Event Coverage
People on streets: Retail, amenities a growing focus as Newark development boom continues

As developers continue to invest in downtown Newark, the city is attracting both new residents and businesses. That makes it all the more important to create amenities and spaces that will bring permanent foot traffic during the day and at night, which has become a growing focus for both public- and private-sector leaders in the state’s largest city.

Events
NAIOP panel: Disruptors abound in CRE, from co-working to reverse logistics

Commercial real estate faces no shortage of disruptive forces, a panel of industry leaders told NAIOP New Jersey last week, citing everything from ridesharing services and automation to changing corporate and consumer preferences.

Events
NAIOP honors new hall of fame class, CRE industry leaders

A crowd of nearly 400 turned out Monday night as NAIOP New Jersey inducted three commercial real estate leaders into its hall of fame, while honoring a longtime state government leader and three key industry professionals.

Residential & Mixed Use
NJPAC taps Lizura to lead development efforts in Newark

Tim Lizura, a former longtime top executive with the state Economic Development Authority, has joined the New Jersey Performing Arts Center to oversee the development of the land around the downtown Newark venue.

Residential & Mixed Use
NJPAC, city leaders hail One Theater Square’s opening in downtown Newark

Stakeholders gathered Wednesday to mark the opening of a new 22-story residential tower in downtown Newark, the city’s first ground-up luxury high-rise in more than 50 years and the first tangible piece of a plan to develop the property around the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Residential & Mixed Use
Dranoff, NJPAC launch leasing at 22-story Newark apartment tower (SLIDESHOW)

The developers of a long-awaited, luxury apartment tower near the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark have taken the wraps off the 245-unit building.

Residential & Mixed Use
Boraie tops out 168-unit residential tower in Newark

A long-awaited, 168-unit apartment tower in downtown Newark is on track to open late this year, as its developer and public officials gathered Tuesday to mark a milestone in the project.

Office
CBRE brokers $4.1M sale in downtown Newark

An investor has paid $4.1 million to acquire a 30,000-square-foot commercial building in downtown Newark, brokers with CBRE Group announced Tuesday.

Residential & Mixed Use
One Theater Square: The right project at the right time

Stakeholders are celebrating a project that is not only a long time coming, but coming at perhaps the perfect time for Newark.

Government & Public Policy
In Newark, a feel-good moment decades in the making

Business leaders and public officials gathered in Newark on Monday for groundbreaking ceremony for One Theater Square, a $116 million residential tower across from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.