Kelly Tuttle

Tuttle Will Specialize in Design/Sales at This Award-Winning Allendale Firm

Kelly Tuttle, an experienced landscape designer with a comprehensive working knowledge of plantings, hardscapes, landscape sales and project management, has joined the team at award-winning Borst Landscape & Design in Allendale, N.J. Tuttle, who received her certificate in Landscape Design from the New York Botanical Garden and her B.A. degree from Ohio State University, will be specializing in design/sales at Borst.

CB Richard Ellis, New Jersey's largest commercial real estate brokerage firm, subleased 1 Kero Road, a 45,000-square-foot flex space building located in Carlstadt, New Jersey. The CB Richard Ellis team of Matthew Corpuel, vice president, and Stephen D'Amato, senior associate, successfully subleased the entire building to International Paper on behalf of the tenant, Schawk Inc., for the remainder of the company's lease. In addition, Messrs. Corpuel and D'Amato represented the building owner, 1 Kero Road Associates, in structuring a five-year lease extension with International Paper.

Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney reminds business owners that they are responsible for making sure that the public always has access to handicapped parking spaces in an establishment’s parking lot. Curb cuts or other improvements designed to provide accessibility to persons with disabilities need to be clear and unobstructed from snow or ice during this season.

Family concert headliners Robbi K & Friends will bring their talents to Bergen Community College on Saturday, February 14, 2009 for a 3:00 p.m. show in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children 17 and under.

As the sustainability of the environment and “going green” remain at the forefront of public policy and initiatives, Bergen Community College’s Division of Continuing Education, Corporate and Public Sector Training will offer a slate of four new courses designed to instruct homeowners, contractors and designers in renovation and design techniques to protect the environment, save energy and produce quality results.

Carolina Chocolate Drops, a trio of string band musicians, will visit Bergen Community College on Friday, February 13, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus. Tickets are $24 for general admission and $22 for students and senior citizens (65+).

Properties Include Class A Space in Los Angeles, New Jersey, and Palm Beach Area Markets

CB Richard Ellis Investors, the global real estate investment management firm, has purchased a three-building portfolio of Class A office buildings in the Los Angeles, New Jersey and Palm Beach markets on behalf of its Strategic Partners U.S. Value 5 fund.

The portfolio includes:

Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney and the County’s Department of Parks announced that an ice skating rink at Van Saun County Park in Paramus is open for the winter season.“Ice skating at Van Saun County Park is an entertaining activity for the entire family,” said McNerney. “It’s the perfect way to exercise, while enjoying one of Bergen County’s most popular parks.”

Ives, Schier & Lesser Architecture Studio (IS&L) of Fair Lawn, N.J., has been named one of the top fifty fastest growing companies in New Jersey by NJBIZ. Each year, the publication honors businesses that have made significant contributions to the State’s growth, strength and success. The rankings were based on dollar percentage growth over a three-year period.

Chakra With winter upon us, Nelson Martinez, Executive Chef of Chakra Restaurant, has capitalized on the long growing season of the red beet, capturing its strong, sweet flavor and vivid color, not to mention its nutritional value, to add verve to the warm, inviting texture of risotto, for a hearty and colorful cold weather dish.