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Making the pitch: Inside the push to build new Red Bulls training center in Morris Township — and transform a stranded office campus
How do you turn a former office campus into an 80-acre Major League Soccer athletic training center with eight pitches, a gym and a hydrotherapy pool? With years of planning and input from the neighbors.
A new destination: Edgewood, Paramount advance plans to revive East Brunswick mall as open-air lifestyle center
Edgewood Properties and Paramount Realty have unveiled plans to transform the 775,000-square-foot Brunswick Square Mall in East Brunswick into a modern, open-air destination for the community — one that includes not just retail but a complementary mix of heath care, fitness and lifestyle uses that will revitalize the outdated, slumping shopping center on Route 18.
Hitting home: ‘The Journal’ is latest project to arrive in Jersey City with Paolino, attorney and city native, as a guiding hand for developers
A landmark project in Journal Square is especially meaningful for Gene Paolino, a senior partner with Genova Burns who spent nearly 20 years guiding the development. He’s also a Jersey City native, meaning he’s been personally invested in the city’s growth during a legal career that spans more than four decades.
Into the future
There are plenty of parallels between the decline of the suburban office building and that of the legacy shopping mall, but the latter feels much more personal. I’m sure many of you would agree, especially in New Jersey, so you’ll find no lack of interest in the growing number of developers seeking to reinvent these once-proud retail hubs.
Turning early optimism into action
Gov. Mikie Sherrill took office with a clear mandate from New Jersey voters: make the state more affordable, more efficient and more competitive. For the commercial real estate (CRE) industry, that message matters because growth does not happen in a vacuum. It relies heavily on public policy that allows projects to move forward, capital to be deployed with confidence and employers to expand in places where workers can live, commute and thrive.
