New Jersey & Company Magazine

POWER PLAY | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Perhaps not, if you ask her. Still, this leading commercial litigator admits, hers is an amazing life.

Liza Walsh’s journey through life has taken her from the formerYugoslavia—where she spent her childhood as a member of the Catholic-Albanian minority, to the Bronx—where she learned to speak English and got her first taste of the legal profession, to New Jersey—where she is one of the state’s top litigators.

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GREENING THE GARDEN STATE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Anti-global warming legislation may be costly upfront, but experts say ignoring it will be more expensive in the long run.

Businesses and homeowners alike are fighting against greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whether it’s by installing solar panels on their roofs, striving for LEED certification in their commercial buildings, or simply buying those funny-looking energy-efficient light bulbs.

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FEATURE FOCUS | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Fletcher Thompson’s design lab makes spaces that make sense.

Since its founding in 1914, the architectural firm of Fletcher Thompson has served a great many high-volume clients—universities, hospitals, governments—whose needs involve highly specialized rooms for highly specialized functions, often in quantity. The nature of these clients, the importance of superior functionality, and the need to replicate, say, 400 dormitory or hospital rooms, led the firm to go far beyond simple drawings or even 3-D computer simulations, into creating real-world, life-sized mock-ups of proposed designs.

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FEATURE FOCUS | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Are federal rules getting in the way of your business? The Small Business Administration’s watchdogs want you to speak up.

Still in its infancy, the federal Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy’s Regulatory Review and Reform (r3) initiative provides small businesses with the opportunity to influence change in the regulations dictating their operations.

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POLITICS WATCH | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

For New Jersey, 2009 is shaping up to be a year of strange political battles.

When the chips are down, New Jerseyans are fairly adept at reaching into their collective treasure trove of stats and surveys to pull out a face-saving promotional tidbit or two justifying their sticking it out here—usually citing the state’s most famous people; most notable places; being first at this or that; or the fact that the Garden State features the newest, the oldest, the tallest, or the weirdest….

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FEATURE FOCUS | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

For Skanska, contracting minority groups to build Meadowlands Stadium is more than a strategy.

Helping small, minority-owned subcontractors secure their share of multimillion dollar construction projects, like the new Meadowlands Stadium, is a top priority for both major developer Skanska and the City of Newark.

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FEATURE FOCUS | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Five New Jersey mayors share stories on changing times in the Garden State.

It’s tough doing business in the Garden State, and it’s only gotten tougher in recent years. Just ask a mayor.

“It’s interesting when the local mayors tell the folks in Trenton what would work on a bill and how you can then adjust a bill in order to create economic development, but it doesn’t fit their predisposed position in order to create the jobs,” Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage said. “So I often wonder who drives policy, who drives bills in the legislature. Obviously, nobody is listening to mayors.”

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PRO FORMA | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

What’s ahead for New Jersey in ’09? Harder times, but new strategies may get businesses through.

At one point early in World War II, Winston Churchill said, “It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” He implored his country to keep the faith that things would get better. As 2008 draws to a close, many are hoping that we can all keep the faith and that the world’s financial markets will recover quickly.

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ROUNDTABLE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Bullishly, say two top developers and a major commercial lender.

Despite turmoil in the financial markets, deals will be done. What attracts investors when the only certainty is uncertainty? Recently New Jersey & Company sat down with three New Jersey-based players in commercial real estate investment to talk about what they’ve been buying and why.

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NEXT? | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Design 446 weaves disparate elements to attract homebuyers.

In any era, a new home development generates excitement. Even if one is not in the market, there’s always that question in the back of the mind: “Can I be happier there?” In this landscape of new enclaves, builders must be more aggressive—and innovative—than ever in how they get noticed by and positioned for the right potential homeowner.

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CONCEPT | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

When a former ice cream facility was up for grabs, Mackenzie Keck Construction couldn’t resist.

When Dan Keck, founder and CEO of Mackenzie Keck Construction, wanted to relocate the company’s headquarters from Hackettstown to somewhere closer to New York City, his desire led him to an 80,000 square-foot building in Rockaway.

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FEATURE FOCUS | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Can New Jersey learn to balance its environmental and economic needs?

There is no shortage of educated opinions about if, how, and when New Jersey needs to grow. Some encourage an increase in building; others advocate limiting sprawl. But whether the experts are on the side of Smart Growth or just the opposite, many believe there is a very real disconnect between what can and should be done to balance the state’s environmental and economic needs.

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BACK STORY | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008

Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation gives autistic adolescents and adults the chance to live productive lives.
Danny Fiddle was a classmate of my son Jimmy. They both went to the Forum School in Waldwick. His parents were also the first parents that we met from the school—from the first time we met them, we became very good friends.

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