Residential & Mixed Use
West Orange site, once home to ailing office park, now thriving with 423 rentals, public library

A sweeping new development with more than 400 apartments and a public library has taken shape in West Orange, revitalizing what was an ailing office park overlooking Interstate 280.

Government & Public Policy
Apartment industry leaders, lawmakers gather for annual NJAA PAC reception (SLIDESHOW)

The strength of the New Jersey Apartment Association was on display this week as its members joined some four dozen lawmakers for the organization’s annual legislative reception.

Professional Services
Sheldon Gross hires Levesque as property manager, sales representative

Sheldon Gross Realty has deepened its bench with the addition of Bill Levesque as a property manager and sales representative, the West Orange-based firm announced.

Residential & Mixed Use
A key step: For Prism, bringing residential property management in-house is a goal years in the making

Prism Capital Partners has reached a long-held goal of taking its residential property management in-house, a move that is already bearing fruit by providing real-time data that can boost performance, while reducing turnover and optimizing rental rates to ensure that the firm is enhancing the value of each property.

Office
Newmark: MELD Law moving, expanding in 9,200 sq. ft. lease in West Orange

Law firm Manzi Epstein Lomurro & DeCataldo LLC has leased more than 9,000 square feet at a well-known office building in West Orange, in a deal arranged by Newmark.

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.

Office
Iron Ore, investors buy well-known 101,000 sq. ft. office building in West Orange

A group led by Iron Ore Properties LLC has purchased a 101,000-square-foot office building in West Orange, marking the first sale of the asset in more than 50 years.

Health Care & Education
Atkins teams with doctors to bring new luxury plastic surgery center to Manhattan

Atkins Cos. has completed a project that has brought a new luxury aesthetics and plastic surgery center to Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood.

Residential & Mixed Use
BNE launches leasing at 400 rentals in West Orange, bringing new life to ex-office property

BNE Real Estate Group has taken the wraps off more than 400 luxury apartments as part of a sprawling redevelopment project in West Orange.