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
Massive solar panel skylight coming to Bell Works

Somerset Development has started construction on what will be the latest distinctive piece of its vast Bell Works complex in Holmdel: the largest photovoltaic glass skylight in the United States.

Finance & Capital Markets
Avison Young brokers $34M loan for Lehigh Valley project

Brokers in Avison Young’s New Jersey office have arranged more than $34 million in financing for a mixed-use development in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, the firm announced.

Finance & Capital Markets
Global appeal: Foreign investors see new opportunity in New Jersey

As an investment opportunity, 800 Scudders Mill Road checked just about every box. A state-of-the-art, trophy office complex that was only three years old. A prime location just outside Princeton. And, perhaps most important of all, a net lease with a blue-chip, global pharmaceutical giant, Novo Nordisk Inc., with a longstanding presence in the market.

Residential & Mixed Use
How a Chinese construction giant is planting a flag in New Jersey

For a company that had been in the U.S. for nearly three decades, it was only about four years ago that the conglomerate known as China State Construction Engineering Corp. suddenly caught the attention of New Jersey’s commercial real estate market.

Health Care & Education
From the ground up: Leaders of Rutgers CRE program eager to build on early progress

Leaders of the Rutgers Center for Real Estate aim to make it the top academic and research program of its kind, one that helps improve the industry and provides a link between the state’s top real estate firms and the next generation of professionals.

Professional Services
Snow business: When winter strikes, many top N.J. property owners call on this firm

Lawns by Yorkshire is one of the largest businesses in the state when it comes to snow removal, with a book of business that includes more than 250 acres of parking lots across commercial and residential properties.

Residential & Mixed Use
A bird’s-eye view of Journal Squared (VIDEO)

Leasing is set to begin at the mixed-use, potentially transformative development known as Journal Squared, but you don’t need a tour to see the Jersey City tower up close.

Top News
Ripco tapped to lease retail space at mixed-use Bloomfield project

The developer of a recently completed, mixed-use redevelopment project in Bloomfield has hired Ripco Real Estate to oversee leasing for the retail portion of the property.

Professional Services
Design firm names partners for the first time

Five top executives at DMR Architects are now partners in the business, marking a new milestone in the 25-year history of the Hasbrouck Heights-based firm.

Residential & Mixed Use
Hoboken’s big dig: How Advance used an engineering challenge to lure Trader Joe’s

It took an engineering feat for Advance Realty to build one of Hoboken’s newest mixed-use projects. It also helped the firm attract one of the city’s most highly anticipated retailers.