Events
NAIOP unveils Deal of the Year finalists for industrial, winners for office and mixed-use

NAIOP New Jersey has announced its Deal of the Year winners in the office and mixed-use categories as well as three finalists for the industrial sector, with plans to highlight the honorees at its 37th annual Commercial Real Estate Awards Gala in mid-May.

Office
Veris under contract to sell Harborside 5, its final office building, for $85 million

Veris Residential Inc. is on the verge of shedding its one remaining office building, a nearly 1 million-square-foot tower in Jersey City that is under contract to sell for $85 million.

Residential & Mixed Use
Veris, Woodmont sell 59-unit Morristown rental property in deal by Gebroe-Hammer, Berkadia

Veris Residential Inc. and Woodmont Properties have sold a 59-unit luxury apartment building in downtown Morristown, in a deal announced by Gebroe-Hammer Associates and Berkadia.

Cover Story
The next chapter: Inside 601W’s plan to reposition Jersey City’s iconic Harborside office complex

Manhattan-based 601W Cos. is advancing its plans to reposition Harborside buildings 1, 2 and 3 in Jersey City, a nearly 2 million-square-foot office complex along the Hudson River, after acquiring the property from Veris Residential Inc. for $420 million.

Residential & Mixed Use
Related plans 750 rentals in Jersey City after $58 million land deal with Veris

Veris Residential Inc. has completed its sale of a Jersey City development site to Related Cos., whose plans for the parcel call for 800 apartments one block from the Hudson waterfront.

Editor’s Note
Waterfront reboot

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, 601W Cos. is drawing on that experience as it prepares to reposition the 2 million-square-foot Harborside property, which it acquired earlier this year from Veris Residential Inc. for a whopping $420 million. Its plans include the addition of important but notably absent amenities such as a fitness center, a conference center and a tenant lounge, as well as a 10,000-square-foot rooftop deck that will provide uninterrupted views of Manhattan. That vision will take shape in the months ahead as 601W looks to meet the demand for dynamic, upscale spaces despite unease within the office market — with the belief that the best is still to come for Jersey City.

Photos
Association honors Jersey City apartment developers, builders in inaugural awards program

Real estate leaders along the Hudson waterfront took center stage last week when the Jersey City Apartment Owners Association hosted a newly launched awards program.

Office
AEP, with Newmark brokers, launches leasing at Harborside 6 after $46 million acquisition

Nearly 200,000 square feet of office space in Jersey City has hit the market for the first time in years, following American Equity Partners’ recent acquisition of what’s known as Harborside 6.

Finance & Capital Markets
Veris Residential inks $340 million refi of 750-unit Jersey City rental tower, reports say

Veris Residential Inc. has landed a $340 million Freddie Mac loan for its recently completed, 750-unit apartment tower in downtown Jersey City, according to published reports.

Office
Veris places another Harborside office tower, land site under contract for combined $104 million

Veris Residential Inc. has agreed to sell two additional pieces of its flagship Harborside campus in Jersey City, including a nearly 250,000-square-foot office building and a development parcel that was once slated for more than 1 million square feet of additional space.