Peter Cocoziello
Advance made a splash in April with its play for the 1.2 million-square-foot ex- Sanofi research campus in Bridgewater. Cocoziello envisions a town center concept for the site (which could […]
Clark Machemer
Machemer is helping Rockefeller get it done in a number of areas. It opened the renowned BASF headquarters last year (they control a big chunk of Park Avenue in Florham […]
Eugene Diaz
He is steaming ahead on complicated industrial to multifamily conversion in Bloomfield (Parkway Lofts) and has another in the works in West Orange at the former Thomas Edison plant. His […]
Anthony Coscia
This well-connected New Brunswick attorney has gone from Amtrak board member to chairman. His push for high- speed rail has “huge impacts” on real estate values in Newark, Metropark and […]
Christiana Foglio
She’s the master at making affordable housing work — which is why developers are so quick to call on her. “If a company has a responsibility to do affordable housing, […]
John Mikula
Mikula’s team is always busy when it comes to financing and brokering large deals. In recent years, he’s helped developers pay for some of the state’s big headquarters projects, including […]
Samer Hanini
He’s another developer thriving in urban development. Hanini’s group is doing big work in Newark: He’s the local partner in redeveloping the iconic Hahnes building, bringing in Whole Foods among […]
Sam Morreale
Vision was widely praised this year for the deal that brought Bayer to the former Alcatel Lucent complex in Whippany. One insider said Morreale is the one to watch at […]
Richard Constable
Constable and the DCA have been entrusted to administer many of the billions in federal recovery grants and FEMA funds to support the effort to rebuild homes, businesses and infrastructure […]
Finn Wentworth
Wentworth is setting the roadmap for monetizing distressed properties in the state. Normandy is the local partner in the group that acquired the 1.8 million- square-foot, 12-building former Merrill Lynch […]
David Simson
He’s another no-brainer selection. Simson did the Haier Group deal, which surprised many when the company crossed the Hudson. Some questioned the lack of incentives, but one insider — who […]
Zygi Wilf
The $84.5 million verdict against him in an infamous civil suit is the elephant in the room here. “It was horribly embarrassing; they should have settled five years ago,” said […]

















