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.

High hopes for life sciences

For all the time we’ve spent highlighting New Jersey’s glut of sprawling, vacant corporate campuses, it’s easy to lose sight of just how many of them have been rescued in recent years by some of the state’s boldest and most inventive developers. Those success stories are worth telling, which is why we often do at Real Estate NJ. But there are underlying trends or nuances in some of those projects that don’t get as much attention on a day-to-day basis. Like how a crop of innovative, lesser-known biotech and pharmaceutical firms are backfilling space at the former research campuses of Sanofi and Hoffmann-LaRoche, helping to stabilize those sites as their new owners pursue larger redevelopment plans.

DeMarco joins Mack-Cali board

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has appointed CEO Michael J. DeMarco to its board of directors.

CBRE brokers sale of Chase portfolio in Montclair

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has sold three properties in Montclair for a combined $4 million, in a recent transaction arranged by brokers with CBRE.

Vantage RES names new associate VP

Vantage Real Estate Services has hired an associate vice president, seeking to add to its capabilities in development, land use and other disciplines.

NAI Hanson inks 20,000 sq. ft. office sale in Morris County

An area business owner has acquired a nearly 20,000-square-foot office building in Hanover, following a sale arranged by brokers with NAI James E. Hanson.

Kipcon seminars offer critical training, education for CRE industry

By Kipcon Engineering As continuing education has grown increasingly important, Kipcon Engineering has been filling that need for its commercial real estate clients for more than five years. Based in North Brunswick, the full-service engineering firm offers seminars and webinars…

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.

Engineering firm announces new HQ in Woodbridge

KEA Engineers is moving its headquarters in Woodbridge, with plans to occupy 12,400 square feet in the township’s Metropark section.

Bergman: Fitness center is latest addition to Florham Park office complex

Bergman Real Estate Group has debuted a new 3,500-square-foot fitness center at a two-building, 230,000-square-foot office complex in Florham Park.

Hollister promotes 11 in executive, project delivery ranks

By Joshua Burd Hollister Construction Services has announced nearly a dozen promotions within its executive and project delivery teams. The Parsippany-based firm said that both Brendan Murray and Matt Higgins have been promoted to the role of executive vice president.…