Larken Associates wins three Sales and Marketing Awards at Atlantic Builders Convention

Larken Associates has earned high praise for its team and its promotion of a new rental property in Hunterdon County, winning multiple honors at the New Jersey Builders Association’s annual Sales and Marketing Awards.

SLIDESHOW: Thousands arrive for Atlantic Builders Convention in Atlantic City

Thousands descended on Atlantic City on Wednesday as the Atlantic Builders Convention kicked off its first full day, drawing a crush of developers, vendors and service providers to a sprawling exhibit floor and a series of programs at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Atlantic Builders Convention returns with expanded programs, cautious optimism around housing policy in New Jersey

The Atlantic Builders Convention has returned to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, where cautious optimism around New Jersey housing policy comes alongside the excitement of a bigger convention floor, a revamped schedule of special events and an expanded lineup of seminars focused on everything from design trends and financing to environmental cleanup.

SLIDESHOW: Atlantic Builders Convention kicks off in Atlantic City

The region’s homebuilding industry took center stage this week as the Atlantic Builders Convention kicked off with its largest crowd and largest slate of exhibitors in years, drawing thousands to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City for the multiday event.

Policy playbook: NJBA aims to tackle construction, housing costs on multiple fronts in Trenton

Developers are cautiously optimistic about new legislation to streamline affordable housing production in New Jersey, but it’s far from their only public policy objective in 2024.

Show time: Atlantic Builders Convention set to begin with new venue, new energy as housing industry eyes tailwinds in 2024

The Atlantic Builders Convention will kick off this week at a new venue for the first time in five years, bringing a crowd of thousands to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. That comes with new excitement, but organizers say the buzz is about more than just a change of scenery. They also point to growing membership, growing engagement and a more diverse slate of exhibitors, along with signs of progress on key public policy initiatives to streamline new construction and improve housing affordability in New Jersey.

Atlantic Builders Convention returns with renewed energy, focus on housing affordability

Thousands of homebuilders and service providers flocked to Atlantic City this week for the return of the Atlantic Builders Convention, where the breadth of the industry was on full display alongside a renewed focus on housing affordability.

Builders, public officials look to confront New Jersey’s housing supply and affordability crisis

Homebuilders joined key public officials at the Atlantic Builders Convention last month to confront New Jersey’s housing supply and affordability crisis, pledging a spirit of cooperation as they search for solutions.

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.

Starting anew

The debate over New Jersey’s corporate incentive programs has been well-chronicled in recent years, but regardless of where you fall on the issue, there’s no denying their influence on the state’s commercial real estate market. That influence was all but gone for two years after Grow New Jersey and other subsidy programs were allowed to expire in summer 2019, with no immediate replacements in sight until Gov. Phil Murphy and lawmakers agreed on new incentives late last year. The state is now putting those offerings to work, starting with the jobs-based Emerge program that will fill the void left by Grow New Jersey.