In memoriam 2025: Remembering those we lost in New Jersey commercial real estate

We said goodbye in 2025 to several key figures in New Jersey’s commercial real estate community. Some were industry icons whose careers spanned more than half a century, but all were remembered by colleagues as valued friends and team members. Here is a look back at our coverage and the tributes that poured in from across the industry.

C&W’s Donnelly, legendary New Jersey broker and pioneer of corporate services, dies at 79

Robert Donnelly Sr., one of New Jersey’s iconic commercial real estate brokers and a central figure in decades of high-profile corporate office deals, has died. He was 79.

C&W: Enterprise software firm inks 40,000 sq. ft. renewal at SJP office complex in Hoboken

A global enterprise software provider has renewed its lease at Waterfront Corporate Center, where it occupies nearly 40,000 square feet under a deal with SJP Properties.

GN Management buys Panepinto interest, development rights for 579-unit tower at Harborside 9

Panepinto Properties has sold one of two newly acquired development sites in Jersey City to GN Management, a fellow real estate firm based in the city, setting the stage for the latter to build a 57-story, 579-unit apartment tower alongside another planned high-rise.

Bank of America eyes late 2026 completion of new 548,000 sq. ft. office space in Jersey City

Bank of America’s future home in Jersey City is taking shape, with construction well underway on the new 548,000-square-foot office space that could open starting next summer.

TCC, CBRE Investment Mgmt. add latest tenant at 1.1 million sq. ft. Sayreville logistics park

The developers of a high-profile new logistics park in Sayreville have secured another tenant for the campus, leasing nearly 101,000 square feet to a distributor of industrial food ingredients.

Crow Holdings delivers new 294,000 sq. ft. Burlington warehouse with 156,000 sq. ft. available

Crow Holdings Development has completed nearly 300,000 square feet of new warehouse space in Burlington, where it has one tenant in hand and less than half of the facility still available.

C&W: Fort Lee’s 309-unit FIAT House project refinances for $85.5 million

The developer of the distinctive FIAT House project in Fort Lee has closed on more than $85 million in financing for the 309-unit property, according to brokers with Cushman & Wakefield.

C&W industrial team inks $257 million in Q4 investment sales in North Jersey, Hudson Valley

Investors are clamoring for industrial property in and around New Jersey, as evidenced by a slew of recent deals completed by a Cushman & Wakefield team focused on the asset class.

Hillwood breaks ground on 221,000 sq. ft. spec industrial project in Hamilton

Hillwood has started construction on what will be nearly 221,000 square feet of new industrial space in Hamilton, adding to the Dallas-based firm’s development pipeline in New Jersey.