Jeffrey Dunne and Christopher Leonard of CBRE’s New York Institutional Group represented Hartz Mountain Industries in a $75.8 million, two-property multi-family portfolio: the 131-unit, Windsor at Chancery Square in Morristown and the 116-unit Windsor at Morris Plains in Morris Plains, New Jersey. By working in tandem with James Gunning and Donna Falzarano of CBRE Debt & Equity Finance, the CBRE team was also able to source attractive long-term financing with Provident Bank.
 

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Dr. and Mrs. Hajjar Saluted for Community Involvement
St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in Paterson, New Jersey, proudly recognized Dr. John H. Hajjar and Mrs. Sharon Hajjar, two steadfast and longstanding members of the St. Joseph’s family, as recipients of the 2011 William F. Johnson Award, presented at the St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Foundation’s 35th Annual Charity Ball, for their exceptional commitment to the Hospital and the community. Additionally, William A. McDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Healthcare System announced at the affair, that in recognition of an extraordinary pledge by the Hajjar Family to the ‘St. Joseph’s is the Future Campaign’, the Children’s Hospital building will be named the Sharon and John Hajjar Women’s and Children’s Pavilion at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital.

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www.Riskconversation.com to Help Protect Families and Businesses

The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has launched Risk Conversation, an interactive resource and community addressing risk management challenges for businesses and individuals. Risk Conversation, which can be found at www.riskconversation.com, includes loss prevention information, blogs and risk assessment tools that help users identify, understand and mitigate the wide variety of risks they encounter in their personal and professional lives.

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Are you a certified member of the “Sandwich Generation?”  Have you been placed in the position of “parenting” your aging parents while raising your own small children? Well, during Thanksgiving usually one of us is elected to be the hostess of the feast, and we all know how stressful and unnerving that day can become!  So in order to keep calm and maintain your sanity, there are 3 very important things you can do to bring peace to your Thanksgiving festivities (without anyone else’s cooperation):

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Hundreds of new kosher products will be introduced at the 23rd Annual Kosherfest show, the largest trade show featuring kosher food, foodservice, drink, liquor, wine, and Jewish gifts from around the globe, November 8-9, 2011 at the Meadowlands Expo Center (www.kosherfest.com) .
According to Menachem Lubinsky, founder and co-producer of Kosherfest, “Natural, healthy and gluten-free products continue to grow among new kosher product categories, as an estimated 18 million people in the US are sensitive to gluten. ‘Kosher’ now appears on more new products than any other claim.

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“No” doesn’t have to be a negative word when it comes to parenting.

In her new book, Moms Who Hate to Say “No!” & Workbook for Busy Moms, mom coach and aggravation expert Sue Balding provides the tools and guidelines that parents need to say, “No!”

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Expectant moms have even more reasons to pamper themselves.  Edamame® Spa, the exclusive spa for moms-to-be, has added three luxurious treatments to its extensive menu of unique and restorative services.  The “basq Ultimate Pregnancy Massage,” “Postnatal Mama Mio Bootcamp Treatments,” and “Naturopathica Plant Stem Cell Facial” are Edamame’s latest treatments that focus on making expectant women look and feel beautiful during the most special nine months of their lives.

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Measure Would Close Criminal Background Check, Bus Monitoring Loopholes

Assemblywoman Connie Wagner (D-Bergen) is pushing legislation that would augment criminal background checks for school bus personnel to include all adults given responsibility for the safety of school children, closing a loophole that has left bus aides free from scrutiny.

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[media:20111025235329996]Fair Lawn’s Percussion Section Named Best Overall in Show

The Fair Lawn High School Marching Band earned first place, all caption awards in Group IV open class, as well as best overall percussion at the 36th annual Garden State Gold Marching Band competition. Held in Rockaway, N.J., the event was sponsored by the U.S. Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) and featured more than 20 ensembles from throughout New Jersey.

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