ROSELAND, NJ—AvalonBay Communities has opened Avalon Roseland, its eighteenth community in New Jersey.

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Liberty Property Trust has broken ground on 4701 League Island Blvd., its sixth flex building at The Navy Yard, which has become a magnet for biotech and technology companies in Philadelphia.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—Jones Lang LaSalle says investors continued to bet big on New Jersey industrials in the first quarter of 2015, generating $1.76 billion in sales transactions, about the same as in the fourth quarter of 2014.

EDISON, NJ—Mack-Cali Realty Corporation leased 758,919 square feet of space during the first quarter, of which about half a million square feet involved office and office/flex commercial real estate properties in Northern and Central New Jersey.

JERSEY CITY, NJ–For residents of The One, a multifamily residential development in Jersey City, the doctor will be “in.” “In the building,” that is. Riverside Medical Group just signed a 5,500-square-foot lease in the building for its third medical clinic location.

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Two large players making a major bet on the student housing sector say students want nicer living facilities near the schools they attend, while the schools are less interested in paying for it themselves. Hear about how they plan to help the schools fund dorm expansion in our exclusive audio interview.

AVENEL, NJ–O'Neill Logistics has leased an 82,250-square-foot warehouse and distribution property at 6AB Terminal Way in Avenel. The property is adjacent to O'Neill's headquarters and effectively doubles its local operation. Cushman & Wakefield did the deal.

Among recent transactions in the New Jersey market, Queen Latifah and her real estate partners are unloading a historic firehouse in Jersey City, and NAI Mertz brokered a large industrial sale in Burlington.