Th Urban Land Institute’s Northern New Jersey chapter hosted its largest event of the year, honoring projects, professionals and companies in nearly 20 categories as recipients called for continued cooperation between developers and policymakers.
Event Coverage
Hear what thought leaders, presenters and experts have to say at one of the industry’s many conferences, panel discussions and awards ceremonies.
An uneven recovery? NAIOP panelists see different paths for different asset types in 2024
The state’s industrial and office sectors both faced headwinds in 2023, but the year ahead for each asset class may be decidedly different. That was a key takeaway last week from panelists at NAIOP New Jersey’s Annual Meeting and Commercial Real Estate Outlook, who noted that demand for warehouse and logistics space has normalized after a record-breaking run during the pandemic. Office landlords, meantime, are still grappling with shrinking corporate footprints and remote work policies, further straining submarkets that are both aging and oversupplied.
Strength and stability: Panelists say long-term leadership in business, government is central to New Brunswick’s highly touted revival
Leveraging its key assets and the vast resources of business, academic and political leaders in New Brunswick has been a hallmark of the city’s economic revival in recent decades, panelists said during a program hosted by Real Estate NJ, as they discussed the philosophical and financial partnerships behind billions of dollars in public- and private-sector redevelopment.
Real estate icons among honorees at Meadowlands Chamber gala, 50th anniversary celebration
If there was any doubt about the commercial real estate industry’s impact on northern New Jersey, this year’s Meadowlands Chamber Legacy Awards Reception was a clear reminder. The organization hosted the annual gala on Oct. 12 while marking the 50th anniversary of its founding. Fittingly, it also unveiled a list of the 50 most influential people in the region’s history — including more than a dozen iconic developers and real estate service providers, from Jerry Gottesman and Jon and Peter Hanson to Gretchen Wilcox and Dave Gockel.
