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.

Professional Services
Weiss highlights banner year in sales, leasing activity

Brokerage firm Weiss Realty is touting a year in which it completed nearly 40,000 square feet of leasing, along with property sales totaling more than $35 million in value.

Residential & Mixed Use
Roseland debuts luxury rental building at former Mack-Cali office site

Roseland Residential Trust has unveiled nearly 200 new luxury apartments in Morris Plains, marking the redevelopment of what had been a vacant office building owned by Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

Office
Saxum names new director of leasing

Saxum Real Estate has hired a new director of leasing for its growing roster of downtown commercial buildings.

Office
Tenants renew, expand at Fairfield office building, Sheldon Gross says

Two existing tenants have inked new deals at a 136,000-square-foot office building in Fairfield, including a nearly 81,000-square-foot renewal by a wine and spirits distributor.

Office
VREP, Rubenstein detail plans to integrate newly acquired Parsippany campuses

A joint venture will set out to connect two pieces of the Morris Corporate Center property in Parsippany, creating what it says is a campus that can support a tenant requirement of more than 500,000 square feet.

Retail
Bell Works inks seven new retail leases for indoor pedestrian plaza

Seven new retail tenants have committed to Bell Works, the mixed-use campus that now occupies the landmark, 2 million-square-foot former Bell Labs complex in Holmdel.

Events
Rutgers, Monmouth students set to weigh in on Roche campus at NAIOP program

Less than a month after hosting a forum for local residents and other stakeholders, the former Hoffmann-LaRoche campus will welcome aspiring commercial real estate professionals.

Office
JLL hires longtime Mack-Cali leasing executive

The former head of leasing for Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has joined JLL’s brokerage team in New Jersey.

Health Care & Education
CHA acquires, plans to convert ex-Novartis office building in East Hanover

A developer has acquired an 81,000-square-foot office building in East Hanover, with plans to renovate the property and reposition it as a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center.

People
New hire will help Hollister navigate a promising trajectory

By Joshua Burd As one of the state’s fastest-growing firms, Hollister Construction Services has bolstered its team with an executive who is well-versed in managing large-scale construction portfolios. The Parsippany-based firm has hired Christopher Cestone as its new vice president…