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Articles Published by R.J. Brunelli Publication Real Estate Finance Journal 1. The Ten Most Common Pitfalls 2. The Shopping Center Development Proforma 3. Local Tenants: A Make-Or-Break Proposition For Many Shopping Centers 4. Shopping Center Pre-leasing & Site Planning Guidelines 5. Study The Stats 6. Making The Move Into Retail Real Estate Development Franchise Handbook 7. How To Find And Get The Right Site - Parts I & II
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• Download the 2011 NJ Vacancy Survey • RETAIL VACANCY RATE CLIMBS TO 9.3% ALONG MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN CENTRAL & NORTHEN N.J., R.J.BRUNELLI SURVEY REPORTS • CENTRAL NJ RETAIL VACANCY RATE CLIMBS TO 10.5%, AS PATHMARK & BLOCKBUSTER CLOSURES ADD TO INVENTORY, R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY FINDS. • RETAIL VACANCY RATE CLIMBS TO 9.3% ALONG MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN CENTRAL & NORTHERN N.J., R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY REPORTS. • NORTHERN NJ RETAIL VACANCY RATE EDGES UP TO 8.1%, AS PATHMARK CLOSURES OFFSET ABSORPTIONS OF OTHER ‘BIG BOX’ SPACES, R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY FINDS • "R.J. Brunelli & Company Complete a Series of Leases Throughout New Jersey" - Mid Atalantic Real Estate Journal, April 07th, 2011 • "Hopes Rise for Retail Vacancies" - Home News Tribune, 30th March, 2011 • "Profile" - Dealmakers, November 26th, 2010 • "Retail Vacancies Rise, According to Survey" - Home News Tribune, August 12th, 2010 • "Downtown Vacancy Rates Settle at a Low Level" - CranfordPatch, July 25th, 2010 • "Retail Vacancy Rate in Northen Jersey Rises to 8 Percen" - Wayne Today, July15th, 2010 • "Northern NJ Big Box Spaces Remain Unfilled" GlobeST.com, June 1st, 2010 • "Brunelli & Co. Announces Several Leases" - Home News Tribune, May 27th, 2010 • "Area Retail Space Are Filling Up", Asbury Park Press, May 21st, 2010 • "Retail vacancy rate rises to 20-year high of 8 percent, report says" - The Record, May18th, 2010 • "CIT Group woes could spell more trouble for retail" - NJBIZ, July 17, 2009 • "Richard J. Brunelli, President, R.J. Brunelli & Co." - NJBIZ, June 22, 2009 • "Central Retail Vacancies Climb" - GlobeSt.com, March 24, 2009 • "Big Box Closings Raise NJ's Retail Vacancy Rate" - NJBIZ, March 23, 2009 • "N.J. sees steep rise in retail vacancy rate" - The Star Ledger, March 19, 2009 • "Retail: Garden State Vacancies Rise" - GlobeSt.com, March 18, 2009 • "Northern New Jersey Retail Suffers, Vacancy Jumps in 2008" - Commercial Property News, March 17, 2009 • "Experts Say Property Tax Appeals Will Soar by 50%" - NJBIZ, March 16, 2009 • "Big-Box Closings Send North Jersey Retail Vacancy Rate Upward" - NJBIZ, March 13, 2009 • "North Jersey Corridors See Spike in Retail Vacancies" - The Record, March 13, 2009 • "Retail Vacancy Rate in Northern New Jersey Climbed to 6.6% During 2008 Amid Major 'Big Box' Closures, According to R.J. Brunelli & Co. Survey - EarthTimes.org, March 13, 2009 • "Navigatiing the Retail Sector" - Northeast Real Estate Business, December 15, 2008 also featured in Shopping Center Business, December 2008 • "Retail Vacancies On the Rise in Northern, Central NJ" - New Jersey & Company, December 4, 2008 • "Empty Stores in Region on Rise" - NorthJersey.com, December 4, 2008 • "Survey: Retail Vacancies Rise in Northern and Central New Jersey" - NJ Biz, December 3, 2008 • "North Jersey Retail Vacancy Rose in 2007" (based on press release) - NJ Biz, March 13, 2008 • "Retail Vacancy Rates on the Rise" (based on press release) - The Record, March 13, 2008
Press Releases

3-3-11	R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. ANNOUNCES SERIES OF LEASES FOR MAJOR RETAILERS IN NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING WHOLE FOODS LOCATION IN MARLBORO.
11-9-10	R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. ANNOUNCES SERIES OF LEASES FOR MAJOR RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS AT N.J. SITES.
9-21-10	R.J. BRUNELLI APPOINTED TENANT REP FOR A.C. MOORE, DOLLAR TREE AND MONSTER MINI GOLF FOR MARKETS IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK.
5-20-10	R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. ANNOUNCES SERIES OF LEASES FOR MAJOR RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS AT N.J. SITES
5-17-10	RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN NORTHERN NJ RISES TO 8% AS MANY ‘BIG BOX’. SPACES REMAIN UNFILLED, ACCORDING TO R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. SURVEY
5-10-10	R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. ANNOUNCES LEASE SIGNINGS FOR MUSCLE MAKER GRILL IN NJ
4-08-10	RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN CENTRAL NJ RISES TO 9.8%, ACCORDING TO ANNUAL R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY Retail.
3-18-09	'BIG BOX' CLOSURES CAUSE RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY TO REACH 9% IN 2008, ACCORDING TO ANNUAL R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY
3-13-09	RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY CLIMBED TO 6.6% DURING 2008 AMID MAJOR 'BIG BOX' CLOSURES, ACCORDING TO R. J. BRUNELLI & CO. SURVEY
12-3-08	RETAIL VACANCIES RISE TO 5.7% IN NORTHERN NJ AND TO 6.6% IN CENTRAL NJ, ACCORDING TO R.J. BRUNELLI & CO.
09-19-09	R.J. BRUNELLI ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW TENANT REPRESENTATION ASSIGNMENTS IN NEW JERSEY MARKETS
5-13-08	JACK FISK JOINS R.J. BRUNELLI $ CO. TO HEAD NEW UNIT SPECIALIZING IN RESTAURANT BUSINESS SALES
5-5-08	MICHAEL MURPHY JOINS R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. AS STRAGETIC PROJECT MANAGER
3-27-08	CENTRAL NEW JERSEY RETAIL VACANCY RATE ROSE TO 4.7% DURING 2007, ACCORDING TO R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. SURVEY
3-12-08	NORTHERN NEW JERSEY RETAIL VACANCY RATE ROSE TO 3.6% DURING 2007, ACCORDING TO R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. SURVEY
2-1-08	R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. ANNOUNCES SIX NEW TENANT REPRESENTATION ASSIGNMENTS IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK MARKETS
10-29-07	R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. ANNOUNCES SERIES OF LEASES AND LAND SALES FOR 'BIG BOX' STORES AND OTHER NOTABLE TENANTS AT NJ SITES
8-14-07	R.J. BRUNELL& CO. ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW TENANT REPRESENTATION ASSIGNMENTS IN NEW JERSEY MARKETS
4-16-07	R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. COMPLETES DEAL TO BRING TIFFANY TO RED BANK, NJ
3-26-07	R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. NAMES DANIELLE BRUNELLI-ALBRECHT V.P.
3-20-07	RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN CENTRAL NJ INCREASED TO 4.3% IN 2006, ANNUAL R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY REPORTS
3-15-06	RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN CENTRAL N.J. DECLINED TO 3.4% IN 2005
3-10-06	RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INCREASED TO 3% DURING 2005
11-4-05	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $12.2 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DURING THIRD QUARTER 2005
4-11-05	RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN CENTRAL N.J. ROSE TO 4.1% IN 2004, ANNUAL R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY REPORTS
3-29-05	NORTHERN N.J. RETAIL VACANCY RATE DECLINED TO 2.8% DURING 2004, R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. SURVEY REPORTS
1-20-05	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $98 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DURING 2004 , INCLUDING $29.1 MILLION IN 4TH QUARTER
12-10-04	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $20.1 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DURING THIRD QUARTER OF 2004
11-4-04	RETAIL VACANCY RAPR11-04-04TES DROP SLIGHTLY IN NORTHERN N.J., REMAIN STABLE IN STATE’S CENTRAL REGION, R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. REPORTS
8-19-04	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $48.8 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DURING FIRST HALF OF 2004
5-18-04	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $41.6 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE
3-4-04	CENTRAL N.J. RETAIL VACANCY RATE DECREASED TO 3.8% IN 2003, ANNUAL R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY REPORTS
2-27-04	RETAIL VACANCY FACTOR IN NORTHERN N.J. ROSE TO 3.2% DURING 2003, R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. SURVEY REPORTS
2-19-04	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $118 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DURING 2003
11-25-03	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $16.7 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DURING THIRD QUARTER OF 2003
9-25-03	PLANS FOR THE VILLAGE AT MANALAPAN MIXED-USE CENTER PRESENTED BY DEVELOPER TO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE
8-11-03	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $28.5 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DURING SECOND QUARTER OF 2003
6-30-03	THE COMMONS AT HOLMDEL NOW 100%-LEASED; R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. SIGNS SPRINT FOR LAST SPACE AT LIFESTYLE CENTER
4-29-03	R.J. BRUNELLI BROKERED $11.3 MILLION IN RETAIL LEASE TRANSACTIONS DURING FIRST QUARTER OF 2003
3-17-03	RETAIL VACANCY RATE IN CENTRAL NJ DECLINED TO 4.8% IN 2002, ANNUAL R.J. BRUNELLI SURVEY REPORTS
3-12-03	BRUNELLI ANNOUNCES NEW LANDLORD REPRESENTATION PACTS
3-10-03	RETAIL VACANCIES IN NORTHERN N.J. FELL TO HISTORIC LOW OF 2.0%, R.J. BRUNELLI & CO. 2002 SURVEY REPORTS
2-19-03	BRUNELLI ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW TENANT REPRESENTATION PACTS
1-29-03	R..J. BRUNELLI BROKERED NEARLY $100 MILLION IN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DURING 2002
10-24-02	CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON HARTFORD CORNERS POWER CENTER IN DELRAN, N.J.