmark project

With at least 6,000 daily office workers set to occupy the building by next year, the effort to bring a distinctive mix of retailers, services and dining options to Bell Works is now well underway. That mix includes everything from a florist and a beauty salon to a 24-hour health club and an urgent care center, offerings that will serve both office tenants at the building and residents from the surrounding communities.

Finance & Capital Markets
Fast money: Speed, flexibility and imagination are keys to three decades of success for Kennedy Funding

After being turned down by seven other lenders, it was late last year when the developer of a 148-bed assisted living facility in East Windsor finally found the cash infusion it needed. It was the kind of opportunity that Kennedy Funding Financial was able to seize, even if other lenders could not.

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The suburbs need to adapt: A roadmap for towns to reinvent themselves

By Peter S. Reinhart We all get older until we don’t. During our lifetime, our bodies age and we do our best to slow down the process of aging, but inevitably the end arrives. The use of our land is…

Residential & Mixed Use
Planting the seed: Developer pitching concept plan for redeveloping 653-acre former research complex

There was a time when the sprawling former American Cyanamid complex in West Windsor bustled with more than 1,000 employees and agricultural researchers. A developer hopes to see the property bustling once again — but in a much different way.

Residential & Mixed Use
Editor’s note: A new kind of New Jersey real estate

As you might imagine, I’m usually the one asking the questions when it comes to commercial real estate. But occasionally people will flip the script and ask me what I’m seeing in the market. My response is almost never about…

Government & Public Policy
Long overdue liquor license reform would drive economic development

Restaurants have proven to be desirable anchors for redevelopment projects and magnets for other businesses. However, with few liquor licenses available, smaller local establishments are having their chances of success diminished or are being shut out, thereby stifling competition, development and consumer choice.

Roundtable
What are the biggest challenges to construction and redevelopment in New Jersey?

What are the biggest challenges to construction and redevelopment in New Jersey? We assembled a panel of industry experts to tackle this month’s question.