Inside Mack-Cali’s suburban overhaul: REIT unveils office upgrades (SLIDESHOW)

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has completed a sweeping overhaul of its key suburban office portfolio, following more than $50 million in redesigns and renovations at buildings in the Parsippany, Short Hills, Metropark and Red Bank submarkets.

Zimmel: Investors pay $10.5 million for Jersey City industrial building

An investment group has acquired a 105,000-square-foot industrial building off Interstate 78 in Jersey City, under a $10.5 million deal announced this week by Zimmel Associates.

Homestake, HBC complete sale of development parcel in Jersey City

Homestake Capital LLC, a boutique real estate investment firm, has made its entrance to Jersey City with a recent joint venture with Hoboken Brownstone Co.

KRE Group debuts green space outside new Jersey City rental tower

Kushner Real Estate Group has unveiled a new public park outside its recently opened, 397-unit luxury apartment building in downtown Jersey City.

DeMarco, Pozycki see a corporate anchor as the next step for Jersey City waterfront

The sweepstakes for Amazon’s second headquarters had ended just a few hours earlier, but Mike DeMarco invoked the name of another technology giant with an outsized footprint. With less fanfare, comparatively speaking, Google in recent years has steadily grown its presence across Manhattan’s West Side, energizing neighborhoods such as Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. And published reports say the company is preparing for another major expansion that would push its portfolio in the city beyond 6 million square feet.

It’s the kind of story that Jersey City can only hope for. DeMarco doesn’t think it’s so far-fetched, given all the city has to offer.

ULI highlights top New Jersey CRE projects, industry leaders at awards dinner

The Urban Land Institute honored a dozen commercial real estate projects and industry leaders last week as part of an annual awards dinner hosted by its northern New Jersey chapter.

Jersey City details $90 million, mixed-use performing arts complex at NJCU

Officials in Jersey City have taken the wraps off plans for a new $90 million performing arts complex on the city’s west side, the latest piece of a sweeping, mixed-use redevelopment of land owned by New Jersey City University.

Mack-Cali touts three major renewal, expansion leases on waterfront

Three major tenants have renewed and expanded within Mack-Cali Realty Corp.’s waterfront portfolio, leasing a combined 323,000 square feet in two Jersey City office buildings.

Developer buys mixed-use Jersey City site, Marcus says

A developer has acquired a 9,400-square-foot mixed-use property in Jersey City, brokers said Wednesday, touting the site as an opportunity for new multifamily construction.

Dresdner Robin details food distributor expansion project in Hunts Point

A design and engineering team based in Jersey City has completed its work on a $25 million, 110,000-square-foot expansion of a food company’s facility in the South Bronx.