Retail
Report: RadioShack to close 20 N.J. stores

RadioShack will shutter 20 stores in New Jersey amid more than 550 closures across its portfolio, according to published reports.

Government & Public Policy
Trenton’s pitchman: George Sowa says capital city is open for business

As CEO of Greater Trenton, George Sowa sees a city that has fallen on hard times and has to overcome years of bad press. But Trenton has what it takes to change the narrative, he said, starting with all-important infrastructure such as a transit hub that links to four different rail lines.

Office
NJAR sees new Trenton HQ as ‘a cornerstone project’ for city

NJ Realtors opened its new 20,000-square-foot headquarters on Hamilton Avenue last September, marking the completion of one of the city’s few ground-up construction projects in recent years.

Government & Public Policy
Trentonian site slated to become Dunkin’ Donuts bakery hub

The latest thing that Trenton makes? Try Munchkins.

That may soon be the case under a proposal by a team of Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees. A nearly $17 million project calls for redeveloping two buildings in the city into a new 69,000-square-foot central bakery plant, serving more than 130 stores in the region and producing hundreds of thousands of doughnuts and other products every week.

The Rundown
Nursing school, advising center opens at new Trenton complex

Thomas Edison State University has marked the opening of a new building in Trenton that is home to its nursing school and a student advising center, according to the Times of Trenton.

The Rundown
Christie details makeover to state gov’t footprint in Trenton

The Rundown: Three buildings that house state agencies in Trenton will be torn down to make way for two new structures, with the goals of streamlining the government’s footprint in the city and clearing a path toward private development.