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.

Office
Firm hopes to ‘bring SoHo to the suburbs’ with new development, investment fund

A three-year-old development and investment firm has launched its first fund, with a goal of deploying some $75 million to acquire value-add properties in transit-oriented downtowns.

Retail
Goldstein Group inks deal for national fitness chain

The Goldstein Group, a Paramus-based retail brokerage, announced it has placed a national fitness operator in a shopping center some 10 miles over the New York state line.

Professional Services
NGKF adds Tobiasz project management team

Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has bolstered its project management practice in New Jersey with the addition of a team led by industry veteran Brian Tobiasz, the firm said Wednesday.

Retail
Ripco: Newark store is fast casual chain’s first Northeast location

A fast casual chain from Arizona is making its Northeast debut with a new store in downtown Newark, Ripco Real Estate announced this week.

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.

Retail
Triple Five unveils new video, renderings of American Dream

The developer of the long-awaited American Dream Meadowlands project has released a new video detailing its vision for transforming the property’s reviled, multicolored exterior.

Retail
Hampshire acquires Boston-area shopping center

The Hampshire Cos. has acquired a BJ’s Wholesale Club property outside Boston, the Morristown-based real estate firm announced Thursday.

Retail
New liquor store part of ShopRite upgrades in Hillsdale

Inserra Supermarkets has opened a new 6,500-square-foot liquor store in Hillsdale, marking the expansion of a service that was previously housed inside the ShopRite across the street.

Retail
Brunelli: National retailers expanding in N.J.

Dollar Tree has leased 11,585 square feet at a freestanding building in Burlington County, the largest among several deals announced Thursday by R.J. Brunelli & Co.

Finance & Capital Markets
NAI Hanson brokers $25.5M refinance of Woodbridge retail site

The owner of a 122,643-square-foot retail complex with national tenants in Woodbridge has refinanced the property for $25.5 million, following a deal arranged by NAI James E. Hanson.