Earlier this week, the Virginia Senate proposed SB 253 – “The Fair and Affordable Electric Rates Reliability Act”. This Bill joins other states that are looking for solutions to ever increasing electric bills and who are targeting data centers as the perceived party that is causing the rate increases. It is a bit too early…

As part of our ongoing effort to focus on issues, incentives, acquisitions, joint ventures and the general comings and goings on in the data center arena, we thought it might be helpful to our readers to summarize some of the incredible deals that are occurring in the general data center marketplace. While far from novel…

Earlier this morning (June 3, 2025), I had the pleasure to moderate a panel at a Philadelphia Adaptive Reuse convening hosted by Bisnow.  My panel consisted of local/regional experts and was comprised of German Yakubow, President of Haverford Square Properties, Phil Balderson, CEO of Odin Properties Jason Scholl, President of LK Miller and Christopher Horch,…

Last week I had the honor of moderating a super panel at the MidAtlantic Real Estate Journal and the Businesses Committed to Southern New Jersey Annual SNJ Commercial Real Estate Forecast in Mt. Laurel. The panel consisted of Joseph J. Aristone, EVP and Chief Revenue Officer of PREIT, David J. Fleming, Director of Engineering at…

As of November 6, 2021, the House of Representatives passed what has been referred to as the $1.2 Trillion Dollar “hard” infrastructure bill by a vote of 228-206.  President Biden has advised that he very much looks forward to signing the bill.  The Congressional Budget Office continues its work to score the separate social policy…

As of August 16, 2021, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has commenced accepting applications for commercial projects under the Economic Redevelopment and Growth (ERG) Program. The Commercial ERG Program is an incentive that is designed to assist developers and businesses address project financing gaps in development or redevelopment projects, including below market development…

On Friday, June 4, Governor Murphy signed legislation that effectively ends the New Jersey COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order that has been in place since March 9, 2020.While some have commented that the bills were rushed through the State legislature, the Bill, A-5820/S-3866, was passed and signed by the governor yesterday. As passed, the Bill…