MIDDLETOWN, NJ-Hovnanian Enterprises took advantage of the dry summer months to surpass its construction records and build 2,600 residential units this past quarter.

CARLSTADT, NJ-The financial services IT provider will spend $104 million to grow its data backup and recovery center by almost one-third and raise its total New York metro space to some 600,000 sf.

HARRISON, NJ-The New Jersey and Manhattan offices of IESG will team up to market up to 2.5 million sf of class A office space at this city's major downtown redevelopment project.

MONROE, TWP, NJ-The Postal Service's new distribution center will temporarily house the operations of its existing facility in Hamilton Twp., which remains tainted by the anthrax scare and is currently being cleaned up.

WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ-The California-based multifamily lender arranged the transaction for the 168-unit Williamstown Gardens through its Princeton, NJ regional office.

ASBURY PARK, NJ-The development group once known as Ocean Front Acquisitions is now Asbury Partners LLC, a change that reflects the next stage of this community's redevelopment process, according to the group's head.

HANOVER TWP., NJ-The Maglio Group has acquired the five buildings totaling nearly 153,000 sf, all located here. Newmark Real Estate of New Jersey arranged the deal for the buyer.

LINDEN, NJ-Aryanna Inc. will stay in its existing distribution and office space, and fellow tenant GIF Services has re-upped and expanded at locally based Simon Holdings Inc.'s 525,000-sf Goethals Park.