Retail
LMC: New phase coming for West Orange retail center with Target lease, center-wide upgrades

A plan to enhance and expand a major shopping center in West Orange is underway, following a nearly 212,000-square-foot lease with Target that helped jumpstart the redevelopment.

Retail
Club Pilates leases 3,000 sq. ft. amid upgrades at Bayonne retail center, LMC says

Club Pilates has taken 3,000 square feet at a soon-to-be-updated retail center in Bayonne, in a newly announced transaction by Levin Management Corp.

Retail
Montvale Liquors, a 4,700 sq. ft. boutique store, to open on South Kinderkamack Road

Montvale Liquors, a 4,700-square-foot boutique store, will open at the CVS Center on South Kinderkamack Road in Montvale, Levin Management Corp. announced.

Retail
LMC: Nothing Bundt Cakes inks 1,500 sq. ft. lease at St. Georges Crossing in Woodbridge

The nation’s largest specialty cake company is expanding to Woodbridge with a new lease at a 343,000-square-foot highway shopping center, in a deal secured by Levin Management Corp.

Retail
Retail refresh: Expansion by grocers, big boxes spurring major updates of New Jersey shopping centers

As supermarkets and other anchor tenants look to expand their reach in New Jersey, landlords are accommodating them with renovated shopping centers that are likely to help attract new retailers to those properties.

Editor’s Note
Sprucing it up

New Jersey is largely built out, at least as far as the best locations are concerned, meaning redevelopment is often the only option. That’s driving a series of new investments by shopping center owners that have secured new deals with supermarkets and other big-box tenants. Those landlords are now renovating their assets in conjunction with the new anchor leases, which figures to help attract new retailers to those properties.

Retail
LMC: Dollar Tree leases 15,000 sq. ft., fills half of former Bed Bath store in Howell

Dollar Tree has taken 15,000 square feet for a new location on Route 9 in Howell, in a transaction announced Thursday by Levin Management Corp.

Professional Services
Pacheco joins Levin Management as controller

Commercial real estate industry veteran Lilian Pacheco has joined Levin Management Corp. as a controller, the North Plainfield-based firm announced Tuesday.

Professional Services
Leasing, investment sales broker Marolakos joins Levin Management Corp.

Levin Management Corp. has deepened its bench with the addition of Christian Marolakos as a leasing and investment sales representative.

Retail
LMC: Liquor Cave adds newest brick-and-mortar store with 7,400 sq. ft. lease in Bridgewater

A wine and spirts retailer is expanding in the state with a newly completed, 7,400-square-foot lease in Bridgewater, according to a team with Levin Management Corp.