"We're identifying market needs and trends and developing ourportfolio of office, retail and industrial properties andresponding accordingly," says David Gardner, president and COO ofthe locally based Larken. "Each of our new developments will bringa commercial component that fulfills specific market voids, whetherit's medical and professional office space or a retaildestination."

The four New Jersey properties being launched are offices, thelargest of which is Raritan Commons, a 67,000-sf class A medicaland professional building located across from the 176-bed HunterdonCounty Medical Center on Route 31 in Flemington. Also on the docketis Readington Commons, a 55,800-sf complex of eight one-storybuildings adjacent to the Merck Pharmaceuticals world headquarterson Route 22 in Readington Township. The latter will also include astand-alone daycare building.

Larken's agenda also includes Greenwich Commons, a 43,600-sf,two-story class A office building on Route 22 in Warren County'sGreenwich Township. Finally, Larken is set to start work onCourtyard at Amwell, a 14,000-sf, two-building medical andprofessional complex here. The location is about nine miles northof Downtown Princeton, according to Gardner.