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Residential & Mixed Use
East Orange luxury rental project nearly 100 percent leased, developer says

The developer of a distinctive new mixed-use building in East Orange has leased more than 95 percent of the property’s 180 luxury apartments.

Retail
Hoboken: Café chain opens new shop at Bijou apartment building

A coffee shop has expanded its footprint in Hoboken, debuting a new location on the ground floor of a recently delivered, luxury apartment building by Bijou Properties.

Office
JLL: Law firm commits to mixed-use project at ex-Mercedes-Benz site in Montvale

The redeveloper of the former Mercedes-Benz campus in Montvale has lured its first office tenant to the site, inking a 20,000-square-foot lease with an area law firm.

Residential & Mixed Use
Gebroe-Hammer closes $20 million in multifamily sales along Parkway corridor

Five apartment properties with a combined 117 units have changed hands in Essex, Union and Monmouth counties, in a series of newly completed deals by Gebroe-Hammer Associates.

Residential & Mixed Use
FREIT, Kushner Cos. agree to $266.5 million sale of 1,000-unit rental portfolio

A real estate investment trust is selling seven apartments properties in New Jersey and New York for $266.5 million, as the portfolio’s buyer continues to grow its suburban multifamily holdings.

Residential & Mixed Use
Gold Coast condo building more than 75 percent sold

A waterfront residential building in West New York is more than 75 percent sold, thanks in large part to low mortgage rates and a rare winter surge in home buying activity.

Residential & Mixed Use
Developers unveil luxury apartments in Rahway, eye second phase

A joint venture has taken the wraps off a new 116-unit high-end apartment building in downtown Rahway, the first of two planned phases of a site just minutes from the city’s train station.

Policy Page
A new way of doing things for 2020

My hope for 2020 is that our government officials will find the courage and willingness to tackle some thorny issues, including: overhaul New Jersey’s retirement and health care plans for state and school employees, consolidate school districts and remove barriers to allow regionalization of tax assessment, health services, municipal courts and fire and police services. If tackled, these measures will, over time, provide for better care and services to taxpayers while freeing up billions of dollars to invest in infrastructure, retraining and education programs and reducing the crushing tax burden on residents and businesses.  

Retail
Ripco named leasing agent for final phase of Pier Village retail space

Kushner Cos. has tapped Ripco Real Estate to oversee leasing and marketing for 40,000 square feet of retail space at Pier Village in Long Branch, as the well-known oceanfront development enters its third and final phase.

Government & Public Policy
EDA, NJIT announce new center for brownfields cleanup

The state Economic Development Authority is teaming with the New Jersey Institute of Technology to establish a new initiative aimed at helping local governments clean up and reposition brownfield sites within their borders.