Government & Public Policy
Aiming high: A gleaming new office tower is Camden’s next big swing. Officials are now quietly working to get the project started.

Dreams of a building a new 25-story, 500,000-square-foot office tower in Camden still hinge on addressing several complex issues, but officials are confident in the project’s future, citing commitments from several key anchors in the city and the type of cooperation that has helped other large-scale investments in the city come to fruition.

Government & Public Policy
EDA approves $68 million Aspire award to rehab 196-unit Trenton affordable housing tower

An affordable housing investor is to set to rehabilitate an apartment tower in Trenton with the help of a nearly $68 million tax credit award from the state Economic Development Authority.

Government & Public Policy
East Orange project with 420 rentals, commercial space lands $298 million Aspire award

The next phase of a massive redevelopment in East Orange is one step closer to breaking ground with the help of a nearly $298 million tax credit award under the state’s Aspire program.

Technology
Coming together: Collaboration, partnership in focus as Nokia Bell Labs tower breaks ground in New Brunswick

The groundbreaking for Nokia Bell Labs’ new research and office tower in New Brunswick was a celebration of not just the company’s legacy of collaboration in New Jersey, but the public-private partnerships that have brought the project to life.

Residential & Mixed Use
EDA approves $93 million in Aspire, historic tax credits to convert historic Newark office tower to affordable housing

A historic office building in downtown Newark is one step closer to becoming nearly 200 units of affordable housing after securing a pledge for more than $93 million in state tax credits.

Government & Public Policy
EDA approves $53 million Aspire award to rehab Atlantic City affordable housing complex

WinnCompanies has set its sights on Atlantic City, where the affordable housing firm plans to modernize 177 rental units with the help of the state’s Aspire tax credit program.

Government & Public Policy
Lions Group eyes 360-unit Journal Square rental tower with $90 million Aspire award

A developer is set to break ground on a 34-story, 360-unit apartment tower in Jersey City after securing a nearly $90 million tax credit award under the state’s Aspire program.

Government & Public Policy
Perth Amboy, East Orange projects among five to receive EDA gap financing grants

Plans for a new 23-unit apartment building in Perth Amboy are moving ahead with the help of a grant approved last week by the state Economic Development Authority.

Residential & Mixed Use
Pennrose, officials break ground on new affordable senior housing in New Brunswick

Pennrose has started construction on a project that will bring 66 new age-restricted, affordable housing units to downtown New Brunswick with the help of state and city funding sources.

Technology
SJP breaks ground on 370,000 sq. ft. research, office building for Nokia Bell Labs at New Brunswick’s HELIX campus

SJP Properties has started construction on the 10-story, 370,000-square-foot research and office tower in downtown New Brunswick that will house Nokia Bell Labs and mark the second phase of the master-planned Health + Life Science Exchange district.