REIT selling 675,000 sq. ft. Sanofi campus in Bridgewater for $261 million

A real estate investment trust is selling the nearly 675,000-square-foot Sanofi U.S. headquarters campus in Bridgewater for $261 million, in a move that comes as part of its pivot toward a large-scale, necessity-based retail portfolio.

Joint venture marks latest milestone at new West Side rentals in Jersey City

The developers of a new luxury apartment building on Jersey City’s West Side are touting continued momentum after recently debuting another 68 units at the property.

The best of The Briefing 2021

Dear readers, As we look ahead to 2022, we’re excited to look back at our top stories of 2021, including our most-read items and a few editor’s picks. You can catch up on our daily “best of” emails below. Happy…

Don Bosco announces new engineering center with gifts from Forgione, anonymous donor

Don Bosco Prep has announced the start of construction for a new robotics and engineering learning center at its Ramsey campus, thanks in large part to the support of developer Joe Forgione.

Atkins sells long-held medical office buildings, tapping demand while seeking new opportunities

West Orange-based Atkins Cos. has sold some of its long-held medical office buildings in the region, capitalizing on surging investor demand for the asset class as it looks for more opportunistic ways to expand its portfolio.

J&L, Sordoni host holiday toy drive to benefit Newark church

A development team in Newark has partnered with a local church to collect and distribute hundreds of toys, art materials and books to dozens of children in the city.

On the money

I’ve spent a decade watching Devco tackle some of the state’s largest, most ambitious redevelopment projects with complex capital stacks and broad coalitions of stakeholders. It’s a topic that we feature in this month’s cover story, which follows a year in which the organization broke ground on more than $1.5 billion worth of development. That makes it all the more timely for us to highlight an operation that is seemingly unlike any other developer in New Jersey.

Faropoint buys 655,000 sq. ft. North Jersey industrial portfolio from Kushner for $133 million

A fast-growing investment firm has planted a flag in northern New Jersey, acquiring a 10-building industrial portfolio in Bergen and Morris counties for nearly $133 million.

Capital City Redevelopment Corp. updates key planning document for downtown Trenton

A state agency has unveiled a new plan that it hopes will spark economic development in and around downtown Trenton.

AvalonBay eyes start of site work at $350 million mixed-use project at Princeton Junction

AvalonBay Communities Inc. has taken its first steps toward transforming an outdated office complex in West Windsor, where plans call for more than 800 units of housing, retail and public space as part of a vibrant destination at the Princeton Junction train station.