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New Brunswick health care, education leaders break ground on $750 million cancer center

Construction is underway on what will be the latest addition to the New Brunswick skyline — a 12-story, 510,000-square-foot cancer hospital operated by two of the city’s anchor institutions.

Events
Industry leaders reunite, reconnect at first NAIOP New Jersey event post-pandemic

Commercial real estate leaders gathered Thursday in Holmdel, where NAIOP New Jersey honored several companies as the industry took a key step in moving beyond the pandemic.

Office
NAI DiLeo-Bram agent inks 28,000 sq. ft. in Edison, Woodbridge office leases

Rutgers University has leased more than 14,000 square feet of office space in Edison, in the largest of four newly announced deals by NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co.

People
Kokes Properties hires Rutgers grad, former intern as development associate

Kokes Properties has added to its growing team with the hiring of a development associate.

Policy Page
Regional mindset, new recipe needed to keep our talent and project pipeline flowing

It’s high time that New Jersey’s local officials start doing things differently and placing a higher priority on talent attraction, collaborative regional (not parochial) planning and being on the same page. Economic development experts from outside the state seemed to concur at NAIOP New Jersey’s recent Annual Meeting and Commercial Real Estate Outlook.

Health Care & Education
‘The Hub’ in New Brunswick eyes groundbreaking with higher ed, health care partners in tow

The first piece of a long-awaited research, business and retail campus in downtown New Brunswick is slated to break ground next summer after securing commitments from four of the state’s largest institutions in health care and higher education.

Policy Page
Government officials not acting fiduciarily responsible

Since mid-March, our national GDP has plunged and New Jersey’s unemployment rate is startling, as budgeted state and local revenues are hemorrhaging. COVID-19 has made matters far worse and the budgetary pains and economic slowdown will be significant and sustained under any scenario. Our state and local elected officials must now make difficult decisions that do not jeopardize our future.

Health Care & Education
Vallone: Rutgers seeking COVID-positive patients for clinical trial

A longtime New Jersey developer is helping to recruit volunteers for a clinical trial at Rutgers University that is aimed at fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Features
Rutgers real estate program eyes new degrees, new investment as it looks to the future

With a foundation in place and support from many of the state’s top commercial real estate leaders, the Rutgers Center for Real Estate is now looking ahead to the next five years and beyond. The program’s leaders feel that further growth will hinge on expanding and fine-tuning the course offerings — such as creating a standalone real estate major and a master’s in real estate — while navigating the challenges of fundraising and scaling up to support their growing student population.

Policy Page
Waves of change bring opportunity to New Jersey’s suburbs

Jersey is looking better all the time — especially the suburbs. That’s my conclusion after reading a new Rutgers University report that provides an impressive amount of detail and analysis on economic, demographic and market trends which can help public officials plan for the future in ways that may help regenerate our suburbs and the overall state economy.