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Office
JLL named leasing team for Bergen County office building, touting headquarters opportunity

The owner of a Bergen County office building has tapped JLL as its leasing agent, offering 50,000 square feet of contiguous space across the property’s top two floors.

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Earth Day 2023: Leave it better than you found it (and how CRE is a driving force)

One of the things I learned when I was a Boy Scout was to always leave your campsite better than you found it. Clean up any trash and don’t disturb the area more than necessary for pitching your tent and building a fire for cooking and staying warm. It might also mean leaving some chopped firewood for the next camper. That concept has remained with me, and I’m reminded of it whenever I’m encouraged to “reduce, reuse and recycle.” What a great lesson and advice for all of us to help celebrate this year’s Earth Day on April 22.

Government & Public Policy
Murphy touts new coalition of 90 mayors supporting push for liquor license reform

Gov. Phil Murphy has lined up support from 90 mayors from across New Jersey as part of his recent push to reform and modernize the state’s Prohibition-era liquor license laws.

Industrial
Bridge Industrial breaks ground on 1 million sq. ft. Perth Amboy logistics campus

Bridge Industrial has broken ground on a project that will add more than 1 million square feet of new warehouse and logistics space to Perth Amboy, while helping to repurpose another once-contaminated site along the city’s waterfront.

Retail
New restaurant coming to micro-apartment building in downtown Newark, Blau & Berg says

A restaurant is coming to the base of a newly updated residential building in downtown Newark, under a lease arranged by brokers with The Blau & Berg Co.

Office
Leasing slowdown, consolidations weigh on New Jersey office market, despite Class A deals

Office vacancy in northern and central New Jersey continued upward in early 2023, driven by a slowdown in leasing and large blocks of space flooding the market, even as high-end buildings remained a draw for tenants seeking a more modern work environment.

Residential & Mixed Use
Kokes, expanding to affordable housing, tapped to manage West Windsor rental property

Kokes Properties is expanding its presence in affordable housing with a new property management role at a 61-unit, income-restricted multifamily complex in West Windsor.

Residential & Mixed Use
Accurate: First renters arrive at new luxury apartment building in Bound Brook

Accurate has welcomed the first residents at Citizen Bound Brook, the developer’s new 105-unit luxury apartment building in the Somerset County borough.

Government & Public Policy
Greek postpones implosion at ex-Nabisco complex in Fair Lawn

Greek Development has postponed an implosion at the former Nabisco complex in Fair Lawn — where it’s slated build a new ground-up distribution center — amid residents’ calls for expanded environmental testing at the historic property.

Residential & Mixed Use
Joint venture acquires 101-year-old Divine Riviera Hotel in Newark, in LRES-brokered deal

A local buyer has purchased a historic and culturally significant hotel in Newark’s Central Ward, in a newly announced deal by Logistics Real Estate Services.