Residential & Mixed Use

The construction boom in New Jersey is no more evident than in the multifamily and mixed-use sector, thanks to changing demographics and the demand for urban-style living, even in the suburbs.

Office
American Water HQ set to kick off massive waterfront makeover in Camden

With more than a year of due diligence, entitlements and land assemblage in the books, Liberty Property Trust is set to break ground on the first piece of a $1 billion, mixed-use project to transform Camden’s waterfront.

The Rundown
Report: Whole Foods store in Newark coming by late winter

A new Whole Foods store, the retail centerpiece of a project to revitalize the historic Hahne & Co. building in downtown Newark, is expected to open within just a few months.

Residential & Mixed Use
JMF racking up multifamily projects in TOD towns

Developer JMF Properties has spent the past year filling its multifamily pipeline, with construction underway at four properties and groundbreakings in sight at several others.

Professional Services
Growth in 2016 fuels hiring by design firm DMR

DMR Architects has added 10 new team members in 2016, expanding its staff by nearly 33 percent as it responds to a 30 percent growth in billing during the year.

Residential & Mixed Use
Triumphant AvalonBay unveils new Princeton community

AvalonBay Communities Inc. has opened the doors to its new community in Princeton, marking the completion of one of New Jersey’s more fiercely contested redevelopment projects in recent years.

Residential & Mixed Use
Kislak touts nearly $9M in Hudson County sales

A new 20-unit apartment building in Bayonne has sold for more than $5.8 million, the largest among six investment sales in Hudson County brokered recently by The Kislak Co. Inc.

Office
Nonprofit’s new HQ builds on decades of commitment

Community Access Unlimited opened a new 60,000-square-foot headquarters in Elizabeth. The five-story, $11 million building features office space for both CAU and local businesses, along with community spaces such as a 400-seat auditorium on the ground floor.

Residential & Mixed Use
Sanzari acquires Metuchen rental complex

Alfred Sanzari Enterprises has acquired a newly built 49-unit apartment complex in Metuchen, expanding the company’s reach in the central New Jersey residential market.

Government & Public Policy
Rutgers conference to shine a light on affordable housing stalemate — and solutions

As the state Supreme Court weighs the issue of affordable housing, stakeholders will gather later this month to shed light on the issue and tackle one of New Jersey’s most divisive and seemingly unsolvable public policy questions of the past three decades.

Residential & Mixed Use
Hekemian starts leasing at new Englewood apartments

The S. Hekemian Group has taken the wraps off a new 195-unit luxury apartment building in Englewood, the latest piece of its mixed-use redevelopment known as Englewood South.