Ewing, NJ – Dawn Stillwell, of Haddon Township, NJ, has joined Mercer Oak Realty, Princeton’s commercial real estate brokerage firm, as vice president, announced Mercer Oak’s CEO, Aubrey Haines, LEED AP. As Vice President, Stillwell concentrates on business development, strategic planning and team leadership. She researches and pursues leads to bring new clients to the…

Mercer Oak Realty would like to officially welcome Church & Dwight to Princeton South Corporate Center.

You may have noticed a new feature on our website- Marketour. Have you checked it out yet? Marketour is a tool for any company interested in learning more about office space in the Princeton Market. “Marketour started out as an in-house presentation tool years ago. Working with our tenant representation clients, we realized just how…

On Wednesday, Hamilton township officials announced that the 1-million square foot Congoleum plant on Sloan Avenue in Hamilton, NJ was sold. The plant’s location makes it an interesting opportunity to develop. It is situated very close to major highways, creating easy access and also extremely close to the Hamilton Train Station, leading some to wonder…

Sab had a chance to chat with Diccon Hyatt of US1 last week before he gave his presentation at the MIDJersey Chamber’s Breakfast Forum on Thursday the 23rd. Hyatt not only learned about the booms & busts that would be in Sab’s presentation, but also a little more about Sab himself. Check out the article…

Urban crawl: After many years, the time is right for towns to create urban pockets where none exists Urban renewal has worked in Montclair. It has worked in Morristown. But what can developers and local officials do when they have no urban center to renew? They can create one. Read the full story on njbiz.com

The owners of the property in Hopewell formerly owned by Merrill Lynch have decided to abandon the current zoning, which calls for office use.  They are seeking new zoning that would allow a proposed development dominated by multi-family with some retail and 94,000 sf of office (down from 1,000,000+ sf of office).  Recently, Bristol-Myers Squibb…

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…

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…

Congratulations to our friends at Archer & Greiner! NJBiz announced their Business of the Year Awards winners last week at their annual event. We are very proud to congratulate our client, Archer & Greiner on being named the Corporate Citizen of the Year for 2014. For a full list of winners, please visit the NJBiz…

GlaxoSmithKline’s looming job cuts Earlier this fall it became known that GlaxoSmithKline, British drugmaker, was planning a restructuring of their U.S. operations over the next three years. GSK plans to eliminate $1.57 billion in annual expenses. Details began to surface early this week (read more on njbiz.com)  and fears that some of the jobs located…

Reflecting on 2014, the Mercer Oak Realty team has a great deal to be thankful for. We know that many folks have not been as fortunate, and the holidays are always a good time to remember that. This year there will be a Food & Holiday Gift Donation box set up in the Lobby of…

Ground Breaking on Route 1 NRG Energy, a power generation and retail electricity business, broke ground on its new 130,000 sf Headquarters this week in West Windsor. NRG currently occupies about 90,000 sf in the Princeton market- in 2 buildings. $37.5 million in tax incentives are helping the company consolidate and move less than a…

From nj.com story Construction boom coming to N.J. over next two years, business leaders predict: Business and industry leaders are predicting a construction boom over the next two years in New Jersey. Construction across the Garden State is forecast to rocket by 20 percent, according to agencies comparing their predictions at the New Jersey Alliance for…

It has taken 3 years, but Princetel’s 41,500 square foot repurposing project is finished and just received its LEED Platinum rating, making it the first LEED Platinum industrial building in New Jersey. LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) is a certification program established by the US Green Building Council that requires buildings to satisfy…

4100 Quakerbridge Road, a 17 acre site south of the Quakerbridge Mall was sold to Costco for $9.4 million this week. Costco’s plans for the site are 156,000 sf worth of retail space including: a liquor store, pharmacy, optical services section, tire sales & installation and a 16 pump gas station- all of which should…

We are very happy to hear that our friends, Archer & Greiner P.C., have recently been ranked among the region’s best law firms- according to U.S. News & World Report–Best Lawyers report out earlier this week. Archer & Greiner, a full-service law firm, is one of the five largest law firms in New Jersey and…