Professional Services

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Peak Construction celebrates banner year, 25th anniversary amid growing client base

Peak Construction Corp., a design-build firm with a growing footprint in New Jersey, is celebrating a banner year as it also marks the 25th anniversary of its founding.

GHC announces three new shareholders in real estate, land use

Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla has named three new shareholders in its real estate, land use and redevelopment practice, the Red Bank-based firm announced this week.

LAN opens Sussex County office, its fifth overall, for growing surveying team

LAN Associates has continued its recent expansion with the opening of a new office in Vernon, in what will be the dedicated home of its growing surveying department.

ESG: An effective agent for positive change and a profitable ROI for CRE

What is ESG — or environmental, social and governance? It is basically a framework to assess how a commercial real estate portfolio manages risks and opportunities resulting from shifting conditions, market and otherwise, to environmental, social and economic systems. Environmental criteria address a company’s impact on and stewardship of the environment. Social criteria refer to how a company manages relationships with and creates value for stakeholders, such as customers, employees, suppliers, communities and shareholders. Governance criteria refer to a company’s leadership and management philosophy, practices, policies, internal controls and shareholder rights, including diversity, equity and inclusion and transparency of procedures and decision-making.  

Gebroe-Hammer cracks $2 billion in 2021 with sale of nearly 12,800 apartments

Gebroe-Hammer Associates is eyeing continued momentum in 2022 after a year in which it brokered the sale of nearly 13,000 apartments, inking some $2 billion in transaction volume.

LMC marks 1.2 million sq. ft. of deal activity in 2021, expects continued growth

Levin Management Corp. is marking a record year in which it closed 1.2 million square feet in transaction activity, in a hopeful sign for the health of brick-and-mortar retail.

Avison Young acquires workplace design firm Studio Eagle, adding 30-plus N.J. team members

Avison Young has acquired Studio Eagle, a Springfield-based design and workplace planning firm, marking a major addition to its New Jersey project management platform.

JLL adds senior vice president to lead Northeast industrial project management team

JLL has named a new senior vice president to lead its Northeast industrial project management group.

Gilbane names new business development manager in Newark office

Gilbane Building Co. has tapped an engineering and construction industry veteran as the newest addition to its New Jersey business development team.

Redevelopment trends: New York tristate’s redevelopment in turmoil

Redevelopment activity in the New York Tristate Region is searching for direction. Post-pandemic, there is pressure to redefine business, retail and residential redevelopment programs. The revised target forces everyone to take a longer look and a broader view of the various impacts this redefinition may bring.