Okay, so maybe I’ve been a little too optimistic about development in New Jersey. After such a horrendous downturn nationwide, it’s just been so easy to crow about new development, given recent surveys about healthcare, debates about permitting for new retail, etc.

Funding from the state could help with New Jersey school construction.

As neighboring markets look to cash in on gaming, Atlantic City is embarking on an ambitious revitalization plan that calls for diversifying its economy

It’s great to see that monies are going to suburban retail development again.

Hudson County, NJ hospitals are in trouble.

Companies are hiring – and eventually, they will need more office space.

Newark has been on a roll lately, with topping off ceremonies at the Courtyard hotel, the opening of the Food Depot mentioned in a previous post and Fidelco’s redevelopment of a number of buildings on Market Street.

We all know that we need more jobs here. But how about helping the stores, from the largest international chains to the smallest mom-and pops, with their expansions?