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.

Hospitality & Tourism
Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City inks partnership with Hyatt

The former Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City is slated to open this summer as part of an upscale Hyatt brand, under a new partnership announced by its owner and the hotel chain.

Hospitality & Tourism
Hoboken mayor unveils plans for new 17-story, waterfront hotel

Plans for a new waterfront hotel in Hoboken are reportedly set to move forward after winning the support of the city’s new mayor.

Top News
Hampshire mourns veteran CRE executive Anderson

The state’s commercial real estate industry is mourning the loss of Todd Anderson, a longtime executive with The Hampshire Cos. who died suddenly this past weekend at age 58.

Professional Services
Valuation firm becomes IRR’s northern N.J. office

A Livingston-based firm has joined Integra Realty Resources, the largest independent commercial real estate valuation, market research and consulting firm in North America.

Professional Services
RSC unveils redesign of Ridgewood restaurant (SLIDESHOW)

A popular restaurant in Ridgewood has reopened after a redesign and renovation overseen by a Hackensack-based architecture firm.

Hospitality & Tourism
Hotel project will unlock potential for conference, events business at Bell Works

At full build-out, the massive Bell Works project in Holmdel will be home to some 8,000 daily office workers. But newly unveiled plans for a rooftop hotel are a reminder of the project’s potential to be much more than a repurposed corporate campus.

Health Care & Education
Hollister completes renovations at Newark Museum (SLIDESHOW)

The Newark Museum has debuted a newly renovated main entrance and interior as part of an effort to connect the institution with the city’s rejuvenated downtown streetscape.

Residential & Mixed Use
VIDEO: New Brunswick PAC project rising in Hub City

Following demolition last summer and a groundbreaking last fall, a $172 million, mixed-use project anchored by a new performing arts center is quickly rising in downtown New Brunswick.

Finance & Capital Markets
Procida: $58 million funding deal spurs Philadelphia opera house rehab

A developer is set to restore the historic Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia with the help of $58 million in financing arranged by Procida Funding, an Englewood Cliffs-based firm.

Hospitality & Tourism
Holmdel OKs plan for rooftop hotel at Bell Works

Local officials have cleared the way for Somerset Development to build a new 200-room hotel atop Bell Works, its adaptive reuse of the iconic Bell Labs complex in Holmdel.