Health Care & Education

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

Health Care
JLL launches marketing for plug-and-play lab suites at New Brunswick’s HELIX district

The team behind the sweeping Health + Life Science Exchange campus in New Brunswick is seeking tenants for a group of prebuilt laboratory and office suites, part of a 574,000-square-foot building that’s slated to open later this year.

Health Care
Health care practice buys 14,000 sq. ft. medical office complex in West Orange, Newmark says

A regional medical practice has acquired a nearly 14,000-square-foot medical office complex in West Orange for $2 million, in a newly announced deal by Newmark Associates CRE.

Health Care
Vital investments: Landmark cancer center in New Brunswick is ‘just the beginning’ of broader real estate, facilities strategy by RWJBarnabas

The new Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center is the centerpiece of a massive investment in RWJBarnabas Health’s physical footprint — one that’s ongoing — highlighting the increasingly important role of ground-up development in New Jersey’s health care sector.

Office
JLL: Owners of Princeton campus eye new lab space with major renovation, built-to-suit option

The owners of a life sciences campus outside Princeton are bringing new laboratory space to the complex as part of a newly launched renovation at one of its six buildings — with the potential for more by way of a build-to-suit opportunity on vacant land.

Government & Public Policy
Warren County debuts new-look library branch after $7 million project designed by DIGroup

The Warren County Public Library has unveiled a newly renovated and expanded branch in Blairstown after more than $7 million in upgrades spearheaded by DIGroup Architecture.

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In the Moment: Onyx cofounders receive Kislak Institute’s Leadership Excellence Award

From left: Cynthia Daly, interim director of the Kislak Real Estate Institute at Monmouth University, presented the program’s Leadership Excellence Award on May 29 to Onyx Equities cofounders Jonathan Schultz and John Saraceno Jr., who received the honor on behalf of their Woodbridge-based firm. The company is behind many of New Jersey’s most complex and high-profile development projects and investments that have repositioned major commercial properties, including the 2 million-square-foot Northeast Science & Technology Center at the former Merck & Co. campus in Kenilworth, as well as the modernization of the four-building, 2.3 million-square-foot Gateway office complex in Newark.

Office
Avison Young named leasing agent for 151,000 sq. ft. Fair Lawn office building

Atkins Cos. has picked Avison Young as its leasing team for more than 151,000 square feet of medical and professional office space in Fair Lawn.

Residential & Mixed Use
Silverman Group bringing 62 new rentals, medical office space to Short Hills site

The Silverman Group has broken ground on a project that will bring 62 new luxury apartments and medical office space to a site just west of the Short Hills train station in Millburn.

Office
Boutique medical office building in Jersey City trades for $7.4 million, C&W says

An investment group has acquired a more than 28,000-square-foot medical office building in Jersey City for $7.43 million, in a newly announced deal by Cushman & Wakefield.

Professional Services
Graf of DIGroup Architecture to receive top honor from industry groups in Queens

A trade association is honoring Howard Graf of Graf & Lewent Architects, an affiliate of New Brunswick-based DIGroup Architecture, with plans to recognize him at an event later this year.