Government & Public Policy
Sentiment shift: Encouraged by new Sherrill administration, NJBA sees clearer path to expanded housing production, affordability

A new governor has brought fresh optimism to the New Jersey Builders Association, which points to the Sherrill administration’s focus on affordability and government efficiency as a key step toward expanding the housing stock and lowering costs for residents.

Government & Public Policy
Permitting dashboard, staffing shortages in focus as Sherrill-led regulatory reform advances, Doucette tells NAIOP New Jersey

Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s team has taken key steps toward streamlining approvals, creating a real-time permitting dashboard and growing headcount at agencies like the Department of Environmental Protection, a top administration official told NAIOP New Jersey last week.

Government & Public Policy
NJBA, NJBIA file appeal to stop Murphy-backed flood elevation rules for development

Two top business groups are going to court to block controversial land use and flood protection rules adopted on Gov. Phil Murphy’s last day in office, stepping up their defense against a program that they’ve long said will cripple development throughout the state.

Government & Public Policy
Sherrill taps Weiss to lead EDA, Potosnak as DEP commissioner

Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill has filled two key posts impacting commercial real estate, naming Evan Weiss as CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority while nominating Ed Potosnak as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.

Cover Story
On the horizon: NAIOP New Jersey is future-focused (at a pivotal time), with strategic plan in place and a governor’s race looming

This year’s gubernatorial and legislative elections loom large amid NAIOP New Jersey’s new four-year strategic plan and its focus on advocacy, creating new value for its members and elevating the commercial real estate sector in the minds of outside stakeholders.

Professional Services
Gray, former DEP and NJ Transit official, joins Greenbaum Rowe as partner

Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP has bolstered two key practice areas with the addition of John P. Gray, a former official with two prominent state agencies.

Residential & Mixed Use
Regan Development, HMFA debut 85-unit senior, supportive housing project in Little Ferry

Regan Development Corp. has opened a new 85-unit apartment building in Little Ferry that will provide affordable housing for seniors and residents with special needs.

Government & Public Policy
Carteret eyes construction of new waterfront restaurant pavilion after key DEP approval

Carteret will seek bids to build a new waterfront restaurant pavilion after receiving a key approval from state regulators, in the latest step toward revitalizing a stretch of historically contaminated industrial parcels along the Arthur Kill.

Industrial
Hartz details pitch for industrial park, open space at massive Hercules site in Roxbury

Hartz Mountain Industries has unveiled its proposal to redevelop a massive former manufacturing site in Morris County, including plans for a five-building, 2.5 million-square-foot industrial campus and hundreds of acres of open space.

Industrial
Construction underway at 1.2 million sq. ft. Crow Holdings industrial park in Carteret

A new three-building, 1.2 million-square-foot logistics park is quickly taking shape in Carteret, helping to revitalize a site that had been plagued by decades of contamination.