Regions Northeast | New Jersey
Legal Battle May Follow End of EnCap’s Meadowlands Project
May 09, 2008
A once-promising proposal to transform landfills in Northern New Jersey into an 800-acre master-planned community now appears headed for a long legal battle. 
Pinnacle Commits to 30,000-SF Flex Building
May 08, 2008
Pinnacle Wireless will take its headquarters from Montclair to Hackensack, where it has signed a lease to occupy the entire 30,000-square-foot flex building at 80 Commerce Way.
Insurance Firm Snags 13,200SF at Raritan Plaza for Relocation
May 07, 2008
AmWINS Group Inc. has signed on to occupy 13,200 square feet at Raritan Plaza III, the class A office structure within Raritan center in Edison.
Billboard or Strip Club? Pa. Building Owner Says Make A Choice
May 06, 2008 - Source: NJ.com
Todd Colarusso, who owns the downtown Stockham building in Morrisville, is offering an alternative to his proposed second-floor gentleman's club.
Loss of License Protects Tropicana Atlantic City from Corporate Parent’s Chapter 11
May 06, 2008
The Tropicana Atlantic City casino today said that it is not part of the Chapter 11 filing by corporate parent, Tropicana Entertainment L.L.C., and is continuing normal operations.
Murphy Tapped as CBRE Vice Chairman
May 06, 2008
Patrick Murphy, a 27-year commercial real estate veteran, has been promoted to vice chairman at CB Richard Ellis Inc.
Ghali Hill, Egyptian Developer Forge JV 
May 05, 2008
Construction management company Hill International and the Talaat Moustafa Group Holding Co. (TMG), one of Egypt’s leading residential and hotel developers, have agreed to form a joint venture “that will provide project and construction management services exclusively on TMG projects throughout Egypt and elsewhere in the world,” according to a prepared statement. 
The Staubach Secures Lease for Dow Jones Building in Princeton
May 02, 2008
The Staubach Co.'s New Jersey office has  announced that, on behalf of the building owner Dow Jones & Co., it has arranged a 30,000-square-foot lease with Protech Solutions Inc. at 4300 Route 1, Building Three, within the Bernard Kilgore Center corporate campus in Princeton, N.J.
Tropicana Casino Debuts Havana Rooftop Slots
May 01, 2008
Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino & Resort announced plans for the opening of Havana Rooftop Slots, a new raised section of its casino that has been completely transformed into an all-encompassing, themed slot environment.
Goldstein Group Wins Levitz Assignments
May 01, 2008
Chuck Lanyard, president of The Goldstein Group, the New Jersey retail brokerage firm, has reported that the company has been selected to handle two former Levitz Furniture spaces in Paramus and East Brunswick, N.J.
Urstadt Biddle Takes Position in Newark, New Jersey, Shopping Center
April 23, 2008
Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. has announced that it has acquired a 60 percent interest in a newly formed limited partnership that purchased the Ferry Plaza Shopping Center in Newark, N.J.
rutherford High Street Takes N.J. Industrial Portfolio
April 18, 2008
An 11-building, 750,000-square-foot New Jersey portfolio has sold to High Street Equity Advisors for an undisclosed price, according to a report from Cushman & Wakefield Inc.’s metropolitan area capital markets group in East Rutherford, N.J.
Carlton Arranges $63M Bridge Loan
April 15, 2008
Carlton has closed successfully a $63 million floating rate, three-year bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of Fort Lee Executive Park, a 609,000 square foot class A office complex located 10 minutes from Manhattan in Fort Lee, N.J.
NJ Denies Request for Tropicana Owner to Get Title Back
April 04, 2008
Nearly four months after the New Jersey Casino Control Commission pulled the casino license from the owner of the Tropicana Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, the commission this week denied a bid to return the title to the unlicensed owner, Adamar of New Jersey.
Vornado Gets $290M Construction Loan to Upgrade New Jersey Mall
March 24, 2008
Vornado Realty Trust has closed a construction loan that will provide up to $290 million for the REIT’s renovation and expansion of Bergen Town Center, a 900,000-square-foot shopping center in Paramus, N.J.
50-Acre Jersey City Brownfield Site Snapped Up for Industrial Development
March 19, 2008
AMB Property Corp. has purchased nearly 50 acres of land in Jersey City, N.J., from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. The developer will erect the 878,000-square-foot AMB Pulaski Distribution Center on the former landfill site.
New Brunswick Raises Curtain on $275M Mixed-Use Plan
March 14, 2008
Taking a cue from Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall, New Brunswick, N.J. will market the air rights for a $275 million office, residential and retail project to provide a new home for several of the city’s performing arts venues.
Legoland to Open at Meadowlands Xanadu
March 10, 2008
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, an indoor LEGO world, will open its second and largest location in the United States at the Meadowlands Xanadu entertainment and retail complex, it was announced by Meadowlands Development, the developer of Meadowlands Xanadu and Merlin Entertainments today.
$116M Hoboken Sale Marks Return to Business as Usual for Tarragon
Feb. 29, 2008
Tarragon Corp. is moving on from a year of debt reduction and selling inventory in struggling housing markets, and is ready to get back into the acquisition business. 
Lightstone Group Takes Building in Lakewood, N.J.
Feb. 27, 2008
The Lightstone Group has purchased a single-story, 110,500-square-foot office-warehouse building at 1985 Cedar Bridge Avenue in Lakewood, N.J., it has reported.
GE Refinances N.J. Office Portfolio for $105M
Feb. 22, 2008
Showing that sound assets can get refinanced even in today’s cautious lending environment, Denholtz Associates has obtained $105 million from GE Real Estate to refinance an office portfolio in New Jersey.
Brandywine Closes on  Four Assisted Living Communities in New Jersey
Feb. 11, 2008
Brandywine Senior Living has completed the acquisition of a four-property portfolio from Meridian Health System, it has reported.
Park Place Normandy Real Estate Partners Buys 500,000 SF of Class A Office Space 
Feb. 04, 2008
It’s an all–Garden State deal: Two well-established commercial real estate companies based in New Jersey have just completed the sale of three Class A office properties there for a total of 500,000 square feet. Financial information on the deal was not disclosed. 
General Motors’ Linden, N.J., Site to Be Developed
Feb. 01, 2008
Duke Realty Corp. and Stockbridge Real Estate Fund L.P. of San Francisco, Calif., have announced today that they have formed an equal partnership to develop a former General Motors’ assembly plant in Linden, N.J.
Maggy London Leases 112,000 SF in New Jersey
Jan. 23, 2008
Maggy London International Ltd., a women's fashion designer, has leased 112,000 square feet at 55 Madison Circle Dr. in East Rutherford,N.J., according to an announcement by Stephen Elman of Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
 

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