Weiss Realty picked for gov’t fast-track program for potential data center project in Illinois

Moonachie-based Weiss Realty has taken a key step toward redeveloping a site nearly 900 miles away, where it hopes to tap into the booming demand for new data center construction.

Real Estate NJ’s 2026 Market Forecast

Even with stretches of volatility in 2025, it was clear to many of our industry experts that capital and confidence had returned to the market in a way not seen in several years. That sets the stage for what could be a stronger and perhaps smoother 2026, one marked by conviction in fundamentals rather than cautious optimism. You can read all about it in our 2026 Market Forecast, which features a distinguished list of commercial real estate experts and predictions on everything from leasing and lending to affordable housing, energy and capital markets.
You can read all about it in our 2025 Market Forecast, which features predictions and insights from some of the state’s leading voices in commercial real estate.

Building momentum

The Museum Parc project is now taking shape around The Newark Museum of Art, as you’ll read in this month’s cover story, as a development team constructs two new buildings with a combined 250 mixed-income apartments, ground-floor retail and additional cultural spaces such as a vibrant, glass-enclosed gallery. The construction along Central Avenue is now about 50 percent complete, as anticipation builds for full delivery in early 2027.

CoreWeave begins $1.8 billion data center project in Kenilworth, landing first award under new EDA tax credit program

CoreWeave has started construction on a nearly $1.8 billion data center in Kenilworth with the help of what will be a five-year, $250 million tax credit award under a new state program.

Owners of NEST campus in Kenilworth launch major update of common spaces, amenities

The team behind the high-profile Northeast Science and Technology Center in Kenilworth have kicked off a multimillion-dollar renovation of the site’s anchor building, with plans to create 75,000 square feet of new amenities and common spaces for current and future tenants.

EDA approves $359 million Aspire award for new residential, commercial tower at New Brunswick’s HELIX campus

A new project that would bring 265 apartments, office and laboratory space and housing for medical students to the emerging HELIX campus in New Brunswick is moving ahead with a newly approved, $359 million tax credit award under the state’s Aspire program.

First phase of New Brunswick’s HELIX campus enters final stages of construction (VIDEO)

The landmark HELIX NJ project is approaching another milestone, with only six months to go until the district’s first building makes its full-fledged debut in downtown New Brunswick.

Brown joins IRG as vice president, director for Pearl River innovation campus

The owner of a 2 million-square-foot research campus just north of New Jersey has tapped commercial real estate veteran Greg Brown as the property’s top executive.

Sherrill, Ciattarelli make their case on permitting, energy as NAIOP welcomes gubernatorial hopefuls

Speaking to a room of New Jersey commercial real estate leaders, the state’s two gubernatorial candidates seemed to be in line on the issues that mattered most to the sold-out crowd.

Exactly how they’d address those issues is where Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli differ — or at least how they hope to distinguish themselves from each other. That was evident Monday during a program hosted by NAIOP New Jersey, where the candidates presented on key topics such as permitting, energy and taxes, among many other policy areas that figured to resonate with property owners and their professionals.

Coming together: Collaboration, partnership in focus as Nokia Bell Labs tower breaks ground in New Brunswick

The groundbreaking for Nokia Bell Labs’ new research and office tower in New Brunswick was a celebration of not just the company’s legacy of collaboration in New Jersey, but the public-private partnerships that have brought the project to life.