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Fort Lee’s Horizon House taps architect Steven Kratchman for master-plan, renovations

The board of Horizon House, a large multifamily complex in Fort Lee, has appointed Steven Kratchman Architect PC of New York to create a long-range master plan that will be the first phase of a longer-term strategy to reinvigorate the residential property.

Office

Investment team buys Newark office buildings, parking garage for $80 million

An investment group has acquired two office buildings and a parking garage in downtown Newark for $80 million, with plans to spend another $70 million to reposition the properties.

Government & Public Policy

EDA approves rules, set to accept applications for new Aspire gap financing program

State officials are set to begin taking applications under a new incentive program that will look to provide gap financing to commercial and residential projects across New Jersey.

Health Care & Education

Summit Health debuts 30,000 sq. ft. office at new Montclair arts campus

Summit Health has opened the doors to a new 30,000-square-foot office in Montclair, in one of the first pieces of a new mixed-use development near the acclaimed Wellmont Theater.

Health Care & Education

Atkins sells 250,000 sq. ft. medical office portfolio in Northeast, Midwest

Atkins Cos. has sold a six-building, 250,000-square-foot medical office portfolio in four states, as it turns its focus to new acquisitions after its longtime ownership of the properties.

Retail

Silbert to lead retail leasing for Sanzari medical arts building in Hackensack

Alfred Sanzari Enterprises has tapped Silbert Realty & Management Co. as its retail leasing agent for a prominent, 85,000-square-foot medical office property in Hackensack.

Editor’s Note

A winning team

Commercial real estate truly is a people business, which explains why our stories highlighting new hires, promotions and other personnel moves are among the most popular. We’re fortunate to see a steady diet of these updates from all corners of the industry, including the types of announcements that have come from DMR Architects just about every year since we launched Real Estate NJ — five hires here, three new additions there — all to support a growing pipeline and portfolio that includes everything from apartments and hospitals to government buildings.

Industrial

Elberon, Fidelco join FreezPak to open new freezer warehouse at Newark-Elizabeth border

A cold storage provider has opened a new 140,000-square-foot facility at the border of Elizabeth and Newark, in a project that brought together two well-known New Jersey developers.

Government & Public Policy

Murphy vetoes bill to allow third-party code inspections, calls for two-year study by DCA

A bill that would streamline construction code inspections in New Jersey using third-party, private-sector consultants is all but dead for now, following a conditional veto by Gov. Phil Murphy that shelved the proposal in favor of a two-year study by state officials.

Industrial

Blackstone logistics, clean energy firms detail solar panel projects across New Jersey portfolio

A pair of Blackstone affiliates have unveiled plans to build rooftop solar panels across a portfolio of New Jersey warehouses, bringing renewable energy to some 10,000 homes in the state.