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Crossing over: A look at tenants that have moved to New Jersey from NYC

Industrial users of all sizes are either relocating or expanding into New Jersey from the boroughs of New York City. Click here for a sampling of other deals from the past year:

Personalities

Family tradition: With clients that go back decades, Zimmel Associates spans three generations

For Zimmel Associates, continuity goes hand in hand with a business that he founded with his late father, Bernard Zimmel, and one that now includes a third generation. Not one, but three of Zimmel’s four sons work at Zimmel Associates today, positioning it for continued success in the years ahead.

HFF’s midyear 2017 industrial capital markets brief

From an equity markets perspective, demand for industrial product continues to be strong with institutions and private funds that are underweight in northeast industrial properties. The reason we are not seeing more activity is because there has been — and continues to be — a lack of quality offerings in the most sought after markets from the Meadowlands down along the Interstate 95/Turnpike Corridor to Exits 8A/7A.

Editor’s Note

Keeping it simple

A major source of excitement for those who make a living in the industrial business is the rise of e-commerce tenants and many others who need to be close to population centers represent actual growth in New Jersey’s economy. That means new businesses, new jobs and new requirements that aren’t simply backfilling someone else’s space, given that the tenants that have been here for decades aren’t going anywhere themselves.

Office

Wired for success: Rating system could change how developers approach connectivity, infrastructure

Earlier this year, the rating service known as WiredScore released a full-fledged set of guidelines, providing a roadmap for professionals involved in new commercial developments. And with the growing importance of data and internet connectivity, the rating system offers the potential to play a major role in office leasing going forward.

Current Issue

Here are WiredScore’s top adopters in New Jersey (and a breakdown of how it works)

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.’s holdings along the Jersey City waterfront include three buildings that have achieved platinum-level Wired Certification. — Courtesy: Mack-Cali Realty Corp. The adopters of Wired Certification in New Jersey include some of the state’s most well-known owners and…

Policy Page

Thinking green: The role of indoor farming in older industrial space

In a state where available industrial space is already in short supply due to our exploding e-commerce sector, asking prices and rents for older and smaller industrial buildings may soon be rising dramatically. Also on the rise will be demand for the power needed to fuel plant growth and maintain proper growing conditions.

Personalities

Strategic approach: Bergstein reflects on blockbuster deals and Lincoln Equities Group’s plans to diversify

During his more than 25 years with Lincoln Equities Group — including a full decade as its top executive — Joel Bergstein has seen plenty of changes in the commercial real estate sector.

Roundtable

In a crowded New Jersey multifamily market, what are the biggest concerns, objectives or factors to consider when developing or financing a new project?

Government & Public Policy

Eye on Trenton: Developers wary of proposed changes to tax abatement law

In a state that is increasingly dependent on redevelopment in densely populated, infrastructure-rich towns and cities, lawmakers are mulling changes to a tax abatement statute that is often seen as critical to bringing those projects to life.