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Government & Public Policy
Netflix lands key local approvals for Fort Monmouth studio campus, with EDA set to consider Aspire award this week

Netflix has secured two key local approvals for its plan to build a nearly $1 billion studio complex at Fort Monmouth, as it awaits a vote this week on what’s poised to be a lucrative tax credit incentive under the state’s Aspire program.

Technology
NJIT to open 25,000 sq. ft. translational research center at NEST campus in Kenilworth

New Jersey Institute of Technology is planting a flag at the Northeast Science and Technology Center in Kenilworth, with plans to open a new research hub at the fast-growing campus.

Technology
Solar Landscape eyes next wave of growth after raising $847 million in debt, investment in 2024

Solar Landscape is planning a massive expansion of what is already the nation’s largest pipeline of rooftop solar projects for commercial buildings, having secured $847 million in project investment and financing in 2024.

Professional Services
Langan acquires Navix to expand data center practice, strengthen Pacific Northwest presence

Langan Engineering & Environmental Services has acquired Navix Engineering, a practice based just outside Seattle that focuses on the burgeoning data center market.

Technology
It’s complicated: Power, infrastructure constraints loom large as NAIOP panel weighs data center growth in New Jersey

The data center landscape in the U.S., particularly in New Jersey, is experiencing significant growth driven by the evolution of technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Yet there is still a good deal of uncertainty around how to meet this growing need.

Editor’s Note
Looking forward

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, builders and advocates see New Jersey’s new affordable housing guidelines as a good starting point after more than a decade of uncertainty, conveying cautious optimism even as they confront the financial hurdles, legal battles and political debates that have slowed housing production in the past.

Technology
A.I. cloud startup CoreWeave to build $1 billion data center at Onyx’s NEST campus in Kenilworth

A new $1 billion data center is coming to the Northeast Science & Technology Center — the sprawling former Merck & Co. campus in Kenilworth — where cloud computing firm CoreWeave has signed a long-term lease with Onyx Equities and Machine Investment Group.

Industrial
Solar Landscape, NSA unveil plans for 8.5 million sq. ft. of rooftop solar on self-storage buildings

Solar Landscape, the Asbury Park-based solar developer, has inked a new partnership that could lead to projects on at least 8.5 million square feet of rooftop space nationally.

Residential & Mixed Use
HREV joins SolarKal, Evergreen Energy to reveal rooftop solar at Jersey City’s Birch House

Halpern Real Estate Ventures has unveiled another sustainability feature at a new luxury apartment building in Jersey City, activating a rooftop solar array at the 337-unit property.

Government & Public Policy
NAIOP NJ unveils energy position paper, calls for state to slow timeline for full building electrification and focus on costs, grid reliability

State officials must slow the timeline for commercial buildings to become fully electrified, ensuring landlords will have reliable access to power and allowing policymakers to take a harder look at the costs and other hurdles to reaching that milestone by 2035.