Laying the groundwork

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, stakeholders in Camden have been quietly working to advance the proposed 25-story, 500,000-square-foot office tower that would be known as the Beacon Building. That’s no easy task, given the post-pandemic office market and complex questions of ownership and financial viability. Yet they’re confident in the project’s future, citing commitments from key anchor institutions and the type of cooperation that has helped other large-scale investments in the city come to fruition.

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.

Nokia Bell Labs tower set to rise in downtown New Brunswick as executives, officials break ground on new 370,000 sq. ft. facility

The steel frame of a new landmark tower for Nokia Bell Labs will be visible in downtown New Brunswick as soon as next spring, with construction well underway on a facility that will be the technology giant’s home for decades to come.

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.

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.

JLL launches marketing for plug-and-play lab suites at New Brunswick’s HELIX district

The team behind the sweeping Health + Life Science Exchange campus in New Brunswick is seeking tenants for a group of prebuilt laboratory and office suites, part of a 574,000-square-foot building that’s slated to open later this year.

HELIX taps Portal Innovations to manage incubator at transformative New Brunswick project

The landmark Health & Life Science Exchange of New Jersey campus in New Brunswick has found a key partner for the project’s incubator space, announcing a pact with Portal Innovations to spearhead a facility for startups and entrepreneurs from nearby universities.

JLL’s Kossar to headline United Way Legacy Event, with six projects vying for Impact Awards

United Way of Northern New Jersey will honor JLL’s Rob Kossar next month at an annual fundraiser that draws hundreds of commercial real estate industry leaders, where the organization will also celebrate top projects in multiple asset classes.

Filling the pipeline: Developers lining up plans for new housing projects in New Brunswick, seeking to meet demand from massive commercial investments

Developers are laying the groundwork for what could be a new wave of apartment construction in downtown New Brunswick, seeking to meet the needs of potentially thousands of new employees that will come from several transformative, large-scale commercial projects that are now taking shape.

EDA approves $104 million Aspire award for Nokia Bell Labs tower in New Brunswick

The developers of what will be nearly 370,000 square feet of lab and office space in New Brunswick, the future home of Nokia Bell Labs, could break ground next month after securing a 10-year, $103.9 million tax credit award under the state’s Aspire program.