Hospitality & Tourism

Whether it’s the proximity to New York City or all of the tourist attractions that New Jersey has to offer, the Garden State’s hospitality industry is booming. Hotels are increasingly becoming part of major redevelopment projects.

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.

Hospitality & Tourism
Meadowlands Chamber unveils full design plan, study findings for proposed 1.4 million sq. ft. convention center (RENDERINGS)

The pitch to build a $3 billion convention and event center in East Rutherford became clearer this week with the release of full-fledged design concepts, a financial analysis and the findings of key demand and traffic studies.

Food & Beverage
Landmark New Brunswick eatery, food hall to anchor HELIX hospitality district

A beloved bar and restaurant in New Brunswick is moving to the city’s HELIX campus, where it will join a new food hall to anchor the project’s food and beverage offerings.

Top News
Vantage Commercial lists one-acre assemblage near Atlantic City coastline

A land assemblage just two blocks from the Atlantic City Boardwalk is on the market for sale, brokers with Vantage Commercial announced Thursday.

Hospitality & Tourism
Everhome Suites arrives in Somerset after 2024 site acquisition, Goldstein Group says

A new 114-room Everhome Suites has opened in the Somerset section of Franklin, occupying a site that it acquired under a 2024 deal by The Goldstein Group.

Hospitality & Tourism
New interactive, immersive ‘Messi Experience’ coming to American Dream

An immersive fan exhibit celebrating Leo Messi, the Argentine football icon, is coming to New Jersey thanks to a deal involving a locally based Cushman & Wakefield team.

Hospitality & Tourism
TFE buys well-known boardwalk site in Ocean Grove, eyes new community pavilion

TFE Properties has acquired a vacant boardwalk property in Ocean Grove that it now hopes to revitalize with a new 40,000-square-foot pavilion and community destination.

Finance & Capital Markets
Broad, longtime hotel broker, joins Cronheim as senior managing director

Cronheim Hotel Capital has tapped Andrew Broad as a senior managing director, adding a veteran broker with deep ties to both the hospitality sector and the capital markets.

Government & Public Policy
NJBA, NJBIA file appeal to stop Murphy-backed flood elevation rules for development

Two top business groups are going to court to block controversial land use and flood protection rules adopted on Gov. Phil Murphy’s last day in office, stepping up their defense against a program that they’ve long said will cripple development throughout the state.

Hospitality & Tourism
P3 pitches ‘World of Blue’ as destination for corporate hosts, VIP travelers to World Cup

With renovations underway at the rebranded World of Blue hotel in East Rutherford, its owner has set its sights on affluent travelers bound for this summer’s FIFA Men’s World Cup.