MORRIS PLAINS, NJ-Lennar Corp. will use the 4.86 acres to build 70 townhomes at a community that will be called Coventry Park at Morris Plains.

PLAINSBORO, NJ-The $215-million redevelopment at the Princeton Forrestal Center will generate more than 500 union construction jobs.

WHIPPANY, NJ-The healthcare giant has acquired nearly half of the long-shuttered Alcatel-Lucent site in Whippany, and will move more than 2,000 employees after renovating buildings.

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ-Industry veteran will augment the firm’s global perspective as it looks to bolster the international firms locating in the Garden State.

TEANECK, NJ-The three deals cover 67 units in three buildings in Teaneck, Elmwood Park and Edgewater.

JERSEY CITY-MEPT’s $377-million acquisition of the 1.1 million-square-foot, Jersey City high-rise is the largest single-asset office transaction in state history.

NEWARK-Despite corporate retention, the state will see a slow recovery through 2012, with a pick-up in 2013, say speakers at JLL’s Northern New Jersey Market Outlook.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ-The new development will bring the first full-service supermarket, and 700 jobs, to downtown New Brunswick.