Health Care & Education

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

EDA approves $114 million tax credit for major HMH health care hub, apartments at Metropark

The state has pledged nearly $114 million in tax credits over 10 years to a project that would transform the Metropark train station in Woodbridge, where plans call for 235 apartments and nearly 250,000 square feet of office and medical space for Hackensack Meridian Health.

JLL: More moves ahead for life sciences firms seeking higher-end space in New Jersey

New Jersey’s life sciences sector is poised for continued growth in 2024, following a year in which the industry was a key source of demand for commercial real estate owners.

Rock Brook unveils new logo, brand identity to mark 20-year milestone

Rock Brook is sporting a new look as the well-known consulting engineering firm marks a key milestone in its business.

Landmark Healthcare taps Lee & Associates to lease Elizabeth, Pemberton buildings

The owner of a two-building medical office portfolio in Union and Burlington counties has tapped Lee & Associates New Jersey as its leasing agent for the properties.

Onyx taps Outshine Properties as leasing, asset management partner as renovations begin at NEST life sciences campus in Kenilworth

Onyx Equities is set to begin renovations at the 2 million-square-foot former Merck & Co. campus in Kenilworth, having teamed with a known life sciences developer to spearhead its plan to upgrade and bring new tenants to the property.

Lee & Associates: Bridgewater medical office, surgery center asset fetches $10.5 million

A local operator has acquired a medical office and surgery center property in Bridgewater for $10.5 million, brokers with Lee & Associates New Jersey announced Wednesday.

ULI Northern New Jersey unveils honorees for April awards gala

The Urban Land Institute’s Northern New Jersey chapter has announced the winners of its 2024 Excellence Awards, highlighting a host of projects and professionals involved in land use and development in the state.

NAI Hanson: Three tenants combine for 9,400 sq. ft. at Kearny medical office building

A medical office building in Kearny has welcomed three new tenants after a set of leases totaling more than 9,400 square feet, brokers with NAI James E. Hanson announced Tuesday.

DIGroup joins New York Medical College to open redesigned 19,000 sq. ft. research space

New York Medical College has unveiled a newly renovated research space in Westchester County as part of a project designed by New Brunswick-based DIGroup Architecture.

Another chapter

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, the city of New Brunswick ended 2023 on a high note when Nokia announced that it would become the new home of its iconic Bell Labs division. The company, which will move from its historic campus in the Murray Hill section of Union County, plans to occupy a built-to-suit, 360,000-square-foot research tower at the new HELIX campus by 2028. It’s slated to do so under a lease with SJP Properties, which will build the facility in partnership with New Brunswick Development Corp., the project’s master developer, in a signature deal for the city and for the three-building, multibillion-dollar redevelopment project.