PHILADELPHIA, PA—Expanding construction by one of the market's largest employers, Comcast Corporation, seems to be serving as a stimulant for the Philadelphia office market, and steady hiring in the metro is increasing demand for office space as companies look for larger locations to house their growing workforces, says Marcus & Millichap in its second quarter Office Research Market Overview.

WAYNE, PA—Regency Centers will be enhancing the shopping experience at Gateway Shopping Center, Regency's premier shopping center in the Philadelphia market, beginning in late July.

PISCATAWAY, NJ—Leasing deals with a pharmaceutical company and a manufacturer of musculoskeletal technologies mean that Centennial Industrial Park, a 12-building, 1.1 million square-foot campus located directly off Exit 7 on Route 287 is completely occupied, according to Murray Construction's Brian Fitzsimmons..

WEST WINDSOR, NJ—New office construction is rare in the current commercial real estate market, and mid-size build-to-suit opportunities are even rarer still. Mountain Development Corp. and Gottesman Real Estate Partners are aiming to change that with an office building ready for construction in West Windsor.

Steve Bussel, president of Busel Realty Corp., says construction in the New Jersey industrial sector is at levels not seen since 2006, and that means New Jersey has a real opportunity to attract industrial tenants from higher-cost Manhattan, Brooklyn, and other boroughs. Read more in our exclusive Q&A.

CHATHAM, NJ–DTZ says the Northern and Central New Jersey office markets in the second quarter had the highest absorption since the first quarter of 2014, and asking rents rose to $26.60 vs. $26.28 a year ago.

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA—CBRE has brokered a long-term lease that brings The HUB to Four Falls Corporate Center in West Conshohocken, PA.

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Campus Apartments, in expansion mode since inking a student housing funding deal earlier this year, has named Kate Grasso vice president of Leasing and Marketing.