TRENTON, NJ-Retail leasing has picked up recently in southern New Jersey, reports Pennsylvania-based Soloff Realty & Development. David Dunkelman of the firm has arranged several long-term leases with national retailers and several with local and regional companies.

The transactions include:

• Dollar General, signing a 10-year lease for 13,500 square feet at the building under construction at 802 Prospect St. in Trenton.

• OshKosh B'Gosh, signing for 2,500 square feet at East Gate Square, a 900,000-square-foot power center in Mt. Laurel/Moorestown. OshKosh signed a 10-year lease and will open a store this month, joining its sister store Carters at the development. Michael Gorman of Metro Commercial represents the landlord.

• National Vision, leasing 3,000 square feet for America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses at Cooper's Plaza in Voorhees.

• Fast Signs of Cherry Hill, signing a five-year lease for a new 1,950-square-foot store at 1006 Haddonfield Road in Cherry Hill across from Wegmans at Marketplace at Garden State.

• Lane Bryant, Inc., taking a 10-year lease at Willow Ridge Plaza, situated at the traffic-light intersection of Route 73 and Ardsley Drive in Marlton. The 4,800-square-foot store is Lane Bryant's first in Marlton.

The retail space is under construction at Willow Ridge Plaza and, in addition to Lane Bryant, Five Below and VisionWorks are leasing the remaining spaces under construction. Lane Bryant will open in March, 2014.