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As seen in New Jersey, redevelopment and demolition remove obsolete office buildings from the market, while communities are rethinking how aging commercial properties can better serve changing economic and demographic realities.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The Community Builders (TCB) has completed Stirlingside Residences, a 53-unit affordable housing building in New Brunswick, located in Central New Jersey. Specific income restrictions were not announced, but the building includes six units for families and individuals who have previously…
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — CBRE has arranged $18.4 million in financing for ≈, a 91,280-square-foot shopping center located in the Northern New Jersey community of Perth Amboy. A 60,665-square-foot ShopRite grocery store anchors the center, which was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to 15 tenants with a…
HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. — Silver Arch Capital Partners, a New Jersey-based private lender, has provided $5.6 million in financing for a 16-unit apartment building in Huntington Station, located on Long Island. The building, the address of which was not disclosed, also includes two ground-floor retail spaces. The…
Fannie Mae is extending its Chicago foreclosure assault against properties connected to Lakewood, New Jersey-based investor Chaim Bialostozky, who’s also facing Walker & Dunlop’s accusations of making fraudulent real estate deals to receive inflated loan amounts. Fannie on Thursday filed a fresh lawsuit against…
DOVER, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $6.8 million sale of a 6.5-acre industrial development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Dover. The parcel is part of the newly opened, 80,000-square-foot headquarters facility of Dover Tubular Alloys at 220 W. Clinton St. Thomas Mallaney and Denise Kokulak of CBRE…
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $90.5 million sale of Pointe Verde Beach Lakes, a 400-unit condominium property located in West Palm Beach. Marcus & Millichap confirmed that the buyer, New Jersey-based apartment operator Kamson Corp.,…
Onyx Partners is pinching pennies to acquire JCPenney’s stores After a first failed attempt to sweep up a portfolio of hundreds of the retailer’s stores, New Jersey-based Onyx submitted a fresh bid of $934 million, CoStar reported. There are 117 stores in the real estate portfolio available, breaking down the offer…
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Osmo, which uses machine learning to digitize scent and promote olfactory science, has opened a 60,000-square-foot headquarters facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. Designed by KSS Architects, the facility includes office, lab and manufacturing space, as well as a breakout…
RANDOLPH, N.J. — LJS Development has broken ground on Sussex Woods, a 25-unit affordable housing project in the Northern New Jersey community of Randolph. Sussex Woods will feature five one-bedroom units, 12 two-bedroom residences and eight three-bedroom apartments. All units will be reserved for households earning…
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Kamson Corp. has acquired the 400-unit Ponte Verde at Palm Beach Lakes in West Palm Beach for $90.5 million. The New Jersey-based buyer plans to… The post Kamson Corp. Buys Florida Condo Property for $90.5M, Plans Multifamily Conversion appeared first on Multifamily & Affordable Housing…
Resource Realty of Northern New Jersey arranged the sale of a high-utility, standalone industrial facility located at 36 Pine St.in Rockaway, NJ. The transaction was brokered and finalized by firm Principals Greg Sabato and Scott Peck, who represented the buyer, Commerce Park Investors. The property encompasses…
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Berkadia has brokered the $8.7 million sale of Aberdeen Arms Apartments, a 52-unit building located in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. Built in 1965, Aberdeen Arms offers 10 one-bedroom units and 42 two-bedroom units and was fully occupied at the time of sale. Nat Gambuzza, Trevor…
CW Realty Group closed on a deal to acquire a parking facility in Downtown Brooklyn, Commercial Observer has learned. Cheskie Weisz’ CW Realty entered into a contract to purchase 55 Smith Street in December from New Jersey-based firm Edison Properties, Crain’s New York Business reported at the time. The sale closed…
New Jersey developer Fadi Samaan has landed $23.5 million of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-backed debt to refinance a multifamily complex in Passaic, NJ., Commercial Observer has learned. Dwight Capital supplied the HUD 223(f) loan on the 104-unit Station at Passaic Phase II development,…
CLIFTON, N.J. — Nashville-based brokerage firm Matthews has negotiated the $4.4 million sale of a portfolio of three contiguous mixed-use buildings totaling 14,500 square feet in the Northern New Jersey community of Clifton. The buildings at 233, 235 and 237 Dayton Ave. house one- and two-bedroom apartments in…
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — CBRE has arranged a $30.7 million loan for the refinancing of The Vail, a 92-unit apartment building in West Caldwell, about 25 miles outside of New York City. The Vail offers a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, 20 percent of which are reserved as affordable housing, that feature…
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MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $75 million in financing for Orange Plaza, an 811,272-square-foot retail power center in Middletown, about 75 miles northwest of New York City. Walmart, Home Depot, Kohl’s and Burlington are the anchor tenants at Orange Plaza,…
Wholesale product company EXP Group has landed $47 million of permanent debt to refinance an industrial asset in northern New Jersey, Commercial Observer has learned. Citizens Bank provided the loan on the 300,015-square-foot logistics property at 2500 83rd Street in North Bergen, N.J. Ripco Real Estate arranged…
HOBOKEN, N.J. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of 1000 Jefferson, a 217-unit community in Hoboken. JLL represented Clarion Partners, the seller. Invesco Real Estate was the buyer.… The post Clarion Partners Sells 1000 Jefferson in Hoboken, New Jersey appeared first on Multifamily & Affordable Housing…
Rising sea levels and falling land elevations have led to restrictive building codes and high construction costs along the Jersey Shore as the region faces an attainable housing shortage. Since Superstorm Sandy rocked the state in 2012, New Jersey has...
AVENEL, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 29,336-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Avenel. The building sits on a 4.3-acre site at 190 Homestead Ave. and includes six drive‑in doors, two loading docks and newly renovated office space. Liam McGregor, Elli Klapper, Mark…
The Durst Organization and The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that Mercor has signed a lease at One World Trade Center for 25,550 square feet on the 77th floor. The term length was not disclosed. With this agreement, One World Trade Center is 97% leased and Mercor joins the growing community of…
EDISON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $8.8 million sale of a 5,585-square-foot retail building in the Central New Jersey community of Edison. Convenience store operator Wawa occupies the single-tenant building at 1095 U.S. Route 1, which was built last year and includes a fuel station, on a triple-net…
Resource Realty of Northern New Jersey (RRNNJ) negotiated a 173,475-square-foot, long-term industrial lease at the newly constructed Spring Brook Commerce Center, located at 128 Iron Mountain Rd. in Mine Hill, NJ, on behalf of closeout retailer Amazing Savings. The transaction was led by the RRNNJ executive…
Goldcrest Properties has sealed $25.5 million of acquisition financing for the purchase of a New Jersey multifamily asset, Commercial Observer has learned. M&T Realty Capital, a subsidiary of M&T Bank, provided the interest-only bridge loan for Goldcrest’s $33.8 million purchase of the 125-unit Hope’s Crossing…
A joint venture between Somerset Development and HIG Capital has sealed a $60 million loan to refinance a repurposed New Jersey mixed-use office campus that will soon be home to sandwich chain Jersey’s Mike’s headquarters, Commercial Observer has learned. Hudson Bay Capital provided the bridge loan for the…
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $54.3 million sale of The Village at Bridgewater Commons, a 92,461-square-foot retail center in Central New Jersey. A Summit Health medical facility anchors the 12.5-acre, open-air center, which was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to a roster with a weighted average…
PARAMUS, N.J. — RH Outlet has opened a 50,700-square-foot store in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The luxury home furnishings retailer has relocated its Paramus store from an unspecified, nearby space to a freestanding building within Ikea Drive Plaza. Curtis Nassau and Patrick Brake of RIPCO Real…
The Department of Homeland Security has reversed course on its plan to sell a New Jersey warehouse and will go back to its original intention of converting it into a detention facility. A federal judge was notified July 10 of the agency’s decision...
Two historic New Jersey buildings — the iconic Bell Labs headquarters in Holmdel and the former Commvault campus in Tinton Falls — have been reborn as Bell Works and are redefining what an office campus can be. Inspired by Somerset Development reimagined...
SUCCASUNNA, N.J. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of a nine-acre entitled development site located in Succasunna an unincorporated community located in Roxbury Township, roughly 45 miles northwest… The post SLIB Arranges Sale of Development Site in New Jersey appeared first on Seniors…
TOTOWA, N.J. — The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) board has approved $35.3 million in tax credits for a new seniors housing project in Totowa, roughly 20 miles northwest of… The post NJEDA Approves $35.3M in Tax Credits for Project in Northeast New Jersey appeared first on Seniors Housing…
New Jersey's industrial market in Q4 2025 achieved 28.8 million square feet of new leasing activity—the third-highest annual total on record—with the Turnpike Corridor accounting for 70.5% of year-to-date activity, though the vacancy rate rose to 8.9% due to 4.4 million square feet of new deliveries and 2.2 million square feet of negative net absorption in the fourth quarter. The Port of New York and New Jersey recorded a 2.9% year-over-year increase in container volume through November, while overall asking rent declined 4.8% year-over-year to $16.60 per square foot, with Class A warehouse and distribution properties showing stronger resilience than non-Class A assets.
New Jersey's office market recorded its third consecutive quarter of positive net absorption in Q4 2025, with 758,000 square feet of year-to-date gains and an overall vacancy rate of 21.9% (16.4% using the median vacancy rate metric), while asking rents remained flat year-over-year at $32.33 per square foot. Northern New Jersey drove momentum with 1.6 million square feet of annual net occupancy gains and a declining vacancy rate, though Central New Jersey faced headwinds from major tenant departures including Sanofi's 467,149-square-foot sublease listing and MetLife's 400,000-square-foot exit in Bridgewater.
Northern New Jersey's office market recorded 1.9 million square feet of leasing activity in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the two-year quarterly average of 2.1 million square feet, while the overall availability rate decreased 20 basis points to 22.7% driven by 240,846 square feet of positive net absorption. Key findings include sublease availability declining to 5.9 million square feet—the lowest level in six years—Class A office leasing accounting for more than 72.3% of overall activity, and overall asking rents averaging $32.12 per square foot with a 0.38% year-over-year increase, with Class A pricing at $35.29 per square foot representing a 9.3% premium.
New Jersey's industrial market recorded 9.5 million square feet of new leasing activity in Q1 2026, a 45.2% year-over-year increase, with the Exit 8A submarket leading recovery after two years of occupancy losses. The overall vacancy rate declined to 8.7%, average asking rent stood at $16.33 per square foot, and the Port of New York and New Jersey achieved 749,906 TEUs in January 2026, up 4.0% year-over-year, supported by strong gains in rail and auto volumes.
This is a quarterly data report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting office sector figures for New Jersey in the first quarter of 2026, with coverage spanning northern New Jersey and national markets.
Cushman & Wakefield's Q1 2026 New Jersey office market report documents overall vacancy at 21.8% (50 basis points below year-ago levels), asking rents at $32.43 per square foot, and 371,986 square feet of negative absorption during the quarter, with Class A properties commanding an 11.5% premium and accounting for 59.7% of leasing volume. The state's labor market remained stable at 4.6 million jobs with education and health services posting 3.5% year-over-year growth, while Northern New Jersey vacancy declined 140 basis points year-over-year to 21.3% and Central New Jersey vacancy rose 80 basis points year-over-year to 22.5%, with demand concentrated in well-located, transit-accessible high-quality office buildings reflecting an ongoing flight-to-quality trend.
This is a quarterly data report published by CBRE on December 31, 2025, presenting industrial sector figures for Northern and Central New Jersey in the fourth quarter of 2025. The report provides market metrics and statistical information for the industrial real estate segment in that regional area.
This is a data figures report published by CBRE on December 31, 2025, covering the office sector in New Jersey and related markets including Northern New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York, and national comparisons for the fourth quarter of 2025.