Government & Public Policy
Business community mourns Franzini, state’s ‘greatest cheerleader and advocate’

Caren Franzini, who led the state’s Economic Development Authority for nearly 20 years and was among New Jersey’s most revered and well-respected business leaders, died Wednesday.

Health Care & Education
State OKs $20M incentive for parking deck at new med school

State officials have approved a $20 million tax credit to help support the construction of a new parking and retail structure in Clifton, in what they say is a key part of the planned Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at the former Hoffman-LaRoche campus.

Government & Public Policy
Supplement maker offered $30M tax credit to open new Paterson facility

A maker of nutritional supplements is weighing a move from West Caldwell to Paterson, where state officials say it would build a nearly 80,000-square-foot facility for assembly and packing.

The Rundown
Report: Design firms moving to Camden after merging

Four South Jersey and Philadelphia architecture firms have merged and are moving their new company to Camden, according to a published report, despite being denied tax incentives under a program that has helped drive other relocations to the city in recent years.

The Rundown
Tory Burch eyes move to Jersey City from N.Y.

A state authority has offered a nearly $11 million tax credit to entice fashion retailer Tory Burch to move corporate offices from Manhattan to Jersey City.

Government & Public Policy
Developers wanted for former Camden prison site

A state authority is seeking a developer for the site of a former prison in Camden — a parcel that it describes as “the most valuable piece of real estate” on the city’s northern waterfront.

Office
Aviation tech firm moves to Atlantic City, Levin says

A technology firm serving the air traffic control industry has signed a new long-term headquarters lease in Atlantic City, Levin Commercial Real Estate said Thursday.

Government & Public Policy
Trentonian site slated to become Dunkin’ Donuts bakery hub

The latest thing that Trenton makes? Try Munchkins.

That may soon be the case under a proposal by a team of Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees. A nearly $17 million project calls for redeveloping two buildings in the city into a new 69,000-square-foot central bakery plant, serving more than 130 stores in the region and producing hundreds of thousands of doughnuts and other products every week.

Office
Reinventing J.C. waterfront is key to office leasing, panel says

Demand for Class A office space is surging along the Hudson waterfront. But commercial landlords in Jersey City are anything but satisfied.