Professional Services

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Professional Services
DMR eyes continued growth, pipeline diversity as design firm marks 30th anniversary

Three decades after its founding, DMR Architects has grown into a robust, multidisciplinary practice serving education, multifamily, health care and other public- and private-sector clients — with a pipeline valued at more than $1 billion.

Professional Services
H2M details new hires in Wall, Parsippany offices

H2M architects + engineers has announced three new additions to its team of scientists and construction industry professionals in New Jersey.

Professional Services
CBRE adds Ozturk, Gatto to tristate investment sales team

CBRE has announced two key hires for its top investment sales team in the region, as it looks to expand its foothold in the multifamily sector and other asset classes.

Professional Services
Lee & Associates New Jersey names youngest-ever partner

A broker with Lee & Associates New Jersey is now a partner, making him the youngest agent to ascend to the position with the firm.

Professional Spotlight
RC Andersen to join STO Building Group, as firms eye growth in industrial sector

RC Andersen Construction, a Fairfield-based contractor, is joining the STO Building Group in a merger aimed at helping both firms expand their foothold in the industrial market.

Residential & Mixed Use
Fort Lee’s Horizon House taps architect Steven Kratchman for master-plan, renovations

The board of Horizon House, a large multifamily complex in Fort Lee, has appointed Steven Kratchman Architect PC of New York to create a long-range master plan that will be the first phase of a longer-term strategy to reinvigorate the residential property.

Editor’s Note
A winning team

Commercial real estate truly is a people business, which explains why our stories highlighting new hires, promotions and other personnel moves are among the most popular. We’re fortunate to see a steady diet of these updates from all corners of the industry, including the types of announcements that have come from DMR Architects just about every year since we launched Real Estate NJ — five hires here, three new additions there — all to support a growing pipeline and portfolio that includes everything from apartments and hospitals to government buildings.

Professional Services
MSB adds two real estate, land use attorneys

McManimon, Scotland & Baumann LLC has made two additions to its team of commercial real estate and land use attorneys.

Professional Services
BLS adds tax credit expert to manage compliance for incentives recipients

Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Co. LLC, the Princeton-based site selection and advisory firm, has hired a new senior manager focused on compliance for recipients of government tax incentives.

Government & Public Policy
Murphy vetoes bill to allow third-party code inspections, calls for two-year study by DCA

A bill that would streamline construction code inspections in New Jersey using third-party, private-sector consultants is all but dead for now, following a conditional veto by Gov. Phil Murphy that shelved the proposal in favor of a two-year study by state officials.