Events

Hear what thought leaders, presenters and experts have to say at one of the industry’s many conferences, panel discussions and awards ceremonies.

Rutgers conference to shine a light on affordable housing stalemate — and solutions

As the state Supreme Court weighs the issue of affordable housing, stakeholders will gather later this month to shed light on the issue and tackle one of New Jersey’s most divisive and seemingly unsolvable public policy questions of the past three decades.

NJBA honors Riggs for decades of service to homebuilding industry

Industry leaders hailed the accomplishments of Joe Riggs, a longtime group president with K. Hovnanian Enterprises, during an evening reception in Florham Park. The New Jersey Builders Association hosted the event as part of a fundraiser for its political action committee, drawing some 250 homebuilding executives and professionals to the Park Avenue Club and raising about $150,000.

NJAA honors top apartment players at annual gala

More than 700 professionals from the multifamily housing industry gathered recently to honor companies, individuals and allied services at the New Jersey Apartment Association’s 23rd Annual Garden State Awards of Excellence gala.

One Theater Square: The right project at the right time

Stakeholders are celebrating a project that is not only a long time coming, but coming at perhaps the perfect time for Newark.

In Newark, a feel-good moment decades in the making

Business leaders and public officials gathered in Newark on Monday for groundbreaking ceremony for One Theater Square, a $116 million residential tower across from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Industry hopefuls meet industry leaders at career seminar

A career seminar hosted by Montclair State University’s Feliciano School of Business connected attendees with real estate industry leaders in several specialties, including brokerage, property management, value-add investing, development and institutional investing.

McNamara, other CRE leaders honored at NAIOP awards dinner

It was a night in which one of the state’s biggest legislative issues in recent memory was in the spotlight, as voters prepare to consider constitutionally dedicated transportation funding.

At N.J. apartment summit, experts tout a dual-powered market

Experts touted the success of two separate classes in the state’s multifamily sector. One set consists of the high-end, newly built rentals along the Hudson waterfront, while the other includes the older, garden-style apartments that are farther west, but ripe for value-add improvements.

Threats to 1031, carried interest in focus at private equity panel

With Election Day looming, real estate investors can’t help but think about Uncle Sam. A panel of experts in that industry explained why last week, pointing to the prospect of changes to federal regulations that they have come to rely on to do business and improve their returns.

Rutgers official talks campus makeover at AIA conference

Frank Wong has worked for Rutgers University for 30 years, but the last five have been especially busy for the head of the school’s planning and development office.

That’s no surprise, given the high-profile projects seen at Rutgers’ flagship campus in recent years — from the “wildly successful” new 550-bed residential honors college in New Brunswick to the iconic town square and retail space known as The Yard at College Avenue.