Retail
For Pierson, believing in untapped markets has been a key ingredient for success

Pierson Commercial has gained a foothold in some of New Jersey’s largest and best-known cities, fueling its growth in recent years while remaining just as active in the state’s suburbs and highway retail corridors.

Government & Public Policy
A fond farewell: Lizura reflects on 22 years with EDA, prepares for what comes next

Tim Lizura is now considering his next step after 22 years with Economic Development Authority, where he had become a fixture in New Jersey’s commercial real estate sector and a key player in the effort to revive cities such as Newark, Camden and New Brunswick.

Government & Public Policy
EDA takes formal steps to support New Brunswick redevelopment site

State officials and the New Brunswick Development Corp. will begin efforts to strategize and craft a financial model for a redevelopment site in New Brunswick, where Gov. Phil Murphy has called for creating a campus for research and innovation.

Health Care & Education
Cities: The next frontier for New Jersey R&D

As young life sciences companies search for lab and R&D space, Dan Loughlin sees a new frontier emerging in the years to come — urban centers.

Roundtable
What is a health care or education trend that has continued upside or untapped potential for commercial real estate?

What is a health care or education trend that has continued upside or untapped potential for commercial real estate? We assembled a panel of industry experts to tackle our recent roundtable question.

Health Care & Education
Murphy ‘supercharges’ New Brunswick project with plans for state innovation hub

Gov. Phil Murphy has thrown his support behind a high-profile redevelopment project in New Brunswick, pledging to create a focal point for research and innovation that will feed sectors such as health care, higher education and technology.

Residential & Mixed Use
VIDEO: New Brunswick PAC project rising in Hub City

Following demolition last summer and a groundbreaking last fall, a $172 million, mixed-use project anchored by a new performing arts center is quickly rising in downtown New Brunswick.

Residential & Mixed Use
VIDEO: Devco records massive 10-hour concrete pour for New Brunswick PAC

More than 300 concrete trucks descended on downtown New Brunswick earlier this month for a continuous, 10-hour pour for the landmark New Brunswick Performing Arts Center project.

Office
Other N.J. cities forge ahead, file bids for Amazon HQ2

Several other cities in New Jersey have filed their bids to become the home of Amazon’s second headquarters, despite the state throwing its official support behind Newark earlier this week.

Residential & Mixed Use
Devco, public officials break ground for New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

The New Brunswick Development Corp., public officials and a host of other stakeholders broke ground Wednesday on the $172 million New Brunswick Performing Arts Center project. Slated to rise 23 stories on Livingston Avenue, the mixed-use complex stands to transform the city’s famed downtown cultural arts district, spanning 450,000 square feet that will include performance venues, office space and more than 200 luxury apartments.