Monmouth University – Real Estate NJ

In the Moment: Onyx cofounders receive Kislak Institute’s Leadership Excellence Award

From left: Cynthia Daly, interim director of the Kislak Real Estate Institute at Monmouth University, presented the program’s Leadership Excellence Award on May 29 to Onyx Equities cofounders Jonathan Schultz and John Saraceno Jr., who received the honor on behalf of their Woodbridge-based firm. The company is behind many of New Jersey’s most complex and high-profile development projects and investments that have repositioned major commercial properties, including the 2 million-square-foot Northeast Science & Technology Center at the former Merck & Co. campus in Kenilworth, as well as the modernization of the four-building, 2.3 million-square-foot Gateway office complex in Newark.

Events

Monmouth’s Kislak Institute to honor Onyx Equities, Wilcox at annual awards dinner

Hundreds of commercial real estate leaders will descend on Monmouth University next week as the school’s Kislak Real Estate Institute honors Onyx Equities and Gretchen Wilcox, the pioneering mortgage banker and founder of G.S. Wilcox & Co.

Community

Kislak family gifts $2.1 million to Monmouth U. real estate program, Springsteen music center

The Kislak Family Foundation has pledged more than $2 million in additional support to Monmouth University, continuing its nearly two decades of giving to the school in honor of the late industry icon Jay I. Kislak.

Kislak family pledges $2 million to Monmouth for permanent real estate program directorship

The family of the late Jay I. Kislak has extended its support for Monmouth University, pledging $2 million to establish a permanent endowed directorship for the school’s real estate program.

Events

Reinhart to receive leadership award at New Jersey Future awards program

One of the state’s top organizations for smart growth and planning advocacy is set to honor its longtime chair and the former director of Monmouth University’s Kislak Real Estate Institute.

Kislak foundation pledges $1.1 million to Monmouth real estate program

The family of late real estate icon Jay Kislak has pledged more than $1 million to Monmouth University, continuing its longstanding support of the school’s real estate program.

Villanova students win top spot in annual NAIOP college case study competition

A team of Villanova University students took top honors for this year’s NAIOP New Jersey case study competition, offering a winning plan to repurpose a former silk mill in Paterson.

Guest Columns

Addressing affordable housing: Government leaders must adapt

After multiple Supreme Court decisions over 50 years, the creation of the Council on Affordable Housing and its subsequent power stripping by the Supreme Court in 2015, over 60,000 units of affordable housing have been created. So, does that mean that the battle over affordable housing in New Jersey is over? Nothing could be further from the truth.

Government & Public Policy

NJAA adds new VP of government affairs

The New Jersey Apartment Association has made a new addition to its influential government affairs team.

Guest Columns

The next chapter in affordable housing in New Jersey

Since 2015, more than 280 towns in New Jersey have signed settlement agreements for their affordable housing obligations, while a judge has determined the statewide need to be about 155,000 units and experts project that about 50,000 of those will be created by 2025. Frankly, the court process is way too far down the road to try and move it back to the Council on Affordable Housing or another state agency. But that is not to say there are not some issues worth discussing as we move forward.