PRC Group has hired a familiar face and a well-known banking executive in New Jersey as its new chief executive.
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.
Lotus project banks on Newark’s rising profile, intrigue of timber construction
Lotus Equity Group hopes to tap into the intrigue of a mass timber office building as it markets plans for Riverfront Square, a sweeping mixed-use project at the site of the former Newark Bears stadium. The developer and its marketing team, led by brokers with Cushman & Wakefield, are also banking on the rising interest in Newark as a destination for new office users, following recent high-profile deals and the city’s selection as a finalist for Amazon’s second headquarters.
Editor’s note: Mastering the middle
Even before I started covering commercial real estate full-time, I still came across development stories during my earlier days as a metro reporter in Central Jersey. One of those stories came when I was covering Bound Brook, a borough in Somerset County that had a tired downtown and a history of being battered by flooding from the Raritan River. But in early 2011, we learned that a developer named George Capodagli was interested in building the type of new apartments that were starting to crop up elsewhere in the state.
