Government & Public Policy

From zoning disputes to the federal tax code, public policy affects the commercial real estate sector far more than you may realize. For industry leaders, government and politics demand constant attention.

Industrial
Demand soars for ‘community solar’ projects on warehouses, as state program enters new phase

Landlords are expanding their participation in New Jersey’s nation-leading Community Solar Energy Program, which allows property owners to lease their rooftops to solar developers, as the state transitions from a pilot phase to a permanent model.

Government & Public Policy
Murphy signs landmark affordable housing bill, creating new framework for development

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a landmark bill to revamp how New Jersey calculates and enforces each town’s obligations for affordable housing, setting a path for a new phase of residential development across the state under the Mount Laurel doctrine.

Government & Public Policy
Gutierrez-Scaccetti to NAIOP: Warehouse fee would fund much-needed truck traffic planning

Business groups have lined up against Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to charge a fee on warehouses for each truck they receive, but a top state official said the levy is needed to address a chronic lack of traffic planning around new industrial developments.

Government & Public Policy
Bill to create new affordable housing framework clears state Senate, heads to Murphy’s desk

The next chapter of affordable housing in New Jersey is now in Gov. Phil Murphy’s hands, following the state Senate’s passage of a bill to revamp how officials calculate and enforce each town’s obligations under the landmark Mount Laurel doctrine.

Government & Public Policy
Policy playbook: NJBA aims to tackle construction, housing costs on multiple fronts in Trenton

Developers are cautiously optimistic about new legislation to streamline affordable housing production in New Jersey, but it’s far from their only public policy objective in 2024.

Professional Services
ESA’s Fullmer named vice president of technical services

ESA has promoted David Fullmer to vice president of technical services, in a move aimed at better supporting its growing staff and environmental services platform.

Government & Public Policy
NJ Transit: Ground lease with LCOR ‘sets the stage’ for Hoboken Connect groundbreaking

The long-awaited Hoboken Connect project took a key step forward on Tuesday with the approval of a ground lease between NJ Transit and LCOR, the developer for what’s slated to include new apartment and office towers and upgrades to the city’s historic transit terminal.

Health Care & Education
Hackensack Meridian breaks ground on new office, health center at mixed-use Metropark site

Construction is set to begin on nearly 250,000 square feet of new corporate and medical office space in Woodbridge, the future home of a Hackensack Meridian Health facility and the first piece of a distinctive mixed-use project at the Metropark train station.

Government & Public Policy
EDA set to begin info sessions for new Emerging Developers grant program

The state Economic Development Authority is kicking off a series of in-person and virtual information sessions to introduce its new $20 million Emerging Developers Fund.

Residential & Mixed Use
Boraie lands $90 million Aspire tax credit pledge for 333-unit Newark residential project

Boraie Development has secured a 10-year, $90 million tax credit award to build a 25-story, 333-unit luxury apartment tower along the Passaic River in downtown Newark.