Nexus Properties, the developer behind much of Rowan Boulevard, will soon start construction on another downtown Glassboro project. According to plans submitted to the borough, Nexus seeks to build a single 4 story 125 unit apartment building on a section of currently undeveloped land along Poplar Street. The project is not affiliated with Rowan Housing. […]
Repost of an Article by The New York Times on May 29, 2018: GLASSBORO, N.J. — Joseph A. Brigandi Jr. remembers when his father ran a sub shop in the heart of this southern New Jersey town in the 1960s, when there were only four or five restaurants downtown and no out-of-town shopping malls threatened the […]
The large mixed-use development in Glassboro, NJ, is in its final stage. Nexus Properties’ Dante Germano revealed the 14-year evolution of the project, its challenges and how it transformed the South Jersey community. by Alexandra Pacurar | Feb 01, 2018 Rendering of Rowan Boulevard Rowan Boulevard’s history began in 2004, after the Borough of Glassboro, […]
Rowan University’s explosive growth had Glassboro officials worried that students would overrun the center of town. So Rowan and Glassboro went in on an all-new one to take care of that problem. Usually, the developments I’ve come to refer to as “Instant Urbanism” pop us on the fringes of metropolitan areas, most often near some freeway […]
Nexus Properties, Glassboro and Rowan University have teamed up to create new downtown that benefits students and local residents alike. Fourteen years in the making, Rowan Boulevard is nearing completion. The $425.5 million redevelopment project has resulted in a mixed-use project that serves both the community of Glassboro, New Jersey, and the Rowan University campus […]
By Mario Marroquin, October 18, 2017 at 6:56 AM Rendering of the A4 phase of the Rowan Boulevard Development. – (M&T BANK) Less than two months after Nexus Properties and Rowan University opened the largest phase of the Rowan Boulevard development – delivering 557 student beds, 43,000 square feet of retail space, […]
A public-private partnership is helping to create a walkable downtown in Glassboro, New Jersey, and, in doing so, tying the town’s culture to that of its university. Courtesy: Nexus Properties A rendering of a portion of Nexus Properties and Rowan University’s Rowan Boulevard mixed-use community Using a 26-acre plot of land owned by the township […]
220 Rowan Boulevard received the Leading Public-Private Economic Development Partnership Award at the 2017 Annual Governor’s Conference on Housing and Economic Development. The Leading Economic Development Award recognizes an alliance between a New Jersey-based business that has teamed up with the state, a community, or local economic development organization to advance the redevelopment of downtowns, […]
Posted on October 11, 2017 by Amy Works Upon completion, Rowan Boulevard will include student beds, classroom space, a hotel, fitness center, parking garages and 144,000 square feet of retail space. (Image courtesy of Nexus Properties) GLASSBORO, N.J. — Nexus Properties has signed five new retail tenants to the Rowan Boulevard redevelopment, a mixed-use project […]
By Matt Kass – September 12, 2017 Part of the A4 project As students returned to campus last week, many of them were greeted with a new sight: brand new completed construction just past the university bookstore. As part of the new development on Rowan Boulevard, part of the A-3 unit of construction opened Aug. 23 […]
GLASSBORO – Barnes & Noble was once an island on Rowan Boulevard. The bookstore — selling Rowan University textbooks and swag — was the first to go up less than a decade ago. Seven years later, the massive two-story bookstore isn’t so easy to pick out of the downtown Glassboro landscape. It blends perfectly with the half-dozen […]
Joined by New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, Glassboro Mayor Leo McCabe, Rowan University President Ali Houshmand, and Gloucester County Freeholder Heather Simmons, Nexus Properties celebrated the official ribbon cutting of the largest phase of Rowan Boulevard, known as A3. The A3 development – part of Glassboro’s transformative multi-phase redevelopment called Rowan Boulevard – is composed […]
Angelo’s Diner hasn’t changed much since it was built in 1951. “We still don’t take credit cards,” Mary Ann Justice, the owner, says. But through the classic diner’s windows along North Main Street in Glassboro, the view is dramatically different from decades past: A stylish park where a nuisance bar and an abandoned gas station once […]
The beliefs of its founder, Sydney Sussman, primed Nexus Properties to undertake the reimagining of downtown Glassboro, N.J. For most developers, a project is a market opportunity. It’s a calculation of the investment cost, time and potential. That’s all true of Nexus Properties’ mixed use, redevelopment project in Glassboro, N.J., but the projects also have a […]
The Senate and General Assembly, State House, Trenton, NJ, and Members of the New Jersey Legislature, on behalf of the citizens of the Garden State, extended congratulations to Nexus Properties which has been selected by the residents of Gloucester County as the Best Developers in the annual Best of Gloucester County contest of the year […]
On June 1, 2017, the Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce proclaimed Nexus Properties has been selected by the residents of Gloucester County in the category for the “Best Developer”. Nexus has been recognized as an essential component of the Gloucester County economy. Thank you residents of Gloucester County […]
Nexus Properties was proud to co-receive the 2017 Smart Growth Award presented by New Jersey Future with supporting partners Woodmont Properties, the Borough of Metuchen, Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners, and the Metuchen Parking Authority for their TRANSIT-ORIENTED RETAIL and RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT and a NEW PUBLIC PLAZA ADJACENT TO METUCHEN STATION. Nexus successfully financed, designed and constructed […]
The New Jersey Alliance for Action’s “New Jersey’s Leading Infrastructure Projects” award program was created to highlight innovative, pioneering and landmark construction initiatives that greatly impact the state’s economy and to honor the business and organizations that work together as partners to ensure the project’s success. The Rowan Boulevard Phase A-3 project is a great […]
For more than 50 years, the Southern New Jersey Development Council at its annual Distinguished Achievement Awards Reception has honored outstanding individuals, organizations and companies in the public and private sectors for their leadership in economic development in the southern eight counties of New Jersey. In recognition of Nexus’ vision, leadership and commitment to the […]
Dante Germano, COO/CFO of Nexus Properties received the 2015 Business Person of the Year Award at the 11th Annual Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce Community Service Awards dinner on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The Annual Community Service Awards are a way for the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce to recognize the business and community leaders of […]