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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 Negotiates 195,000 SF Long Term Warehouse Lease with the State of New Jersey
Mercer Oak Realty, LLC announced today that site work has commenced on a 195,000 sf warehouse/storage building at 380 Scotch Rd in Ewing, NJ. The new building will consolidate various State Departments warehousing needs currently scattered around Mercer County. The Development Team includes TG & Associates (Developer), Bernardon (Architecture and Design), Maser Consulting (Civil Engineer),…
Mercer Oak Realty represents Princeton Eye Group in 11,874 sf Lease
Sab Russo, President of Mercer Oak Realty, LLC, announced today that Princeton Eye Group P.A. (PEG), has signed a long term lease for 11,874 sf at 298 Applegarth Rd in Monroe Twp. With offices in Monroe, North Brunswick, Somerset and Princeton, PEG is the largest and most reputable Ophthalmology and Optometry practice in the region. …
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 30,000 SF Lab Sublease with CSPC in Ewing
The third largest pharmaceutical company in China, CSPC, has consolidated several US operating divisions into 801 PrincetonSouth Corporate Center in Ewing, NJ.Mercer Oak Realty and CBRE worked on behalf of CSPC to secure an 11-year sublease for 30,000 sf with DuPont, who was represented by JLL.This Class A, 56,000 square foot biology lab building was…
Mercer Oak Realty Negotiates 3,969 SF Office Sublease with Frauscher Sensor Technology at Roszel Square in W. Windsor
Frauscher Sensors Technology, the Austrian based Rail Services company, has signed a long-term sublease for 3,969 SF at 21 Roszel Rd, West Windsor, NJ. Frauscher provides industry-leading wheel sensors and axle counters to monitor rail traffic for passenger, freight and mass transit applications. Frauscher will relocate its North American Headquarters to 21 Roszel Rd in…
J. Knipper Company Extends Lease at 1009 Lenox Drive in Lawrenceville
Sab Russo, President of Mercer Oak Realty, announced today that MOR, in conjunction with The Flynn Company of Philadelphia, has extended J. Knipper Company’s 23,000 sf lease at Princeton Pike Corporate Center.Knipper Company is one of the largest pharmaceutical direct marketing and drug sampling firms in the US.Mercer Oak Realty and Flynn represented Knipper in…
Marketour: The Easiest Way to Find Your New Office
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…
Buyers & plan remain a unknown, but Congoleum factory in Hamilton, NJ sells
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…
US1 Covers Sab Russo's Commercial Real Estate Trends
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…
Industry Thought Leaders Discuss the Princeton Commercial Real Estate Market
This morning’s MIDJersey Chamber Breakfast Forum had a great turnout, despite the cold rainy start to the day. Attendees sipped coffee and snacked on pastries as Jerry Fennelly (NAI Fennelly), Sab Russo (Mercer Oak Realty) and David Lodato (Credit Union of New Jersey) took turns speaking about various important aspects of the current Princeton Commercial…
Urban Renewal Without an Urban Center
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
Breakfast Forum: Commercial Real Estate Trends in Central NJ
What’s your Thursday morning look like? Have time to grab a cup of coffee and danish with us? Our President, Sab Russo will be joining MIDJersey Chamber’s Commercial Real Estate Trends in Central NJ panel this Thursday morning, October 23rd, from 8 am until 10 am at Mountain View Golf Course. Sab will be speaking…
Steps for Scotch Road
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…
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…
Mercer Oak Realty Welcomes Vice President
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…
Church & Dwight Moves into New HQ Building at PrincetonSouth
Mercer Oak Realty would like to officially welcome Church & Dwight to Princeton South Corporate Center.