Matrix Development Group has sold another industrial building in the Exit 7A submarket, HFF announced, commanding $8.5 million for a 76,220-square-foot property in Hamilton.
Matrix sells Hamilton truck terminal for $20.5 million, HFF says
An investor focused on logistics property has acquired a nearly 45,000-square-foot truck terminal in Hamilton, in a $20.5 million sale by brokers with HFF.
New Jersey industrial brokers, developers thinking regionally as tenants expand the market
With a limited supply and an increasingly savvy approach to logistics, tenants are pushing the historical boundaries of the New Jersey industrial market and expanding not only westward, but to the southernmost parts of the state and to the east to New York City. As occupiers explore these new frontiers, developers and brokers in New Jersey are following suit with a more regional approach to the warehouse and distribution sector.
Redrawing the map for industrial
As you’ll find out in this month’s cover story, developers and brokers that have long focused on New Jersey are now stretching beyond the traditional boundaries of the state’s industrial market. And they are stretching them in every direction — for different reasons — in their quest to keep pace with tenants that are adopting a more regional approach.
SIOR New Jersey honors top office, industrial deals of 2017
Many of the state’s top commercial brokers gathered recently for an annual event hosted by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, where the organization recognized some of the Garden State’s top deals of 2017.
Newark reveals development sites, buildings in Amazon HQ2 proposal (SLIDESHOW)
Newark city officials on Wednesday detailed the development sites and office buildings that were included in their 250-page submission to Amazon, which could announce the short list for its coveted second headquarters project by early next year.
All hands on deck: How Newark’s bid for Amazon HQ2 rallied landlords, city officials
While there are still months to go before Amazon reveals it selection for its HQ2 project, making the pitch has rallied developers and public-sector leaders in Newark in a way that the city hasn’t seen in recent memory. That show of unity was only amplified on Oct. 16, when Gov. Chris Christie announced that the state would officially support the city’s bid, even as several other cities in New Jersey jockeyed for the project.
Game-changer: Amazon has been a driving force in surging N.J. distribution market
There’s no ignoring Amazon’s impact on the state’s industrial sector since early 2013, when the company committed to building its first New Jersey fulfillment center in Robbinsville. Not only has Amazon absorbed at least roughly 9 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space since that time. It quickly emboldened other pure e-commerce players that were hesitant to establish a footprint in New Jersey, amid concerns over having to collect sales tax from customers if they had a physical location here.
Matrix looks to Staten Island as its next frontier
Matrix Development Group is crossing the Arthur Kill for its latest industrial project, breaking ground on its first two buildings in a planned logistics park in Staten Island.
