Government & Public Policy
EDA backs Liberty Science Center refresh, expansion with $40 million tax credit award

State officials have pledged their support to a planned expansion of the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City — including more than 100,000 square feet of new outdoor exhibition space — under a $40 million project that would also refresh the museum’s indoor offerings.

Government & Public Policy
Morristown’s Mayo PAC poised for $65 million expansion, update with new state tax credit

The acclaimed Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown is set to begin a major expansion and renovation after securing a $65 million tax credit award under a new state program.

Government & Public Policy
EDA approves $359 million Aspire award for new residential, commercial tower at New Brunswick’s HELIX campus

A new project that would bring 265 apartments, office and laboratory space and housing for medical students to the emerging HELIX campus in New Brunswick is moving ahead with a newly approved, $359 million tax credit award under the state’s Aspire program.

Government & Public Policy
Hartz lands $57 million Aspire award to clean up, redevelop Secaucus site as 775,000 sq. ft. warehouse

Hartz Mountain Industries will build a new 775,000-square-foot warehouse in Secaucus with the help of a nearly $57 million tax credit under New Jersey’s Aspire program, following a major environmental cleanup at the site that allows it to qualify for the incentive award.

Government & Public Policy
Hartz lands $57 million Aspire award to clean up, redevelop Secaucus site as 775,000 sq. ft. warehouse

Hartz Mountain Industries will build a new 775,000-square-foot warehouse in Secaucus with the help of a nearly $57 million tax credit under New Jersey’s Aspire program, following a major environmental cleanup at the site that allows it to qualify for the incentive award.

Government & Public Policy
EDA approves Paramount as ‘studio partner,’ allowing for bonus tax credits at Bayonne campus

Paramount’s new production hub in Bayonne is now eligible for larger awards under New Jersey’s Film and Digital Media Tax Credit program, following a vote Thursday by state officials to designate the company as a so-called studio partner at the campus.

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.