Health Care & Education

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

Events
Creative connections: Real estate, design experts discuss the intersection of art and health in commercial spaces

From left: Andrea Hsu of NK Architects, Jennifer Ellis-Rosa of Gensler, Shuli Sadé of Sadé Studio and Shane Connell of the Connell Co. took part in a Feb. 27 panel discussion hosted by Morris Arts. — All images courtesy: Morris Arts

Office
Hackensack Meridian tops off new headquarters, medical office building at Metropark station

Hackensack Meridian Health’s new headquarters and medical office building in Woodbridge is on track to open this fall after reaching a key construction milestone last week.

Health Care
Accordia: Montvale office building adds dentistry practice as latest health care tenant

A general and cosmetic dentistry practice is coming to an Accordia-managed office building in Montvale after leasing more than 3,000 square feet at the property.

Professional Services
DIGroup acquires Queens-based Graf & Lewent Architects

DIGroup Architecture LLC has expanded its footprint and its offerings with the acquisition of Graf & Lewent Architects LLP, an established practice based in Queens.

Editor’s Note
Taking notice

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, developers are laying the groundwork for what could be a new wave of apartment construction in downtown New Brunswick, seeking to meet the needs of workers that will come from the transformative, large-scale commercial projects that are taking shape. City officials say they’ve approved plans for residential projects with more than 2,000 units since the start of 2022, with hundreds more in the pipeline, setting the stage for a major infusion of new housing.

Health Care
Doren Development inks 4,000 sq. ft. lease in Passaic for plasma donation center’s third location

Doren Development has secured a new tenant at a Passaic office building after leasing 4,000 square feet to a plasma donation center.

Residential & Mixed Use
Filling the pipeline: Developers lining up plans for new housing projects in New Brunswick, seeking to meet demand from massive commercial investments

Developers are laying the groundwork for what could be a new wave of apartment construction in downtown New Brunswick, seeking to meet the needs of potentially thousands of new employees that will come from several transformative, large-scale commercial projects that are now taking shape.

Office
Kenvue joins Murphy, other public officials to unveil 290,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Summit

Kenvue Inc. has taken the wraps off its new 290,000-square-foot global headquarters in Summit, with construction underway on a second facility as part of a revamped pharmaceutical campus.

Government & Public Policy
Rutgers real estate center leader Davis tapped as nation’s chief housing economist

Morris Davis, the longtime academic leader of the Rutgers Center for Real Estate, is joining the White House Council of Economic Advisers as the nation’s chief housing economist.

Health Care
JLL: Buyer wanted for 181,000 sq. ft. Bristol Myers lab, office facility in Warren

The owner of more than 181,000 square feet of high-end lab and office space in Warren has tapped JLL to sell the property, the longtime home of a major pharmaceutical company.