JERSEY CITY, NJ—MargulesProperties has purchased five mixed use buildings inJersey City where the NYC based investment firm owns and managesmore than one million square feet of development rights in thecity's Journal Square neighborhood.
Margules Properties plans to upgrade the buildings and make themmore appealing to new retail and millennials looking for convenientand reasonably priced rentals near the PATH train. “We have a verypositive view of the future of Jersey City,” says MargulesProperties CEO Eric Margules. “We arelooking forward to being part of the revitalization of a dynamicarea.”
“We bought our first building in October 2010, so we've beenthere about five years,” Margules tells GlobeSt.comexclusively. “Manhattan prices were just so high, andBrooklyn was starting to take off. We just saw that thetransportation was really great there and there was every reason tothink that it was going to be a great place for people to go, andit's proven correct, of course.”
Continue Reading for Free
Register and gain access to:
- Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
*May exclude premium content
Already have an account?
Sign In Now
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.