Princeton Property Partners negotiates lease for Essential Properties Realty Trust at 15 Exchange in Jersey City
Sab Russo, President of Princeton Property Partners (aka Mercer Oak Realty) announced that his team had secured 4,000 sf of space at 15 Exchange on the Jersey City Waterfront for Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), a publicly traded REIT on the New York Stock Exchange. The 11 story, 136,000 sf office building boasts spectacular, unobstructed views […]
Princeton Property Partners negotiates acquisition of 950 Hamilton St in Somerset for Princeton Eye Group
Sab Russo, President of Princeton Property Partners (PPP) announced today that Princeton Eye Group has closed on 950 Hamilton St in Somerset for an undisclosed price. With offices in Monroe, North Brunswick, and Princeton, Princeton Eye Group (PEG) is the largest and most reputable Ophthalmology and Optometry practice in the region. The practice will relocate from its […]
Princeton Property Partners represents Specialty Insurance Agency, Inc. for 12,554 sf relocation to Wall Twp
Sab Russo, President of Princeton Property Partners, and CFO Spencer Page announced today that Specialty Insurance Agency has signed a long term lease for 12,554 sf at Monmouth Shores Corporate Park in Wall Twp. “1350 Campus Parkway was an exceptional value for our client.” said Russo. “Specialty has been located in neighboring Brick Twp for 20 […]
Princeton Property Partners Negotiates the Sale of a 101 acre Parcel of Farmland in Upper Pittsgrove, NJ
Princeton Property Partners (PPP) has advised client GALA Farms (GALA) in the sale of a 101 acre parcel of farmland on Route 77 in Upper Pittsgrove, NJ. Formerly a peach orchard and blackberry vineyard, the land will be cleared for the new owner to farm ground crops. “I managed the picking crew in these orchards when I […]
Property Partners Advises Mercer Street Friends in the Acquisition of its new Warehouse/ HQ Building at 3 Graphics Drive In Ewing, NJ
Princeton Property Partners has advised client Mercer Street Friends in the acquisition of a new 42,000 square foot building that will house its growing warehouse needs and provide expanded space for its headquarters staff. Mercer Street Friends is a Quaker affiliated, social service nonprofit that helps to lead the battle against food insecurity in Mercer […]
Princeton Property Partners Negotiates the Sale of a 70 acre Parcel of Farmland in Upper Pittsgrove, NJ
Princeton Property Partners (PPP) has advised client GALA Farms (GALA) in the sale of a 70 acre parcel of farmland in Upper Pittsgrove, NJ (near the town of Elmer). Formerly a peach orchard, the land will be cleared for the new owner to farm ground crops. “PPP has been our broker for decades. They understand what we need […]
Princeton Property Partners Obtains Site Plan Approval for 60 North Tulane Street in Downtown Princeton
Princeton Property Partners has obtained Site Plan Approval for a new multi-family/ mixed-use property in Downtown Princeton. The Princeton Planning Board has unanimously approved an application for development of 19 apartments and 1,400 square feet of office space at 60 North Tulane Street in Downtown Princeton. The property is two blocks from Nassau Street, the main street […]
Princeton Property Partners Affiliate Acquires 172 Nassau Street in Downtown Princeton, NJ
An affiliate of Princeton Property Partners (PPP) has acquired a 100 year-old mixed-use property on Nassau Street in Princeton. Prior to the acquisition, PPP was able to complete a lease extension with CVS Pharmacy through 2034. PPP also plans to add value via a complete renovation of the 2nd and 3rd floor apartments. “This property is an ideal candidate to […]
Property Partners Advises Adare Pharma in the Renewal of its HQ Lease at 1200 Lenox Drive in Lawrenceville, NJ
Princeton Property Partners (PPP) has advised client Adare Pharmaceuticals in the renewal of a its 11,000 square foot lease at Princeton Pike Corporate Center in Lawrenceville, NJ. PPP negotiated the company’s initial lease at the building back in 2015. “PPP was great. They really understood our needs and helped us to get the best possible deal at […]
Planted Plate Vegan Restaurant Opens in Princeton, NJ
Princeton Property Partners, owner of several commercial properties in downtown Princeton announces the opening of Planted Plate vegan restaurant at its 15 Spring Street property. Princeton Property Partners’ affiliate Mercer Oak Realty negotiated the 2,221 sf lease. Planted Plate is the first vegan restaurant to open in Princeton and it has been enjoying robust demand […]
Mercer Oak Realty represents Newgrange in purchase of 31,500 sf facility
Princeton, NJ – Mercer Oak Realty, a leader in Princeton Area Commercial Real Estate, represented The Newgrange School in the purchase of a 31,500 sf building. Mercer Oak’s affiliate, Princeton Property Management, is managing the reconstruction of the new facility at 800 North Road in Hopewell, NJ. The 31,500 sf at 800 North Road gives […]
Princeton Property Partners Negotiates the Purchase of a 32,000 sf School Facility for Newgrange and Laurel Schools in Hopewell, NJ
Princeton Property Partners (PPP) has advised client Newgrange and Laurel Schools in the purchase of a 32,000 square foot building at 800 North Road in Hopewell, NJ. PPP worked with the Schools’ legal team to obtain a variance to use the property as a school. Then, during Covid, PPP managed a significant reconstruction of the building to […]
Princeton Property Partners Negotiates a New Lease for United Fire Group in Ewing, NJ and Simultaneously Completes a Sale Transaction of its Pennington, NJ Office Building
Princeton Property Partners (PPP) has advised client United Fire Group (UFG) in its lease of a 16,000 square foot space at PrincetonSouth Corporate Center in Ewing, NJ. PPP simultaneously negotiated a sale of UFG’s 26,000 sf office building in Pennington, NJ. “PPP achieved the seemingly impossible – negotiating a lease for our new modern offices in […]
Mercer Oak Realty Negotiates 13,450 SF Lease with Essential Property Realty Trust
Mercer Oak Realty announced today that they negotiated a long-term lease for 13,450 SF on behalf of Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE: EPRT). EPRT will relocate its Headquarters to 902 Carnegie Center in Princeton. Sab Russo, President of Mercer Oak represented EPRT. Peter Hedley of Hilton Realty represented the owner of 902 Carnegie. This is the […]
Five Ways To Spruce Up Spec Suites
For owners of office buildings, constructing “spec suites” as ready-to-occupy office spaces can be a no-fail way to attract tenants — if these spaces are designed well. Read full article here.
Large buildings may soon get report cards for energy efficiency
Just like restaurants post letter grades in their windows, large buildings may soon have to broadcast their energy efficiency ratings. Read full report here.
Growing tech firms now drive high-end office market from Seattle and SF to Manhattan
When F5 Networks signed a lease last spring for 28 floors in the Mark, a new 48-floor office and hotel edifice in downtown Seattle, the deal capped a hunt for new headquarters that in 2019 will provide the company with room to grow and its employees with nearby transit, restaurants and other amenities. Read the full report here.
Three Keys to a Successful Property Budget Review
A budget is your vision of an asset and a forecast of potential earnings. While creating a portfolio or property budget, our deniable need to put everything under the microscope to review and analyze blurs the view. Read the full report here.
How to Prepare Your Multifamily Property for Winter
As we’ve all heard countless times before from our favorite sports coaches, the best offense is a good defense, and readying your multifamily property for winter is no different. Read the full article here.
4 Commercial Property Management Trends You Need to Know
As a property manager, it’s wise to regularly evaluate market trends so you and other stakeholders can make the right decisions for your business moving forward. Read the full report here.
Welcome to the Gig Economy
If you haven’t heard of it, you will. Gig workers are playing a growing role in how corporate space users are redefining their staffing. Read the full report here.
5 Areas to Focus on for Better Workplace Productivity
A new study shows just how impactful a poorly planned workplace is on employees, which can negatively impact performance. Read full report here.
New BOMA Standard: What Size Is Your Office Building Really?
Need more proof that the way millennials work is impacting office real estate? Read the full report here.
Why Retail Landlords Are Turning to Apartments to Shore Up Their Properties
Construction has started on a 23-story upscale apartment tower at Westfield UTC, a one-million-sq.-ft. outdoor center in San Diego, but the project is much more than the redevelopment of an upscale retail center owned by the Sydney, Australia-based Westfield. Read the full report here.
Save Big with Three Tips for More Efficient Vendor Management
Managing vendors and processing payables are significant cost drivers for real estate companies. Read the full article on irem.org
Making NJ More Attractive to Millennial Workers
Princeton Pike Corporate Center Sells
Mercer Oak Realty was recently involved as the seller’s representatives during the sale of Princeton Pike Corporate Center. Please read this article on NJBIZ for full details on the recent 800,000 sf sale.
County Clerk Lines Up Deal for Temporary Space
County clerk to move into temporary space ahead of $40M annex overhaul via nj.com
Have you met our affiliate, Princeton Property Management?
Princeton Property Partners (PPP) is pleased to announce the recent addition of a senior manager and formation of Princeton Property Management (PPM), an affiliate company that primarily concentrates on project and construction management. Eric McHugh, a 20 year property and construction management veteran, joins PPM as Vice President. Most recently Mr. McHugh managed a 1,000,000 […]
Thank you for your donations!
We would like to take a moment to thank everyone for participating in our TASK Donation drive at PrincetonSouth this past month- it was a great success! Bags and bags of holiday gifts and non perishable food items were delivered to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen last week. It could not have happened without everyone’s […]
Thank YOU!
Despite Saturday morning’s rain, over 100 people still came to the Trenton Y5K as 5K runners or 1 mile walkers. This year’s event raised $60,000 for the Trenton YMCA. Thank you to all sponsors & participants! The Mercer Oak Realty team had a great time and looks forward to next year’s event being bigger and […]
Join us Tomorrow: Trenton Y5K
Mercer Oak Realty is proud to be sponsor of the Trenton YMCA’s second annual Y5K this Saturday, October 3rd. This is Mercer Oak’s second year sponsoring and attending the event. So far this year, the Trenton YMCA has raised over $55,000 with the Y5K. Those proceeds fund the programs the organization puts in place for […]
The Princeton Address: Why Companies Need It
Our CEO, Aubrey Haines, chats with NJBiz about the importance of the Princeton address for Companies in the area. “Most international companies want the Princeton name because they want to be able to say their U.S. headquarters is in a place where other people from around the world will recognize,” said Aubrey Haines, CEO of […]
Local LifeScience Aquisition, Redevelopment on Route 1 & BMS Makes 650,000 sf Announcement: News Around Mercer County
Integra LifeSciences to acquire Medtronic’s ENT, laparoscopy equipment lines Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and Medtronic Inc. announced Wednesday an agreement in which Integra will acquire Medtronic’s MicroFrance and Xomed manual ENT and laparoscopy medical equipment lines for approximately $60 million. Read the full story on njbiz.com here. Owners of long-vacant American Cyanamid site in West […]
Princeton Forrestal Village Hopes to Add Residential to the Mix
Mixed use without residential doesn’t work. After 28 years, Princeton Forrestal Village is proposing multifamily residential units. “It’s a nice, cute pedestrian village surrounded by a sea of parking that never really succeeded,” Robert Schenkel, senior director of development at Lincoln Equities Group, said. “It was a high-end boutique mall, a discount mall and lots […]
RealShare New Jersey Conference: Triumphs & Challenges
Conference sparks talks of triumphs, challenges in New Jersey commercial real estate market It was around 9 a.m. at RealShare New Jersey, one of the year’s biggest commercial real estate conferences, and Joe Taylor had some friendly advice for the audience. “If you’re not having fun in real estate right now,” said Taylor, president of […]
Addressing New Jersey’s White Elephants
Over the past decade, the campus-style complex model slowly became outdated as technological advances, downsizing and outsourcing negated the need for workers to be in an office setting, Advance Realty president and CEO Peter Cocoziello said. The above is a quote comes from an nj.com article titled: Developer: Plan for Bridgewater’s Sanofi Research Campus will […]
Trenton Neighborhoods Get $1.1M Investment
Wells Fargo announced Thursday that it plans to invest more than $1.1 million in grants to provide funding toward various Trenton neighborhood revitalization programs. (read full story on njbiz.com here)
GrowNJ Incentives Program Updates
Recent articles cover some of the success & struggles of the GrowNJ program as New Jersey works to keep companies and jobs within the State. Why it stayed: Panasonic’s decision was about more than tax incentives (read full story on njbiz.com) Even in the case of Panasonic, which received a well-documented $102.4 million tax credit […]
Good News for NJ Jobs
U.S. jobs growth stays on a roll; recovery starts to catch on in N.J. “The tone of the economy nationally has become more positive, and there’s every reason to expect we’ll get some spillover effect in New Jersey,” said Patrick O’Keefe, an economist with the accounting firm CohnReznick, which has an office in Roseland. Read […]
Commercial Real Estate Notes from Around the State
NJ pharma: Real estate needs to reflect the changing needs of the industry For Pernix Therapeutic Holdings, it was time to find a new home. The Houston-based pharmaceutical company had new executives and a new $65 million war chest from investors, paving the way for a growth plan focused on specialty drugs. But that meant […]
Trenton: New Mayor, New Plan
Mercer Oak Realty was in attendance last week at the recently renovated Wyndham Garden on West Lafayette Street in the Capitol City as MIDJersey Chamber welcomed Trenton’s newly-elected Mayor Eric Jackson and learned more about the Trenton250 plan. Opening remarks were delivered by the Honorable Eric Jackson, a Capitol City native and Fairleigh Dickinson graduate. […]
Commercial Real Estate Updates
Report: N.J. incentives to bring bump to suburban offices in Q2 With a little help from the state’s revamped business incentives, a few New Jersey suburbs have seen bumps in office leasing in recent months, according to a new second-quarter analysis by the brokerage firm Avison Young. (read full story at njbiz.com) New COAH rules […]
News from Around Mercer County
Bill expanding tax credits for film production advanced by senate panel: A bill that would expand the state’s incentive offerings for film and digital media projects has passed the state Senate and is now headed to an Assembly committee. (njbiz.com) Subsidizing big business in NJ: Burlington, Mercer Counties rank in top 10: When executives of […]
Special Olympics New Jersey: Mercer County Hosts a Celebration
This past week over 3,500 athletes competed in the 2014 Special Olympics Summer Games, joined on the sidelines by their coaches, fans & families. The games took place state-wide, with most of the events finding homes in Mercer County. Princeton University, The College of New Jersey, Peddie School, Mercer County Park, Rider University, The Hun […]
PrincetonSouth Welcomes Independent Travler
Leasing Continues at PrincetonSouth Corporate Center The Independent Traveler, Inc., a subsidiary of TripAdvisor Inc., signs lease for 16,000 sf office Mercer Oak Realty proudly welcomes The Independent Traveler©, Inc., a subsidiary of TripAdvisor© Inc., to the expanding tenant roster at PrincetonSouth Corporate Center. The corporate park has seen over 40,000 sf of new leases […]
In the News: Week of June 1st
Hopewell Township: 200-acre Rezoning Critics Have Say The possibility of a major change to the Valley’s landscape- construction of a large mixed-use development off the western side of Scotch Road, between I-95 to the south and Route 546 to the north will continue to be discussed at future Planning Board and Township Committee meetings. (read […]
REBA Breakfast: What is “Green” & Why You Should Know More About It
Come learn the basics of “green” building- what it is and how it may impact your and your clients business needs. Princeton Area residential & commercial companies share their success stories & lessons learned about one of the fasted growing trends in real estate. On June 12th, Joshua Zinder (Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design), Vincent […]
Bristol-Myers Squibb details new plans for Lawrence property
Many plans have been made for a 75.4 acre piece of property on Princeton Pike at the intersection of I-95, but so far a giant oak tree has had the land all to itself. (read full story on nj.com here)
$58 million in Incentives Awarded to New Jersey Companies
New Jersey awarded Unilever $40 million in tax breaks Friday to keep the company in Englewood Cliffs and retain 1,600 jobs in the state, while giving JPMorgan Chase Bank and RBC Capital Markets about $300 million in breaks in return for the companies’ commitment to add 1,900 jobs in Jersey City over 10 years. (Read […]
New Jersey Sees 6.9% Unemployment Drop
New Jersey officials say the state unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent for April, its lowest level in more than five years. (read full story from The Trentonian here.)
AvalonBay officially files lawsuit against Princeton officials
PRINCETON — After giving Princeton attorney Trishka Cecil a heads-up phone call Tuesday afternoon, AvalonBay officially filed suit against the town, council, Mayor Liz Lempert and several municipal department heads today,hoping the court can intercede in environmental matters concerning the 280 residential units the developer is proposing for the former University Medical Center site. (read […]
Pharma Companies Find Homes at PrincetonSouth
We are happy to announce over 21,000 sf of new tenants/expansions at 100 & 200 PrincetonSouth Corporate Center. Mercer Oak Realty has continued to lease-up space at PrincetonSouth in the past year and recently increased its Pharmaceutical industry tenancy with new leases by Celator Pharmaceuticals and Essential Pharmaceuticals. Existing tenant, Antares Pharma has also recently […]
Join Us! Significant Incentives Available for Companies Staying In or Relocating To New Jersey
The GrowNJ program encourages companies to create jobs and make capital investments in the Garden State. By moving from Pennsylvania (or any other state) a 25 employee company could earn at least $750,000 in incentives money, while a 50 employee company could bring in a minimum of $1,500,000. New Jersey companies can also benefit from […]
Airport Corporate Park now 70% occupied
Mercer Oak Realty is happy to announce a recent lease transaction at 100 Airport Corporate Park. Horizon NJ Health, a subsidiary of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, has leased 23,145 sq. ft. of office space at Building 100 in Airport Corporate Park, bringing the company’s total space occupancy at the park to […]
Construction Begins on Hill Wallack LLP’s New Building
Mercer Oak Realty is proud to announce that Hill Wallack LLP has begun construction on their new office building at 21 Roszel Road in West Windsor. Mercer Oak Realty represented Hill Wallack LLP in the 48,000 sf lease. This new location will accommodate Princeton-based Hill Wallack LLP’s growing workforce and re-invent their office’s work environment, […]
Princeton Law Firm Signs 22,000 sf Lease
We are happy to announce that our client, Archer & Greiner, has signed a long-term lease with Boston Properties for 22,000 sf at 101 Carnegie Center in Princeton, NJ. The 22,000 sf at 101 Carnegie Center gives Archer & Greiner space to expand their operations and offers a more client friendly meeting space and conference […]
Haines chats with The Times of Trenton about the Mercer County Office Market
Aubrey Haines spoke with Brendan McGrath of The Times of Trenton about the Mercer County Commercial Real Estate market. Despite the success of the building and the current strength of the market, local development of large commercial office buildings has been slow to pick up coming out of the recession. There has been little new […]
Aubrey Haines Presents 2014 Real Estate Forecast
Princeton Office Market to experience Class A Space Shortage Mercer Oak Presents Princeton Office Market Report Princeton, NJ – Over 160 Real Estate professionals from the Princeton Market gathered on Tuesday January 28 at the Hyatt Regency to discuss the 2014 Real Estate Forecast. Mercer Oak’s Aubrey Haines presented The Princeton Office Market Report and […]
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