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OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (5/13/08) – John (Jack) E. Fisk has joined retail real estate specialists R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc., where he will head a new unit focusing on the sale of restaurant businesses. “Until now, our services for expansion-minded restaurant companies were limited to procuring sites in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania,” noted

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (5/508) – Retail real estate industry veteran Michael L. Murphy has joined R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. as a strategic project manager for the brokerage’s key shopping center leasing and retail site selection projects. Over the course of a 36-year career, Murphy has served in a variety of senior level positions at

The vacancy rate in retail properties along central New Jersey’s four largest shopping corridors edged up to 4.7% in 2007 from 4.3% a year earlier in the wake of the bankruptcies of Levitz Furniture and The Rag Shops, and closings of Comp USA stores in all but a handful of Sunbelt markets, according to R.J.

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (3/12/08)—Fueled by the bankruptcies of Levitz Furniture and The Rag Shops, and closings of Comp USA stores in all but a few Sunbelt markets, vacancies in retail properties along northern New Jersey’s six major shopping corridors grew to 3.6% during 2007 from 2.9% a year earlier, according to R.J. Brunelli & Co.,

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (2/1/08)—Retail leasing specialists R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. today announced six new tenant representation assignments in the New Jersey and New York markets, including two chains – Kona Grill and Citi Trends Fashions for Less—both seeking their first locations in the Garden State. In addition to Kona Grill and Citi Trends, the

–Transactions include deals for A&P, Aldi, Tuesday Morning, Chase Bank, Harbor Freight Tools, plus regional retailers Avalon Carpet, Jason’s Furniture, Stew Leonard’s Wines OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (10/29/07)—R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. today announced the recent completion of a series of leases and land sales that will bring ‘big-box’ retail, financial services and personal services tenants

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (8/14/07)—Retail leasing specialists R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. today announced four new tenant representation assignments for the New Jersey market, including two chains seeking their first locations in the Garden State. The Old Bridge-based firm was recently appointed exclusive broker for the area franchisee for Sonic Drive-Ins in Mercer County; the area

–Exclusive broker plans to add two other luxury retailers to downtown building RED BANK, N.J. (4/16/07)–R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. has brokered the lease that will make Tiffany & Co. the principal occupant of a 7,500-square-foot retail building in this upscale downtown district on the New Jersey Shore. Tiffany plans to open this November in

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (3/26/07) — R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. has announced the promotion of Danielle Brunelli from sales associate to vice president of lifestyle leasing. Ms. Brunelli, 25, began at the Old Bridge-based retail real estate brokerage in 1999 as a part-time salesperson while in college, and joined the firm on a full-time basis

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (3/20/07)—After falling to a 10-year-low of 3.4% in 2005, the vacancy rate in retail properties along central New Jersey’s four largest shopping corridors expanded to 4.3% in 2006, according to R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. In its 18th annual study of the central New Jersey region, the Old Bridge-based retail real estate