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
Saxum grows portfolio with two downtown acquisitions

A development and investment firm has made new acquisitions in Middlesex and Morris counties, its latest under a recently launched fund for repositioning downtown commercial sites.

Retail
Restaurant moves to Woodbridge retail center

A family-owned Pakistani restaurant has leased 6,800 square feet in Woodbridge after outgrowing its space in a neighboring town, Levin Management Corp. said Friday.

Retail
Dave & Buster’s coming to Woodbridge, mayor says

Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac announced that Dave & Buster’s will open a location this November at the Woodbridge Center mall. Construction is set to begin this month on the 34,000-square-foot store, which will occupy an upper level formerly used by Sears, now that retailers in the space have been relocated within the mall.

Retail
Eastman welcomes swim school to Livingston plaza

A swim school has leased 8,100 square feet at a Livingston shopping center, its owner said.

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.

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.

Residential & Mixed Use
An excavation with challenges upon challenges

For all of the engineering prowess that it took to excavate the site of Advance Realty’s new apartment building in Hoboken, there are some things you just can’t plan for.

Office
Eastman touts 2016 leasing activity in office, retail space

Eastman Cos. recorded more than 110,000 square feet in office and retail leases during the second half of 2016, driven in part by upgrades at its properties around the state.

Retail
Mixed-use Marlton redevelopment lands 33K sq. ft. medical tenant

Virtua Medical Group has leased more than 30,000 square feet at a mixed-use complex in Marlton, where the owner is in the midst of a $70 million redevelopment project.

The Rundown
Newark’s Whole Foods to open next month, report says

Only weeks after a grand opening event at the new Hahne & Co. building in Newark, the Whole Foods store that will anchor the complex is set to open March 1.