Expert economic outlook for NJ: Cautiously pessimistic

January 22, 2016

For future success in a post-suburban economy, New Jersey’s business, political and community leaders have to confront a three-decade-old office footprint that has become outdated and unusable in today’s growing digital economy.

“The harsh economic reality is that there is too much outmoded office space in our suburban territory,” James W. Hughes, dean of the Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, told a group of business leaders Friday in a meeting hosted by the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

MyCentralJersey.com, January 22

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