EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ–Both Cushman & Wakefield and JLL report good news and so-so news in the first quarter for the office market: Demand is surging, but It's making just a slight dent in the vacancy rate, if any.

CARLSTADT, NJ—A New York-based bed linens maker leases 20,000 square for warehouse/distribution, then decides it needs 50,000 square feet.

MORRISTOWN, NJ—Onyx Equities and Artemis Real Estate Partners acquired the Mount Kemble Corporate Center in 2013, and a capital improvement campaign at the property led them to acquire a new tenant.

NEW YORK CITY-In this UPDATE to GlobeSt.com's story on the idea of separating the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the conclusion of New York University's transportation policy center is outlined in a new report that says the move would not fix fundamental problems.

NEWARK, NJ–In this UPDATED story, The Berger Organization's rejuvenation of a Newark office building is seen as part of a recovering market that Studley's chief economist reports had its first year of positive absorption since 2006 last year,

TRENTON, NJ-New Jersey Port Authority chairman David Samson is out, Gov. Chris Christie says the idea of separating the New York and New Jersey divisions has merit, and there is no information as of yet as to who will lead the agency from New Jersey in the immediate future.

CLIFTON, NJ–GES, an international producer of trade shows, exhibits, events, retail spaces and entertainment experiences is moving its New York-area operations to northern New Jersey, in a deal arranged by Cushman & Wakefield.

HOPEWELL, NJ-American Real Estate Partners has acquired a three-building complex within the Bank of America campus here for $28.6 million that it will re-tenant.