MARLTON, NJ-WCRE has picked up the exclusive assignment to lease most the southern New Jersey portfolio recently acquired by Somerset Properties, including 13 buildings in Mount Laurel, and Marlton..

WARREN, NJ-A portfolio that includes the Verizon Wireless headquarters building here and four other office and industrial properties in Arizona, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas has been financed for Griffin Capital through HFF.

PLAINSBORO, NJ-A Virginia-based company acquired a large apartment complex near Princeton Junction and will invest in upgrades.

MONTCLAIR, NJ-John J. Cali, who co-founded Mack-Cali Realty Corp., died Saturday.

SUMMIT, NJ-The search is on for a new tenant or repurposing of the 1.5-million-square-feet former Merck campus here. Jones Lang La Salle Is marketing the property.

PARSIPPANY, NJ – Moving to build its platform in the Northeast, Transwestern has hired a senior construction manager from Avison Young.

PARSIPPANY, NJ -The five-year-old building net-leased to Wyndham Worldwide in Mack-Cali's office park here is being offered for sale.

CARLSTADT, NJ -Space at a mission-critical data facility here is being marketed for lease and use as a disaster recovery center, co-location site or telecom facility.