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AvalonBay Communities Inc. has taken its first steps toward transforming an outdated office complex in West Windsor, where plans call for more than 800 units of housing, retail and public space as part of a vibrant destination at the Princeton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

SJP, Scotto mark core and shell build-out for M Station East in Morristown

SJP Properties and Scotto Properties have completed the core and shell of a new building in Morristown that will house 110,000 square feet of office space for Deloitte LLP.

Skyline Development, local officials mark opening of 70 condos in North Bergen

Skyline Development Group has taken the wraps off Solaia, its new 70-unit luxury condominium property near the Hudson River waterfront in North Bergen.

DMR: Developer kicks off first of 11 buildings at 88-acre town center site in Whippany

A developer has broken ground on a project that will revive the former site of a historic paper mill complex in Hanover’s Whippany section, bringing nearly 1,000 residential units, 80,000 square feet of retail space and other uses as part of an 88-acre town center.

KRE, Russo begin leasing at 345-unit rental property in Morris County

Kushner Real Estate Group and Russo Development have all but completed a new collection of 345 luxury apartments in Rockaway, where leasing is now underway.