New Jersey
Work From Home Trend Gets Literal – Former Offices Are Being Turned Residential at Record Rates | Jersey Digs
A nationwide housing shortage has caused a reevaluation of real estate needs in the U.S. and New Jersey plus the surrounding region has emerged as one of the top spots where office buildings are being repurposed.
A recent analysis from RentCafe is tracking the country’s real estate shuffle in terms of converting existing buildings into residential complexes. The study found that 55,300 apartments are currently being converted nationwide and are expected to enter the market in the coming years.
That jump represents a 400% increase from just three years ago, when 12,100 residential units in former office spaces were in the pipeline. RentCafe determined that the office to residential trend is most prominent in Washington, D.C. (5,820 units), followed by New York (5,215 units) and Dallas (3,163 units).
The surge in the New York metro area represents an 18% increase in residential conversions from the previous year, a welcome development amid the region’s housing shortage. New Jersey is contributing greatly to the trend, as the combined markets of Northern and Central New Jersey have 1,450 office-to-residential units in the pipeline.
The only spot with more residential conversions in the pipeline was Manhattan, which is transforming offices into 2,609 apartments. The biggest single project in the region, at 25 Water Street, will add 1,263 apartments inside an office building previously headquarters for The Daily News and J.P. Morgan.
Other spots within the New York metro that are adding large numbers of residences through office conversions include White Plains with 708 units in the pipeline and Brooklyn, which is adding 540 new residences inside former office spaces.
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A severe thunderstorm watch looms over North Jersey on the evening of June 12 after days of extreme heat.
Nation Weather Service New York declared a severe thunderstorm watch for numerous North Jersey counties including Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Morris and Sussex among other Central Jersey and New York counties. The watch is in effect until 9 p.m., according to the NWS statement.
In an hourly forecast from The Weather Channel for Paramus, there is a 74% chance of thunderstorms at 7 p.m.
High temperatures reached past 90 degrees in many parts of North Jersey on June 11 and June 12 as a heat advisory also remains in effect until 8 p.m., said NWS New York.
“Dangerous heat is expected to continue across much of our region through today, with several record highs likely to be challenged again. High temperatures are forecast to peak into the low to mid 90s across most of the area,” the National Weather Service said Friday.
A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. across the state except for Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties.
PHILADELPHIA – Philip McPherson II, a 37-year-old from Riverside, New Jersey, was sentenced Thursday, June 11, to 78 months in prison for his role in a 2022 plane crash in Lehigh County that killed a student pilot, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sentencing and charges for fatal Lehigh Valley crash
What we know:
United States District Judge John M. Gallagher sentenced McPherson to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, a $4,300 special assessment, and $19,530 in restitution. Judge Gallagher also barred McPherson from working in the aviation industry.
McPherson pleaded guilty in October to involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an administrative proceeding, and 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate.
The backstory:
Court filings show that on September 28, 2022, McPherson took off from Queen City Airport in Allentown as the pilot-in-command with student pilot K.K. and crashed shortly after, resulting in K.K.’s death.
Prosecutors said McPherson acted with gross negligence, knowing he was not competent to fly as pilot-in-command. He had two prior crashes, nearly a third, and failed a reexamination for his pilot’s certificate in September 2021.
McPherson voluntarily surrendered his pilot’s certificate in October 2021 and let his Temporary Airman Certificate expire in November 2021, acknowledging his inability to meet FAA standards.
He admitted to flying with passengers without a valid FAA pilot’s certificate between October 12, 2021, and September 20, 2022.
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, FAA, and Salisbury Township Police Department worked on the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert Schopf and Special Assistant United States Attorney Marie Miller.
What we don’t know:
Authorities have not released further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash.
The Source: Information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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