Category Archives: New Development

Business growing in NJ?

Posted on January 9, 2020 by grim

From GlobeSt: Northern NJ Office Market Showing Improvement Heading into 2020 The Northern New Jersey office market showed signs of stability and improvement at the end of 2019 positing positive net absorption, lower availability and higher asking rents, according to … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 114 Comments

So Much For Reurbanization

Posted on November 6, 2019 by grim

From Forbes: Millennials With Families Are Leaving Major Cities For The Suburbs, Transforming Them Into ‘Hipsturbia’  Just as their parents flocked to the suburbs, city-loving Millennials are doing the same yet transitioning some areas to “Hipsturbia,” a phrase revealed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate, New Development | 67 Comments

Get with the times NJ

Posted on October 22, 2019 by grim

From CNBC: Backyard bungalows are becoming big business for homeowners and builders They’re not just she-sheds or he-sheds or granny pods or tiny homes. The latest housing trend in the backyard is now front and center for a new breed … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate, New Development | 89 Comments

Will rent control work in Cali?

Posted on October 9, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: California enacts statewide rent control During a ceremony Tuesday at a senior citizen center in Oakland, California, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a statewide law that controls how much landlords can charge for rent. Starting in 2020, the law caps annual … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, National Real Estate, New Development | 87 Comments

Sorry JC, not good enough.

Posted on September 11, 2019 by grim

From JerseyDigs: Study Finds Jersey City Will Add as Many Apartments as Manhattan in 2019

Posted in Gold Coast, National Real Estate, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 124 Comments

To hell with local rule?

Posted on July 23, 2019 by grim

Important enough to make the main page, from Curbed: Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren want to force cities to adopt YIMBY policies. Can they? The state of Oregon has effectively banned single-family zoning. Minneapolis upzoned nearly the entire city, 75 percent of … Continue reading →

Posted in National Real Estate, New Development, Politics | 72 Comments

Industrial is hot in NJ

Posted on July 14, 2019 by grim

From GlobeSt: NJ’s Industrial Market Continues to be a Record-Breaker The industrial real estate market in New Jersey continues to see strong demand, higher rents and low availabilities. Commercial brokerage firm CBRE in its latest market report on the industrial … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 19 Comments

Burn it all down

Posted on June 18, 2019 by grim

From the Philly Inquirer: N.J. task force: Norcross-linked firms benefited from behind-the-scenes lobbying A special task force appointed by New Jersey’s governor to investigate the state’s multibillion-dollar tax-credit programs released an extensive report Monday evening, finding that two powerful brothers – lawyer … Continue reading →

Posted in New Development, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 92 Comments

Flipping will never die

Posted on June 10, 2019 by grim

From MarketWatch: Home flipping rate hits 9-year high — and that could foretell troubles in the housing market Home-flipping has rebounded by one key measure. But that’s doesn’t make it an easy path toward becoming rich. Just over 49,000 single-family … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, National Real Estate, New Development | 34 Comments

Has Asbury made it?

Posted on May 21, 2019 by grim

From the NYT: Asbury Park, N.J.: A Seaside Community Reborn Carolyn Curtin moved to Asbury Park in 2002 and fell in love with a late Victorian house with a falling-down porch and heaven knows what other problems. She knew nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, New Development, Shore Real Estate | 156 Comments

Gives me hope

Posted on May 18, 2019 by grim

Click the link, look at the photos. Audible did an incredible job. This is far cooler than anything anyone is doing in SF and the Valley. From the Star Ledger: Audible just opened an office inside an old N.J. church, … Continue reading →

Posted in New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 51 Comments

So absurd it needs to be reposted

Posted on May 16, 2019 by grim

From SportsTalk: Paterson, NJ Developers Think An Arena Can Help Save A Struggling Shopping Mall Sports as an economic generator in Paterson, NJ?  It doesn’t appear that any sports league is looking to put a team in Paterson, New Jersey. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 99 Comments

Policy has repercussions

Posted on May 14, 2019 by grim

From ROI-NJ: GSI forum offers some ‘uncomfortable truths’ of doing business in N.J. State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon was measured in his tone but precise in his words. Speaking at Garden State Initiative’s second annual Economic Policy Forum on Thursday in New … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 52 Comments

Uneven recovery or catch up?

Posted on April 25, 2019 by grim

From CNBC: Uneven housing recovery persists, with some markets still behind their pre-recession peak With the U.S housing bubble far in the rearview mirror, home prices in most places have passed their pre-recession peak. In other spots, though, it’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate, New Development | 57 Comments

Neighborhood makes a difference? Get real.

Posted on April 11, 2019 by grim

From the APP: Middle class in NJ: Where you grow up determines if you will be rich or poor The chartered bus from Long Branch and Asbury Park made good time to New York City, dropping eighth graders at Samsung to see the latest … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 51 Comments