Health Care & Education

The health care and education sectors are undergoing dramatic changes. So are their real estate needs.

Office
NVE launches next phase of upgrades, amenities as 600,000 sq. ft. ‘Arena’ campus takes shape in East Hanover

A new office and innovation campus is taking shape in East Hanover, with sweeping exterior upgrades now complete and additional updates underway as New Vernon Equities breathes new life into a piece of a legacy pharmaceutical campus.

Health Care
Johnson & Johnson takes naming rights, expands ties to key incubator space at New Brunswick’s HELIX project

Johnson & Johnson is lending its name to what will be an iconic new public space and a key piece of the emerging HELIX campus in its hometown of New Brunswick.

Featured
Advance launches Bridgewater innovation campus with up to 1.1 million sq. ft. of ‘purpose-built’ R&D, advanced manufacturing space

Advance Realty Investors has unveiled plans to build up to 1.1 million square feet of new life science and advanced manufacturing space in Bridgewater, part of a campus that will have shared amenities to create what it’s touting as a cohesive, end-to-end ecosystem.

Featured
A new destination: Edgewood, Paramount advance plans to revive East Brunswick mall as open-air lifestyle center

Edgewood Properties and Paramount Realty have unveiled plans to transform the 775,000-square-foot Brunswick Square Mall in East Brunswick into a modern, open-air destination for the community — one that includes not just retail but a complementary mix of heath care, fitness and lifestyle uses that will revitalize the outdated, slumping shopping center on Route 18.

Events
United Way Legacy Event to honor Sletteland, Impact Award finalists as key New Jersey leaders take center stage

The annual United Way Legacy Event returns this week with a timely panel discussion and a program that highlights some of the New Jersey commercial real estate industry’s top talent — all in support of households facing financial hardship.

Health Care
The Clinical Group taps Fiorillo, double board-certified plastic surgeon, as chief medical officer

The Clinical Group has appointed Dr. Michael Fiorillo as its chief medical officer, bringing new expertise to its Hackensack-based team of health care real estate consultants.

Health Care
HMH debuts pioneering health care center at Metropark — and a blueprint for NJ Transit

A facility that’s meant to be a model of inclusive, convenient access to health care is also a template for the type of transit-oriented development that is critical to New Jersey’s future.

Education
NJIT opens 25,000 sq. ft. translational research center at NEST campus in Kenilworth

New Jersey Institute of Technology has officially launched a new research hub at the Northeast Science and Technology Center in Kenilworth, where it’s leasing 25,000 square feet from a joint venture that’s repositioning the former Merck & Co. campus.

Top News
Red Bulls debut cutting-edge training campus in Morris Township, bringing new life to once-stranded office site

The transformation of another New Jersey suburban office campus is complete, but the result is far from the warehouses and apartments found at other redevelopment sites.

Editor’s Note
Into the future

There are plenty of parallels between the decline of the suburban office building and that of the legacy shopping mall, but the latter feels much more personal. I’m sure many of you would agree, especially in New Jersey, so you’ll find no lack of interest in the growing number of developers seeking to reinvent these once-proud retail hubs.