From left, panel moderator Tom Bergeron, Editor, ROI-NJ; Andrew Merin, executive vice chairman, Cushman & Wakefield; Ed Russo, CEO, Russo Development; Alexander Heil, chief economist, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and Chris Paladino, president, DEVCO From left, panel moderator Tom Bergeron, Editor, ROI-NJ; Andrew Merin, executive vice chairman, Cushman & Wakefield; Ed Russo, CEO, Russo Development; Alexander Heil, chief economist, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and Chris Paladino, president, DEVCO

SHORT HILLS, NJ—A panel of New Jersey-based real estate executives predict that the economy in the Garden State will cool somewhat in 2020, while the industrial sector will remain hot.

The panel convened at the NAIOP NJ Annual Meeting last week at the Short Hills Hilton covered a host of topics, including the expected re-introduction of incentives to the state's controversial economic development program.

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