Residential & Mixed Use
Developers break ground on 230-unit Watchung rental project just west of Route 22

A joint venture has closed on the site of a planned six-building, $104 million project that will bring 230 luxury apartments to Watchung, where construction is now underway.

Retail
LMC: Five Below takes 10,000 sq. ft. in latest deal at new-look Blue Star Shopping Center

Five Below has leased 10,000 square feet at Blue Star Shopping Center in Watchung, bringing another tenant to the newly updated property on Route 22.

Retail
LMC: Arrival of new ShopRite advances major overhaul of Blue Star Shopping Center

Village Super Market Inc. has opened a new ShopRite at Blue Star Shopping Center in Watchung, delivering the centerpiece of a plan to update and expand the landmark property.

Retail
Ethan Allen opens at new Route 22 location in Watchung, Goldstein Group says

Ethan Allen has opened a new location on Route 22 in Watchung, where it occupies more than 4,200 square feet after relocating from a nearby site.

Retail
LMC: Planet Fitness inks leases for new Watchung, Middlesex locations

Planet Fitness is expanding in central New Jersey with newly signed leases in Watchung and Middlesex Borough, in a set of deals arranged by Levin Management Corp.

Retail
Urban Edge brings Atlantic Health to Manalapan retail center with 18,000 sq. ft. deal

Urban Edge Properties has signed two new deals with Atlantic Health System, including a lease for an 18,000-square-foot facility at a large shopping center in Manalapan.

Retail
Urban Edge brings Atlantic Health to Manalapan retail center with 18,000 sq. ft. deal

Urban Edge Properties has signed two new deals with Atlantic Health System, including a lease for an 18,000-square-foot facility at a large shopping center in Manalapan.

Retail
Retail refresh: Expansion by grocers, big boxes spurring major updates of New Jersey shopping centers

As supermarkets and other anchor tenants look to expand their reach in New Jersey, landlords are accommodating them with renovated shopping centers that are likely to help attract new retailers to those properties.

Editor’s Note
Sprucing it up

New Jersey is largely built out, at least as far as the best locations are concerned, meaning redevelopment is often the only option. That’s driving a series of new investments by shopping center owners that have secured new deals with supermarkets and other big-box tenants. Those landlords are now renovating their assets in conjunction with the new anchor leases, which figures to help attract new retailers to those properties.

Retail
Urban Edge leases 4,300 sq. ft. in Watchung for new Ethan Allen store

Furniture chain Ethan Allen has signed a new lease with Urban Edge Properties, with plans to open a store and showroom at a Route 22 shopping center in Watchung.