Overlook Flats’ elevated site in the heart of Jersey City’s Journal Square has hit the 75% leased mark after recording 60 leases over a recent two-week period alone, according to developer Milton Fantin and the Fantin Cos. (Urban Property Developers and Urban Property Managers). The striking 16-story building’s achievement is indicative of Journal Square’s dramatic ascent as the region’s most prominent residential destination, one that’s attracting an ever-increasing number of residents from the New York City side of the Hudson River. The recent leasing activity at Overlook Flats supports the ..read more

Short Hills-based Garden Communities on Thursday said it welcomed the first residents to Millbrook Horizon, a collection of 40 luxury rental apartments in the heart of suburban Middlesex County. Located at 97 Horizon Drive in Edison, Millbrook Horizon is a new introduction within a popular, well-established multifamily neighborhood that also includes about 700 rental residences at Millbrook Village and Millbrook Village North. Bringing a fresh, elegantly designed element to this successful legacy Garden Communities property, Millbrook Horizon’s spacious one- and two-bedroom apartments are hous ..read more

Avaya said Thursday that it acquired Edify. The acquisition brings advanced, artificial intelligence-powered customer journey orchestration and workflow capabilities directly into the Morristown-based communications solutions firm’s experience platform, and also brings engineering talent into its engineering organization. Edify delivers no-code, cloud-native solutions, and the integration of its unique orchestration capabilities into Avaya Experience Platform accelerates Avaya’s ability to deliver personalized customer experiences such as task automation, journey orchestration and out-of-the-b ..read more

Eatontown-based Caregility together with Baptist Health of Arkansas on Thursday said they were expanding their partnership aimed at enhancing patient care across the health care organization. With the increase of its usage of Caregility’s telehealth devices, Baptist Health will enhance its care teams to more than 700 bedsides systemwide, doubling the footprint of the health care organization’s inpatient telehealth services. This collaboration underscores both organizations’ commitment to leveraging technology to transform health care delivery and meet the evolving needs of patients and staff ..read more

Urban Land Institute Northern New Jersey and the East Orange School District on Wednesday said they are expanding the UrbanPlan program to East Orange High Schools this May. Created by ULI, UrbanPlan offers students an opportunity to participate in a hands-on, simulated real estate planning program while working side-by-side with industry professionals. Through the program, students learn about the fundamental forces that affect real estate development and how responsible development can shape, transform and ultimately improve communities. The class is also designed to teach collaboration, tea ..read more

iCIMS announced two key appointments to its executive team Thursday. Joseph Benjamin will join as chief technology officer, effective next week, and Eric Connors joined the organization earlier this year as chief product officer. Benjamin and Connors will lead the technology and product teams behind the Holmdel-based company’s product portfolio and continue the acceleration of iCIMS’ longstanding artificial intelligence program. Benjamin and Connors succeed Al Smith, who is retiring after nearly 10 years. “We are thankful for the profound impact Al Smith has had on iCIMS over the last decade a ..read more

Internationally known stroke expert Dr. Tudor Jovin, medical director of Cooper University Health Care and Inspira Neuroscience and professor of neurology and neurological surgery at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, is the co-principal investigator and co-lead author of a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, which demonstrates the benefits of treating stroke patients with severe brain damage. The IN EXTREMIS-LASTE (Large Stroke Treatment Evaluation) study focused on stroke patients with severe brain damage due to blocked blood vessels without any restricti ..read more

A vacant fraternal organization headquarters in Bordentown, a 22,000-square-foot mixed-use building on 9 acres, has been sold for $4.13 million, according to a Wednesday announcement from Fennelly Associates. Located at 103 Dunns Mill Road, the building was originally constructed in 2010 as the home of the New Jersey chapter of the Scottish Rite. Declining membership forced the national fraternal organization to place the property for sale. Jerry Fennelly, president, and Matt Fennelly, associate, represented the seller, the Scottish Rite, in the transaction with the buyer, Tosh Wolfe CIA, CPA ..read more

Even with no beach concerts in Atlantic City this year and New York casinos looming on the horizon, the general outlook for businesses at the Jersey Shore heading into the summer is “pretty robust,” but there are some concerns. That was the overall sentiment from a panel of local experts who spoke at the 16th annual Jersey Shorecast on Wednesday, sponsored by the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism at the Stockton University School of Business. The discussion was held at the Stockton University Atlantic City John F. Scarpa Academic Center. “I’m cautiously optimistic ..read more

Lefrak, the developer behind the transformation of Jersey City’s Newport, together with Newport Associates Development Co., on Thursday announced that eight new retail leases have been signed within the last few months at the city’s waterfront neighborhood. Totaling nearly 27,000 square feet, new tenants include national boutique recreation studio PingPod; a regional Greek restaurant debuting its first location in Jersey City, Efi’s Gyro; a local staple expanding within the area, Roast’d Coffee; and local businesses opening their first outposts, Blue Anchor Bar and Kitchen, Stylebegin Barbersh ..read more