ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-Park Place has put the brakes on a 1,000-room hotel tower and a 3,000-car parking garage in the wake of Gov. McGreevey's plan to hike casino taxes.

EDISON, NJ-Home Essentials & Beyond, which sells its products through catalogs and online, will use the New York Times Co.-owned building for warehousing and distribution.

CLINTON, NJ-The permanent funding was obtained by an affiliate of National Realty & Development in a transaction arranged by Cronheim Mortgage. The complex totals 256,000 sf and is co-anchored by a ShopRite supermarket.

FLORHAM PARK, NJ-The 15 separate deals in recent weeks, arranged by Trammell Crow Co. brokers, are headed by a 204,000-sf distribution center renewal by Staples.

PARAMUS, NJ-The signings, both industrial leases, include Cambridge Silversmiths, which more than doubled its headquarters operations to 106,800 sf. Both transactions involve properties in Northern New Jersey.

EDISON, NJ-The NAI James E. Hanson organization has gotten the leasing exclusive for the QW Realty-owned asset, which includes just under 5,000 sf of office space.

CRANBURY, NJ-In a market overloaded with vacancies, the developer is counting on the lack of office space in a submarket much better known for its big box industrial deals to make it work.

WEST ORANGE, NJ-According to a NJ-NAIOP group, offices may be ready to turn upward, industrial is going downhill, retail is holding its own and multifamily residential is the beacon of light in a dismal economy.