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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Effective immediately, the New Jersey Real Estate Commission (NJREC) requires that licensed real estate professionals, including brokers, broker-salespersons and salespersons, complete continuing education requirements as a condition of biennial licensure renewal. NAIOP New Jersey’s October 4 seminar, Social Media for Commercial Real Estate Professionals, has been approved for two MCE (Mandatory Continuing Education) credits.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- State government's approach to business is being changed by the administration of Gov. Chris Christie, but the economic environment is not yet cooperating in terms of its impact on commercial real estate. That was the message delivered by top New Jersey officials and a panel of CEOs at the September Chapter Meeting of the New Jersey Chapter of NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association.

ATLANTA, GA - September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PDM) today announced the completion a 7+ year lease renewal with Gemini Technology Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG), at its 2 Gatehall Drive property in Parsippany, NJ.

TEANECK, N.J./NEW YORK, N.Y. - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Encelium Technologies' Gary Meshberg, LEED-AP, LC, director of sales, has been named a guest speaker at the Illuminating Engineering Society-New York Chapter’s (IESNYC) ControlThis! 2011 on Thursday, October 20. An industry veteran and chair of the IESNYC Design Guide Committee, Meshberg will address “The Commissioning Process: IESNA DG29.”

September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lou Ventre and Bernadette Ruegg, sales associates with Gloria Nilson, Realtors, Real Living in Shrewsbury, are currently marketing The Ivy at Shrewsbury, a new KHovnanian Homes townhome community coming soon to Shrewsbury. The Ivy at Shrewsbury is a private community of 61 townhomes, featuring 3 distinctive floor plans with 2 car garages and optional finished basements and lofts.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - September 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On the heels of its partial headquarters move-in at 399 Jefferson Road in Parsippany this summer, Pinnacle Foods Group LLC has expanded its commitment there by 11,000 square feet, announced property owner Prism Capital Partners, LLC. Pinnacle Foods Group, which produces, markets and distributes high-quality branded food products, will ultimately occupy 96,000 square feet at the 180,000-square-foot, Class A office property.

SUMMIT, N.J. - September 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.’s Brian Whitmer, CCIM, a director with the commercial real estate services firm’s Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group, has been selected to speak at the first New Jersey Apartment Summit on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The full-day event will take place at the Grand Summit Hotel in Summit, N.J., featuring high-level information and networking opportunities; more than 300 people are expected to attend.

MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. - September 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey, Inc. has arranged a 103,000-square-foot, 10-year industrial lease on behalf of Bosal USA at 200 International Drive in Mount Olive's International Trade Center. The tenant was represented by Stan Danzig, Jules Nissim, Steve Elman, Robert Adams, and Cathy Bounczek of the East Rutherford, N.J. office of Cushman & Wakefield. The landlord is Mount Olive Industrial Realty Company, LLC, an entity owned by institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management

EUGENE, OR - September 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rose Marie Sinisi has been selling real estate for many years, but the business just became easier with her IDX solution from IDX, Inc. Now, thousands of Mountainside, New Jersey home properties from the Garden State MLS (GSMLS) are seamlessly integrated onto her real estate search page. With the latest addition of IDX Broker software, Sinisi has made searching for and selling homes online monumentally easier for all parties involved, including those just beginning the property search process.

LIVINGSTON, N.J. - September 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- No one in business can afford to ignore the burgeoning social media any longer, and on October 4, NAIOP NJ, the commercial real estate development association, will present a seminar titled Social Media for Commercial Real Estate Professionals. Slated for the Eisenhower Corporate Campus in Livingston, N.J., the event will feature a panel of media experts offering their perspectives on the whys, hows, ethics and pitfalls of integrating social media into a company's marketing and communications strategy.

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. - September 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- One of Morris County’s most desirable suburban towns for families and commuters will soon be home to Lennar’s newest luxury community, Coventry Park at Morris Plains.

HARRISON, NJ - September 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A once industrial center is continuing its transition into an exciting residential neighborhood with the opening of Harrison Station, a new luxury rental community ideally situated next to the Harrison PATH Station in this Hudson County town.

FAIRFIELD, NJ - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- David Landau & Associates, LLC (“DLA, LLC”), a leading provider of advisory services to private equity, hedge funds, REITs and other public and private real estate and financial services firms, announced that it has uncovered corporate identity theft by a disgruntled former employee and that it has implemented a program to correct misinformation distributed via social networking sites, job boards and other internet sites aimed at disseminating information on corporations.

Fairfield, NJ - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), David Landau & Associates, LLC (DLA) is pleased to announce the launch of its new compliance practice. DLA is a leading provider of advisory services to private equity firms, hedge funds, REITs and other public and private real estate and financial service firms

NEWARK, N.J. - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Saluti Law Group has leased 2,000 square feet of office space at 50 Park Place, relocating from the adjacent 60 Park Place and more than doubling the 850 square feet the firm had previously occupied. Both properties are part of the Robert Treat Center, owned by The Berger Organization

TEANECK, N.J. - September 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Encelium Technologies, a leading technology development company specializing in integrated lighting control systems for commercial buildings, has introduced its new family of low-voltage occupancy sensors. This product line includes a full range of passive infrared (PIR) and dual technology (Ultrasonic/PIR) low-voltage sensors available in both wall mount and ceiling mount configurations.

TEANECK, N.J. - September 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Encelium Technologies, a leading technology manufacturer specializing in integrated lighting control systems for commercial buildings, the future has never looked brighter. Installations of its hallmark Energy ControlSystemTM (ECS) now exceed more than 40 million square feet and the company continues to post impressive annual sales increases. And just last year, Encelium secured $11 million in a financing round led by Siemens Venture Capital (SVC), the corporate venture capital organization of Siemens.

BARNEGAT, N.J. - August 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Walters Group, a leading residential and commercial real estate developer will be opening a new sales and leasing center for Stafford Preserve on Monday, Sept. 12, and will be open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The luxury rental community is currently under construction in Manahawkin, located just off Exit 63 of the Garden State Parkway, on Stafford Park Blvd.

SECAUCUS/JERSEY CITY, N.J., August 30, 2011 – Working cooperatively with owner Hartz Mountain Industries, Cushman and Wakefield, Inc. has arranged two industrial leases with Samsung and Walong with a combined total of more than 360,000 square feet, with both transactions retaining New Jersey-based operations. Andrew Stypa and Daniel Badenhausen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenants in both leases, and Hartz was represented in-house by Gus Milano and Ernest Cristoff.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - August 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New Jersey Chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, applauds the Christie Administration for signing legislation (S-2974 Lesniak/ Sweeney, A-4221Coutinho/Bucco/Burzichelli) that places a two-year moratorium on the 2.5% non-residential COAH fee (essentially a job-killing tax) for eligible projects beginning July 2011 and ending July 2013