SECAUCUS, NJ-The sunglass designer and distributor is the latest to join the growing corporate roster in Hartz Mountain Industries' expansive Meadowlands portfolio.

FLORHAM PARK, NJ -The company's multifamily residential holdings continue to expand both within the New Jersey and beyond its borders. Its portfolio now amounts to more than 20,000 apartments.

MONTCLAIR, NJ-The upscale health club chain reaches the 20-facility mark in the Garden State after a 20,000-sf site is leased in a Garrick-Aug arranged transaction. The chain is implementing a long-range expansion plan.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ-For the first time in more than eight years, this submarket offers an opportunity for a tenant needing a full floor of class A space this size.

BEDMINSTER, NJ-Two long-time tenants at another Advance Realty property continue their ongoing relationship by taking space at the class A Advance at the Bedminster II complex as they each individually expand their businesses.

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ-This new unit, which is replacing a Jamesway discount store, is being heralded as a prototype test store for chain and parent Federated, developing the centralized checkout trend.

BRICK TWP., NJ-The furniture discounter will be the first new construction at an 11-acre shopping center since Starwood Heller acquired the underperforming property in late 1998. Its completion is expected early next year.

WAYNE, NJ-Wholesaler offers to buy supermarket chain for $301.8 million in cash, but agreement is expected to bring more offers for the company, which is mired in Chapter XI bankruptcy.