NEWARK, NJ-In the second plan announced this week aimed at luring out-of-state corporations to the Gateway Center once Prudential departs, the landlord is again focusing on tax-incentive bonuses available under the new Economic Opportunity Act.

NEWTOWN, PA-Lockheed Martin's Space Systems plant here will be closed next year, along with others in Ohio, Arizona and Texas. The closures mean elimination of 2,000 jobs; another 2,000 will be eliminated through efficiency programs.

EDISON, NJ-One broker with Bussel Realty closed over 60,00 square feet worth of small and medium-size deals in several months.

WEEHAWKEN, NJ-Construction officially begins for two Marriott hotels that will rise next to the Port Imperial ferry terminal, on top of a new parking structure.

NEWARK, NJ-When Prudential moves out of the Gateway Three building beside the downtown train station here, brokers are hoping to replace it with a Manhattan company lured with tax incentives.

JERSEY CITY, NJ-This city is poised to hire a law firm to pursue $400 million in taxes it claims to be owed by the Port Authority, which has refused to discuss "unfair" and outmoded agreements, according to Mayor Steve Fulop..

EDISON, NJ-Approached by a buyer to set up a 1031 tax-exchange buy of an office building, a local broker arranges the trade of a building for which he has been the exclusive leasing agent.

BLOOMINGDALE, NJ-The Avalon Bloomingdale, a 174-unit apartment community that opened here last week, is AvalonBay's first development in Passaic County.