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. 

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.

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.

A new study shows just how impactful a poorly planned workplace is on employees, which can negatively impact performance. Read full report here.

Need more proof that the way millennials work is impacting office real estate? Read the full report here.

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.

Managing vendors and processing payables are significant cost drivers for real estate companies. Read the full article on irem.org

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates in June, signally that government leaders think the economy is gaining strength. The latest hike is being met with mixed responses. Read the full report here. 

Billtrust, a provider of outsourced billing services, has announced plans to move its headquarters to Lawrence, just 5 miles from its current home in Hamilton, after receiving more than $12 million in tax credits from the state. Read the full article on nj.com

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)

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…

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…

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…