Retail

The New Jersey retail landscape has changed, but the spending power of its residents hasn’t. Owners of malls, shopping centers and mixed-use projects will continue to adapt and invest in the state.

Professional Services
NAIDB highlights top producers, special honorees in 2025 broker celebration

NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co. is recognizing seven standout brokers from 2025, a group that includes a mix of veteran producers and rising talent at the Woodbridge-based firm.

Events
Retail Reimagined: Join us April 23 as we discuss the future of New Jersey’s iconic malls and other shopping and dining destinations

Join us as commercial real estate leaders explore the future of New Jersey’s retail sector, from major mixed-use developments around legacy malls to food and beverage trends and regulatory changes that loom large for the asset class.

Retail
Doren Development set to welcome 7 Brew Coffee to revitalized highway retail site in Winslow

Doren Development has completed a redevelopment in Winslow Township that will bring a growing coffee chain to what was the site of a vacant bank branch.

Editor’s Note
Things to do

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, the Queen City is now working to attract new retail, recreation and dining options to support its growing population. Look no further than PickleRage, the new 40,000-square-foot pickleball club that just opened under a project by ECA Developers. That’s just one example, according to the story by Marlaina Cockcroft, coming alongside a new $10 million aquatics complex that debuted last summer and plans for a 55,000-square-foot recreation and cultural center with a pool, event and performance space, workforce development facilities and an art gallery, as well as a building with 220 affordable units.

Food & Beverage
Slim Chickens coming to New Jersey with new 17-unit franchise agreement

Fast casual chain Slim Chickens is eyeing a major expansion in New Jersey with a newly announced development agreement in Middlesex, Mercer and Essex counties.

Retail
CBRE: Hoboken retail property, would-be development site, trades for $8.2 million

A developer is eyeing plans for a new mixed-use project in Hoboken after acquiring a downtown retail property for more than $8 million, brokers with CBRE announced Monday.

Retail
Columbia Bank debuts in Rutherford with 2,300 sq. ft. lease arranged by Goldstein Group

Columbia Bank has opened a new branch in downtown Rutherford, where it occupies some 2,300 square feet that it secured with the help of The Goldstein Group.

Retail
L+M, Pierson Commercial lease up retail space at iconic Hahne & Co. project in Newark

Pierson Commercial has completed the lease-up of nearly 30,000 square feet of retail space at Hahne & Co., the landmark project in downtown Newark by L+M Development Partners.

Government & Public Policy
Destination Plainfield: Queen City, with thousands of new units online, turns its focus to retail and recreation

First, Plainfield officials focused on building out their housing stock. Now, they’re making sure residents have a reason to stay in town by working to attract new shopping, entertainment and restaurant options.

Retail
Urban Edge set to acquire 92,000 sq. ft. Bridgewater lifestyle center for $54 million

Urban Edge Properties is on track to acquire an upscale retail center in Bridgewater for more than $54 million, as it continues to reshape its extensive holdings in New Jersey.