Office

New Jersey’s office market is evolving by the day, but this fact remains: The state’s location and educated workforce make it a highly desirable place for tenants of all shapes and sizes.

Office

Onyx, DRA tap NKF as leasing agent at 500,000 sq. ft. office campus in Paramus

Onyx Equities and DRA Advisors have picked Newmark Knight Frank as their leasing agent for a newly repositioned, two-building office campus in Paramus.

Office

Mack-Cali agrees to sell Parsippany, Madison portfolio for $289 million

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has agreed to sell 2.4 million square feet of office space in Parsippany and Madison to a joint venture led by Onyx Equities LLC, in a $288.5 million deal that sets up a plan to shed its entire suburban office portfolio.

Office

Columbia, BNY subsidiary ink 400,000 sq. ft. renewal in Jersey City

The Bank of New York Mellon is staying in place on the Jersey City waterfront, where it has signed a roughly 400,000-square-foot renewal with Columbia Property Trust Inc.

Office

West Orange medical office building fetches $9.5 million, Newmark says

A buyer has paid $9.5 million for a 50,400-square-foot medical and professional office building in West Orange, with plans to bring a surgery center to a portion of the property.

Health Care & Education

Embroidery, screen printing business buys vacant Phillipsburg school building

The Phillipsburg Board of Education has sold a vacant 8,500-square-foot school building in the Warren County town, under a newly completed transaction by NAI James E. Hanson.

Finance & Capital Markets

Square Mile, Meridian tout $200 million refi for iconic Bell Works project

The owners of the landmark Bell Works complex in Holmdel have secured a $200 million loan to refinance the mixed-use, 1.4 million-square-foot property.

Office

West Windsor office building reaches LEED certification after upgrades, Woodmont says

Woodmont Properties has achieved LEED certification at a newly renovated, 71,300-square-foot office building in West Windsor, the commercial estate firm announced Monday.

Retail

Coffee, halal chains coming to Ironside Newark as first retail tenants

Edison Properties has landed the first two retail tenants at its Ironside Newark project, luring a café operator and an international halal food chain to the adaptive reuse project.

Office

SFA acquires 116,000 sq. ft. office, flex complex in Mount Laurel

An investment firm has made another addition to its South Jersey portfolio, acquiring a nearly 116,000-square-foot office and flex complex in Mount Laurel.