Top News

Fast-growing firm combines mobile app, technology to find energy savings for landlords

In less than five years, a Livingston-based firm that helps landlords manage their energy costs is now serving more than 80 million square feet of residential and commercial space from New Jersey to California, with a client list that is a who’s who of major owners and operators.

Retail

American Dream announces opening date for late October

The long-awaited American Dream project has announced an opening date in late October, signaling that the massive entertainment and retail project may finally come to fruition.

Office

NKF: Northern, central New Jersey office market ‘stable’ at midyear

Life sciences firms accounted for the two largest office leases of the second quarter in northern and central New Jersey, in a market that remains stable despite a slight uptick in availability.

Policy Page

Industrial sector thrives on innovation and institutional investors

Amid a strong economy and surging demand for consumer products, industrial remains one of the hottest segments in the commercial real estate industry. The strong demand for space is pushing industrial developers to innovate, leading to multistory distribution centers, on-demand space, robotics and online freight brokerage services

Industrial

NAI Hanson, project partners break ground at Sparta flex building

A development and leasing team has broken ground on a 10,400-square-foot industrial and flex space in Sparta, the first of two new buildings slated for a nearly 32-acre complex.

Government & Public Policy

Analytical instruments company moves to North Brunswick with EDA-backed financing

Alliance Calibrations Group, which manages instruments in chemical laboratories, has acquired an 11,000-square-foot facility in North Brunswick that will serve as its permanent headquarters.

Residential & Mixed Use

Manhattan Building Co. eyes sweeping plan to transform Jersey City neighborhood

A developer with deep roots in Hudson County has proposed building more than 2,300 apartments at the edge of downtown Jersey City, seeking to transform several blocks of blighted property just east of the New Jersey Turnpike extension.

Residential & Mixed Use

Somerset closes on 31-acre transit village site in Somerville

Somerset Development has completed its long-awaited acquisition of 31 acres in downtown Somerville, paving the way for a project that includes more than 500 residential units and other uses adjacent to the borough’s train station.

Professional Services

JLL closes on $1.8 billion acquisition of HFF

Real estate services firm JLL has closed on its $1.8 billion acquisition of HFF, greatly expanding its capital markets platform under a blockbuster deal announced earlier this year.

Hospitality & Tourism

Morris, Jingoli look to build on Hard Rock’s first year in Atlantic City

As they mark the anniversary of the debut of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, the property’s well-known local partners are seeking to build on a successful first year in business and in the community.