Robert Atkins
Principal
Atkins Cos.
The West Orange-based firm has made medical office a family tradition, with more than 1 million square feet of product in its history.
Dave Barry; Michael Barry
President; Co-founder
Ironstate Development Co.
The latest Urby (25 stories, 265 feet tall) recently had a topping-off event in Journal Square. When completed, it will be the seventh Urby location to open nationwide and the second in Jersey City.
Joel Bergstein
Executive chairman
Lincoln Equities Group
Lincoln recently announced plans for three new planned specialty manufacturing buildings at the Princeton West Innovation Campus @ Hopewell totaling 380,000 square feet.
Joe Bezzone
Founder
J. Bezzone Inc.
Working on a $1 billion waterfront redevelopment along Carteret’s eastern waterfront that would include a 1.2 million-square-foot studio and hospitality complex.
Ed Cohen; Gene Diaz
Principals
Prism Capital Partners
Prism’s transformative ON3 development in Nutley/Clifton keeps rolling along. The latest tenant, Ceptar Biopartners, is led by former employees of the development’s former main tenant, Hoffmann-La Roche.
Shane Connell
Executive vice president
Connell Co.
The Park, the longtime family-owned 185-acre campus in Berkeley Heights, is taking shape as a transformative work-live-play destination.
Sam Chapin
Managing director, Northeast markets
L+M Development Partners
He has worked to expand LMXD’s footprint as a national mixed-use developer, leading $500 million of development projects in New Jersey as well as Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Washington, D.C.
Steven Denholtz
CEO & president
Denholtz
Firm continues to be one of the most active in numerous asset classes, including multifamily and industrial.
Jeremy Farrell
Senior managing director & head of government affairs and corporate citizenship
LeFrak
As managing director at LeFrak, he helps oversee Newport in Jersey City, one of the most successful planned communities in the country — one that now includes pickleball.
Joe Forgione
Founder, CEO & principal
JMF Properties
Company’s latest effort, the American, features 125 luxury rental residences located in Morris County’s top municipality: Morris Plains.
David Gardner
CEO & president
Larken Associates
Firm recently hired new chief investment officer, David Iacobucci, to source new capital for future investments.
Don Ghermezian
CEO
Triple Five
The owner of American Dream is still fighting the good fight on a project that still has the potential to dramatically change the retail and entertainment landscape in North Jersey.
Jason Grebin
President
Heller Industrial
New buildings in South Brunswick (totaling nearly 1 million square feet) are just the latest for an organization that has long been a leader in warehouses around the state.
Sonny Jumani
CEO & president
Tulfra Real Estate
On pace to open the Delford, luxury apartments in Roselle Park, in 2024.
Alex Klatskin
General partner
Forsgate Industrial Partners
Has been a strong player in the Meadowlands region for years.
Jack Klugmann
CEO & president
Accurate Builders
Among many projects is this one, a 325-unit multifamily project in Parsippany, which broke ground this spring.
Jonathan Kushner
President
Kushner Real Estate Group
Among many other milestones, there was a distribution facility in Woodland Park, a groundbreaking in East Hanover and a topping-off ceremony in Philly.
Ron Ladell
Senior vice president
AvalonBay
Recent ribbon-cuttings in Princeton and Somerville represent just two of the many projects in the pipeline.
Clark Machemer
Senior managing director
Crow Holdings Industrial
Earlier this month, his group celebrated a ribbon-cutting for a 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse/distribution property in Carteret.
Nicole Meyer; Michael Sommer
Principal; Executive vice president
Kushner Cos.
In addition to its big doings in Jersey City, its Pier Village property keeps rolling along — and its Monmouth Mall project may be getting some tax relief help.
Nicholas Minoia
Founder & managing partner
Diversified Properties
Long overdue honor. For more than two decades his company has been a leader in multifamily, office and industrial products in New Jersey and throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Sam Morreale
Founder & managing member
Vision Real Estate Partners
Having Avis move its headquarters to the cool Latitude campus in Parsippany was a big win.
Jack Morris
CEO & president
Edgewood Properties
The life-changing $750 million Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, a 12-story, 510,000-square-foot facility in New Brunswick, is on schedule to open in 2024.
Dipal Patel
Founder & CEO
Hexa USA
Recognized as one of the top South Asian real estate developers in the tri-state area, Patel is passionate about his Hindu/South Asian heritage and is committed to working with all communities in making New Jersey the best place to live, work and retire.
Robert Pears; Abe Naparstek
Vice president; Partner
Brookfield Properties; G&S Investors
The 60-story, 802-unit tower at 420 Marin Blvd. in Jersey City is as notable as much for its housing as the huge ShopRite that comes with it. Truly an impactful add for the neighborhood.
Jonathan Schwartz
Partner
BNE Real Estate Group
Construction on the 245-unit luxury apartment complex in Chatham — the Ivy of Chatham — is nearly complete.
Jay Sugarman; Brian Cheripka
CEO; Senior vice president
iStar
They continue to be a premier developer in Asbury Park.
Debra Tantleff
Founding principal
Tantum Real Estate
Viewed as an inspiration for women in the business and a thought leader, the respected mentor to next generation of real estate professionals.
Eric Witmondt
CEO
Woodmont Properties
This summer, it was selected as the developer to lead a long-awaited transformation of downtown Scotch Plains.
Ralph Zucker
President
Inspired by Somerset Development
Recently given approval to develop 155 ultraluxury residences that offer a beach club lifestyle plus retail stores in Asbury Park.
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- No. 1: John Saraceno and Jonathan Schultz of Onyx Equities
- The rest of the Top 20
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