Professional Services

It might be the developers and investors who dream big, but they rely on thousands of service professionals every day to bring their plans to fruition.

Professional Services
Real estate attorneys Baker, Willner and Dimitro join Dilworth Paxson LLP

Dilworth Paxson LLP has bolstered its real estate practice in the region with the addition of Robert L. Baker Jr. and Michael J. Willner as partners and Jesse M. Dimitro as a senior associate.

Professional Services
LaBella Associates acquires Somerset-based Prestige Environmental

Prestige Environmental Inc., a consulting firm based in Somerset County, is starting a new chapter after being acquired by Rochester, New York-based LaBella Associates.

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.

Health Care
The Clinical Group taps Fiorillo, double board-certified plastic surgeon, as chief medical officer

The Clinical Group has appointed Dr. Michael Fiorillo as its chief medical officer, bringing new expertise to its Hackensack-based team of health care real estate consultants.

Residential & Mixed Use
C&W: Multifamily investor demand spikes in New Jersey, fueling $2.3 billion in 2025 sales

Multifamily sales volume in New Jersey reached $2.3 billion in 2025, a report by Cushman & Wakefield found, in a sharp rebound fueled by investor demand and record-high occupancy.

Professional Services
PS&S grows South Jersey presence with employee, practice transfer from Marathon Engineering

PS&S is once again expanding its team of consultants and design professionals, announcing an employee and practice transfer agreement with Swedesboro-based Marathon Engineering.

Professional Services
Wilkes, regional leader of Ware Malcomb civil practice, elevated to principal

Ware Malcomb has promoted Ed Wilkes to principal, a move that highlights his role in building its civil engineering practice in New Jerey and across the East Coast.

Residential & Mixed Use
Design industry veteran Brach joins Walters Architecture

Walters has hired Fred Brach, bolstering the team responsible for designing its affordable housing communities throughout the region.

Community
JLL teams with nonprofit in volunteer, fundraising effort to transform pediatric hospital rooms

JLL employees across the country are lending their support to Once Upon a Room, an inspiring nonprofit that transforms hospital rooms and spaces for children battling serious illnesses.

Editor’s Note
Into the future

There are plenty of parallels between the decline of the suburban office building and that of the legacy shopping mall, but the latter feels much more personal. I’m sure many of you would agree, especially in New Jersey, so you’ll find no lack of interest in the growing number of developers seeking to reinvent these once-proud retail hubs.