SJBiz_Office Space_325_Profile 3 / 6 / 25 12 : 33 PM Page 2 SOUTH JERSEY BIZ OfficeSpace On the Move CRUNCHING NUMBERS 13 Edited by Madeleine Maccar IN A RECENT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SURVEY THAT POLLED ABOUT 300 SOUTH HOW MANY YEARS THE JERSEYANS , how many respondents said there needs to be more train and bus Lastmonth , Inspira Health made two an - COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRM 1 / 3 services between 6 and 9 a.m . , while roughly 25 % want more late - night routes . nouncementsabout its team members : WCRE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION , an RuthK . Bash , MPA , FACHE , was promoted anniversary it marked last month . to senior vice president and chief experience 900,000 officer effective Feb . 2 , while Dr . Richard G . AFTER THE DAY OF LOVE & COMPASSION VOLUNTEER EVENT THAT Stefanacci , DO , MGH , MBA , AGSF , CMD , $ 10M Four NEW JERSEY BANKERS ASSOCIATION HELD FOR VALENTINE’S DAY , was appointed to the role of medical director about how many meals the organization has donated in total for its HOW MANY CONSECUTIVE YEARS THE TOTAL AMOUNT for Inspira Living Independently for Elders . One Million Meals campaign . COOPER UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE HAS IN BONUSES THAT APPEARED ON FORBES ’ BEST IN STATE HARD ROCK The New Jersey - based , physician - led health EMPLOYERS IN NEW JERSEY LIST . It’s ATLANTIC CITY $ 520 million + care organization Consensus Health an - recently been included in the publica - RECENTLY GAVE TO NEW JERSEY AMERICAN WATER’S RECENTLY ANNOUNCED END - OF - YEAR tion’s top 200 places to work nation - nouncedFeb . 10 that Christine Hayekhas EMPLOYEES after a INVESTMENT TOTAL FOR 2024 , which includes improvements to water wide by being named among America’s been appointed as its chief operating officer . record - breaking year and wastewater systems throughout its statewide service areas . Best Large Employers for 2025 . in 2024 . Earlier this year , Jaclyn Rhoads , Ph.D . , the 9500851 , , $ 295700 , longtime assistant exec - 18 351 , WHAT THE LATEST U.S . CENSUS ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT THAT NONPROFIT CAMDEN utive director of the THE NUMBER OF WINTER COATS THE INDICATES IS NEW JERSEY’S CURRENT LUTHERAN HOUSING PAID FOR VACANT LAND Pinelands Preservation VOLUNTEER CENTER OF SOUTH POPULATION , showing both a 1.3 % increase NEAR CORNELIUS MARTIN PARK to not only build Alliance , was named as JERSEY RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED from 2023 and more than 200,000 new 26 affordable - housing townhomes but also make the organization’s new around the state through its annual residents since 2020 — the most of any local infrastructure improvements . The Camden RHOADS executive director . Jersey Cares Coat Drive . Northeast state . Planning Board approved the project last month . Will Forcellohas been promoted to senior managing director and New Jersey market BREAKDOWN leader at the commercial real estate services and investment firm CBRE . Gov . Phil Murphy delivered his ninth and final budget address Feb . 25 . Law firm Capehart WHAT WHAT IT Locally , senators from South Jersey have already expressed con - Scatchard recently an - HAPPENED : MEANS : cern about raising taxes for online gaming and sports betting . Bi - nouncedthat Charles partisan comments included those from Sens . John Burzichelli ( D ) F.Holmgren , a share - Murphy presented and Michael Testa ( R ) , both of whom sit on the Senate Budget holder in its litigation a proposed Appropriations Committee . Their joint statement notes that , “ Any department , assumed $ 58.05 billion effort to increase this tax on New Jerseyans threatens all of the the role of hiring share - budget — the progress New Jersey has made , especially at levels that would HOLMGREN holder as of Feb . 20 . largest ever in the make New Jersey’s customers too heavily taxed . A tax increase CapehartScatchard ad - state’s history — would negatively impact jobs , industry investment , and our New ditionally announced outlining New Jersey customers , and it could affect future revenue growth for that Sanmathi ( Sanu ) Jersey’s spending the state . ” Representatives from other industries , from real estate Devhasbeen appoint - priorities for fiscal to K - 12 education , have also expressed their concerns about the ed chairperson of the year ( FY ) 2026 . likes of tax hikes on home sales and how education cuts will im - schoollaw department , The budget pact young students ; meanwhile , the manufacturing tax credit in which she has served includes a surplus program has been lauded for its potential to expand the indus - asan experienced of $ 6.3 billion . DEV try’s facilities and workforce . shareholder . WHAT’S The budget will be a work in progress for the coming months , as Thomas Edison State University has appoint - NEXT : it’s typically crafted before the end of June . Its hearing schedule is edfour new members to its board of expected to begin this month and conclude mid - May ; from there , trustees : alumnus Gregory Brewer , presi - its revised form must first clear the budget committee and pass dent / CEOof Right at Home Care and Assis - both full chambers before heading to Murphy’s desk for his signa - tance ; Dr . Diane Campbell , former vice ture before July 1 , the constitutional start of FY 2026 . Continued on page 8 SouthJerseyBiz.net | VOLUME 15 ISSUE 3 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | 7