Editor’s Note
Things to do

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, the Queen City is now working to attract new retail, recreation and dining options to support its growing population. Look no further than PickleRage, the new 40,000-square-foot pickleball club that just opened under a project by ECA Developers. That’s just one example, according to the story by Marlaina Cockcroft, coming alongside a new $10 million aquatics complex that debuted last summer and plans for a 55,000-square-foot recreation and cultural center with a pool, event and performance space, workforce development facilities and an art gallery, as well as a building with 220 affordable units.

Government & Public Policy
Destination Plainfield: Queen City, with thousands of new units online, turns its focus to retail and recreation

First, Plainfield officials focused on building out their housing stock. Now, they’re making sure residents have a reason to stay in town by working to attract new shopping, entertainment and restaurant options.

Events
CBRE’s Villa to host CRE executives, brokers for high-profile women’s networking event

Clockwise, from top left: Adenah Bayou, Zenobia Fields, Kate Granahan, Bridget Wilcox, Marta Villa, Suzanne Macnow and Karly Iacono will take part in a panel discussion at the inaugural Rush CRE Women’s Networking Event on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the…

Finance & Capital Markets
Invictus lends $60 million for new 266-unit rental project near Plainfield train station

Ramani Group has closed on a $60 million construction loan from Invictus Real Estate Partners for a planned 266-unit apartment building in downtown Plainfield.

Residential & Mixed Use
Romema Capital sells new 104-unit Plainfield rental property, Hudson Atlantic says

The builder of a new 104-unit luxury apartment building in Plainfield has sold the property for $39 million, in a newly announced deal by Hudson Atlantic Realty.

Industrial
NAIDB arranges Union County industrial sales totaling $5 million

An HVAC company has purchased a 6,000-square-foot industrial building in Linden, in one of two newly completed deals in Union County by NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co.

Residential & Mixed Use
KSR: Developer buys Plainfield property for $4.25 million, eyeing major residential project

A developer has acquired the site of a vacant building in Plainfield that will become part of a planned residential project, in a deal arranged by Kassin Sabbagh Realty.

Residential & Mixed Use
Landmark eyes debut of new luxury rental projects in Union, Plainfield

Development firm Landmark is set to deliver two new residential properties that will add a combined 185 apartments to its portfolio in Union County.

Residential & Mixed Use
New 42-unit apartment building in Plainfield on the market for sale, IPRG says

A developer has tapped Investment Property Realty Group to sell a newly completed, 42-unit apartment building across from NJ Transit’s Netherwood station in Plainfield.

Industrial
ECA plans industrial, sports facility in Plainfield after property sale by Blau & Berg

The site of a long-vacant building in Plainfield will soon be revitalized as more than 120,000 square feet of new warehouse, flex industrial and sports and recreation space.