PARSIPPANY, NJ—With at least 10 leases exceeding 100,000 square feet signed during the third quarter, New Jersey's office market experienced its strongest summer in 13 years, according to Transwestern's Third-Quarter 2016 Office Market Report.
The robust leasing activity was led by global pharmaceutical company Allergan's 431,493-square-foot lease at 5 Giralda Farms in Madison, and software company iCIMS's 350,000-square-foot lease at Bell Works in Holmdel. These notable transactions contributed to a drop in vacancy from 15.9 to 15.5 percent, the lowest level since second-quarter 2010.
Allergan, which received $58 million in state incentives after considering a move to neighboring Pennsylvania, will keep more than 1,000 jobs in the state, and plans to add 300 more. Meanwhile, iCIMS became the anchor tenant at Bell Works, which has been transformed from the largest abandoned office building in the United States into what owner Somerset Development calls a “Metroburb” — an urban core in a great suburban location.
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