Business owners and trade groups have turned out in recent weeks to voice their support for the Chris Christie administration's plan for economic growth and environmental preservation, the head of the state's planning agency said today.

One of Newark’s next big economic development projects will likely be a 250,000-square-foot distribution center along the Passaic River, city officials said last week.

A record low mortgage interest rate introduced today by the Department of Community Affairs and the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency will boost the state's real estate market and drive economic recovery in time for the spring homebuying season, agency officials and industry leaders said.

The construction of Jaclyn Heights, a new affordable-housing community in West New York, is being financed by developer incentives under the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, demonstrating movement away from subsidizing tenants and toward incentives for builders, a developer said.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey upheld an appellate decision Monday morning on one of the cases experts say is holding up the state's foreclosure processing — but the timing may work out in the state's favor.

The state’s Urban Transit Hub tax credit program has reached a crossroads, and in September, the Economic Development Authority will decide whether to shift more of its credits to a swelling pipeline of residential projects that for now have been sidelined.

The court battle over the fate of the Council on Affordable Housing continued today, with the Fair Share Housing Center arguing a move by the Gov. Chris Christie administration to bring COAH's duties under gubernatorial oversight is unlawful.