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.

Residential & Mixed Use
Final phase of Wood-Ridge transit village project secures site plan approval

A development team has secured a key approval for the final piece of a long-running plan to transform a piece of the former Curtiss-Wright aircraft plant in Wood-Ridge.

Government & Public Policy
East Brunswick, developer uniting around common goal — transforming Route 18

A new public-private alliance has emerged in East Brunswick, where local leaders and a development team have united to revive a stretch of blighted retail property on Route 18.

Government & Public Policy
Newark city council votes to advance land banking bill

Local officials in Newark are one step closer to launching a land banking program that would allow it to acquire and assemble blighted properties for redevelopment or restoration.

Professional Services
CSG adds veteran alcoholic beverage control regulator, eyeing new retail trends

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC has bolstered its commercial real estate team with the hiring of a longtime regulator with the state’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Government & Public Policy
HMFA debuts $50 million loan program for special needs housing projects

State officials have unveiled a new $50 million loan program aimed at funding 400 apartments for disabled veterans, homeless individuals and other residents with special needs.

Retail
Familiar territory

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, a project aims to revive what should be prime real estate in East Brunswick, one that hugs a highway with daily traffic of 100,000 vehicles.

Residential & Mixed Use
HMFA touts opening of 75-unit senior housing complex in Freehold

A developer and state officials have marked the completion of an age-restricted, 75-unit affordable housing property in Freehold Township.

Government & Public Policy
Lennar to develop mixed-use town center at Fort Monmouth ‘gateway’ parcel, state says

State officials are detailing new plans for a town center development at the historic Fort Monmouth property, having agreed to sell a prominent 73-acre parcel to a Lennar Corp. affiliate.

Government & Public Policy
Investors Bank’s Cummings named board chair at Greater Trenton

Greater Trenton, the capital city’s nonprofit economic development arm, has tapped Investors Bank CEO and President Kevin Cummings as its new board chairman.

Professional Services
Real estate, land use attorney among newest Greenbaum partners

A real estate and land use attorney with Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP is among two newly named partners at the Woodbridge-based firm.