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New in Town: Northeast Locators
Northeast Locators, 3131 Princeton Pike, Building4, Suite 201, Lawrenceville 08648. John Wunder, sales manager.609-844-1141;fax, 609-844-1147.Northeast Locators, a Virginia-based company that sells resortpackagesat discount prices, has opened a sales office at 3131 Princeton Pike.The company contracts a telemarketing agency to recruit potentialclients to visit this office, where 10 representatives are availablefor hour-long informative sessions on the company’s “uniqueconceptin travel:” travelers can purchase vacation time on resortpropertyat discount prices, provided they agree to buy vacation time inblocks.The normal commitment is 8 to 10 vacations averaging eight days each.John Wunder, sales manager of the Lawrenceville office, claims thatthe company rents vacation property at about a quarter of the retailprice. “The tourist rate at a club might be $200 a night; ourpeople pay around $60 a night.” Although vacations are economy,Wunder adds that is the upscale market that drove the company to openits office here.Northeast Locators holds long-term leases for villas and suites inover 5,000 resorts, condominiums and hotels worldwide. The small,privately-held business, with roughly 25 employees, originated innorthern Virginia roughly eight years ago. A customer service officeis located in south Jersey, and the reservation center is still inVirginia.NAIK Consultants, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 210,Plainsboro 08536. Sanjay Naik PE, president. 609-275-6646; fax,609-275-6244.NAIK Consultants, a New York-based civil engineering firm owned bySanjay Naik, has a new office in Plainsboro. The firm handlesconstruction,inspection, site development, and transportation projects. Currentprojects include the overhaul of the Continental Airlines terminalin Newark and JFK Airport’s light rail system. The firm recently putin a bid for a contract with the New Jersey Department ofTransportation.Naik, a long-time resident of Plainsboro and graduate of the NewJerseyInstitute of Technology, Class of 1986, is a licensed professionalengineer. Prior to starting NAIK Consultants two years ago, he workedfor RBA, an engineering firm in Morristown. In July, Naik will takethe vice president’s job for the American Society of HighwayEngineers.Office Environment Inc., 34 Chambers Street,Princeton08542. Tom Grahm, president. 609-688-1334. Home page:www.oefurniture.com.Office Environment Inc., a contract office furniture dealership basedin Pennsauken, opened a showroom at 34 Chambers Street. The companyworks closely with architects and designers to create atmospheresspecifically for corporate healthcare, hospital, and educationaloffices.The company was founded in 1983 by Tom Grahm.Progressive Personnel Resources Inc. , 125 VillageBoulevard, Suite 230, Princeton 08540. Lance Rosenberg, staffingconsultant.609-243-9000; fax, 609-243-0557.A new employment agency, Progressive Personnel Resources Inc., hasmoved into Princeton Forrestal Village.Top Of PageCohen Buys BoyerLast year Tom Boyer sold the sales and leasing sideof his real estate brokerage business to Coldwell Banker, and nowhe has sold his property management business to Howard Cohen. Cohen,meanwhile, has moved Howco Management Company from a home-based officeto Gordon Avenue in Lawrenceville.Six people — Boyer, Cohen, and four Howco employees — willbe managing more than 50 properties. “Our merger will help givethe clients more services,” says Cohen. “We are having rapidgrowth as a property management firm, and we will be one of thelargestproperty management firms in the area for commercial, industrial,and residential properties.”Boyer expects to phase out of the business over a two-year period.”Although it’s a merger, the intended result is for a completetransfer to Howard, which will be a gradual one,” says Boyer.”During the two-year period I will remain active and will keepthe Witherspoon Street office open, but most of the administrationwill be handled from the Lawrenceville office.”Boyer was a physics major at LaSalle, Class of 1956, and worked atRCA, Schlumberger, and Burroughs before opening his real estateagency.”Tom is a long-time player on the Princeton scene,” saysCohen,”and he takes great pride with what he does.” Cohen studiedbusiness administration at University of Hartford, Class of 1984,and his wife, Janet, also works in the business. They have threechildrenand live in Yardley.Though national franchises have gobbled up many single-owner realestate agencies, the property management side of the business remainsin the domain of the small broker. “Unlike in real estate sales,a lot of property management is relationships and getting the physicalwork and bookkeeping done,” says Cohen. “Local managers canusually get work done faster and less expensively.”Says Cohen: “When we use contractors we look for what I calldiamondsin the rough — people who give excellent service but are mom andpop operations. Their prices are better, their services are better,and they are not hiring minimum wage employees.” The downsideof hiring the small contractors: “They are not business people.You have to remind them a zillion times.”Property Management Services, 145 Nassau Street,Princeton 08542. Tom Boyer, owner. 609-921-1806; fax, 609-921-1432.Howco Management Company LLC, 7 Gordon Avenue,Lawrenceville 08648. Howard Cohen, president. 609-896-0505; fax,609-896-0437.Top Of PageExpansionsSpec Dies Inc., 92 North Main Street, Building1B, Box 33, Windsor 08561-0573. John Nagy, owner. 609-443-9200; fax,609-443-9230.Spec Dies, originally a manufacturer of steel-cut dies, is expandingto include manufacture of steel printing plates. The company movedfrom 45 Stouts Lane in Monmouth Junction to North Main Street inWindsor.The expansion, says owner John Nagy, will allow the company to dobusiness with existing clients as well as new clients. Seven newemployeeshave already been added to the company and Nagy expects productionto triple in the next year. The new printing equipment is currentlyunder the same roof as existing equipment, but Nagy hopes to acquirethe space adjacent to the building this summer.Weidel Realtors, 746 Livingston, North Brunswick08902. Doug Deeter, manager. 732-249-9100; fax, 732-249-9504.Feller, Feist & Crawford, a real estate firm founded in 1930, hasjoined the Pennington-based Richard A. Weidel Corporation. For 19years it had been associated with ERA real estate. Nine languages– including Spanish, Hindi, German, French, and Hebrew — arespoken in this office.Top Of PageCrosstown MovesPreferred Personnel, 2123 Route 33, LexingtonSquareCommons C-4, Hamilton Square 08690. Ginny Savage, co-owner.609-689-0700;fax, 609-689-0730. Home page:https://www.preferredpersonnel.com.Preferred Personnel Inc., a provider of temporary and permanentprofessionalsin graphic design, desktop publishing, and web/Internet development,has moved from 2123 Route 33 in Lexington Square Commons to 3560QuakerbridgeRoad in Mercerville. Telephone and fax remain the same.Signature Title Services, 82 Nassau Street, Suite25, Princeton 08542. William A. Slover, president. 609-924-2100; fax,609-497-4597.Formerly known as Courthouse Abstract Company, this title search firmhas moved from 47 Hulfish Street. Fax and phone numbers remain thesame.Top Of PageLeaving TownDeluxe Electronic Payment Systems, 3705QuakerbridgeRoad, Suite 115, Mercerville 08619. Nicholas DeStefano, officemanager.609-514-4777; fax, 609-584-9697.Deluxe Electronic Payment Systems is closing its office at the endof May, when its five-year contract with the state of New Jerseyexpires.it was the field office for a Milwaukee-based food stamp machinesprovider.Allstate, 168 Franklin Corner Road, Lawrenceville08648. Tony Esposito, claim representative.The Allstate Insurance claims office has left 168 Franklin CornerRoad. The phone has been disconnected.Kellogg Company (K), 206 Rockingham Row, PrincetonForrestal Village, Princeton 08540. Jim Scott, vice president.609-419-8760;fax, 609-419-8777. Home page: https://www.kellogs.com.In the process of downsizing, the Kellogg Company, the world’s leadingproducer of cereal products, will shut down its east coast salesofficein Forrestal Village. The company is headquartered in Battle Creek,Michigan. A spokesperson for the company says that the office willclose during the week of May 24, but the sales force will continueto work from their home offices.Top Of PageOut of BusinessPrinceton Station Garage, 11 Washington Road,PrincetonJunction 08550.After 3 1/2 years at this location Shimon Farhan has closed hisgarage.The phone has been disconnected and no number is listed in directoryassistance.Bootstraps Self-Help Homes & Communities Inc.,86 Barbara Lee Drive, Mercerville 08619. Jay Tyson, executivedirector.609-586-6400; fax, 609-586-1543.The non-profit organization founded by Jay Tyson is winding down itsoperations. Founded in 1992, it had created Walden Woods, abuild-it-yourselfaffordable housing development on Bear Brook Road, but made thedecisionnot to pursue additional sites last August, says Tyson.Bootstraps completed construction on 10 houses at Walden Woods lastyear. The six houses under construction will be completed bycontractors,says Tyson. “The decision was made by the funders, the U.S.Departmentof Agriculture Office of Rural Development, because the homeownerswere not able to meet their deadlines.”However Bootstraps will continue to supervise the work on a voluntarybasis, says Tyson. “We are not leaving the owners high and dry.The construction will continue on a different form than what wasoriginallyenvisioned.” The original plan was to make affordable housingusing low-interest mortgage loans and by training homeowners in homeconstruction and having them build their own homes.The Professional Job Roster, 842 State Road, SuiteA-3, Princeton 08540-7716. Margaret Bolton & Anne Corey, co-president.609-921-9561; fax, 609-921-9572.After 30 years, the Professional Job Roster has closed. At itsfounding,the Professional Roster was geared to finding jobs for wives ofUniversityfaculty members. Then it was open to all, serving the wider community– indeed, to anyone who paid the modest annual dues. It providedmembers with resources for the job search and employers with accessto qualified candidates. But it was a victim of rising costs, achangingemployment scene, and lack of volunteers. “Employers increasinglyadvertise vacancies on the Internet; jobseekers also search on-linefor opportunities so memberships are declining, and volunteers areincreasingly hard to find,” said a letter to members from theboard.Top Of PageCorrectionThe 9.5 acre property being marketed by Hallbridge Real Estate Groupis located at the intersection on Canal Pointe and Carnegie CenterBoulevards. Contrary to what was reported in U.S. 1 on April 7, itdoes not front on Route 1. This part of Carnegie Center West, namedCarnegie Center 902, is zoned for a 140,000 square foot officebuildingand has not gone for site plan approval.Meanwhile Boston Properties, represented by Micky Landis, did receivesite plan approvals on April 20 for Carnegie 901, the nine-acre sitefronting on Route 1 between Macaroni Grill and Carnegie CenterBoulevard.It is zoned for 140,000-square feet.Top Of PageDeathsJames Edmund Blake, 74, on May 12. He had been directorof communications and registrar at the Lawrenceville School.Theodore Edward Myers, 46, on May 14. He was chiefmicrobiologistand associate director at Bristol-Myers Squibb in New Brunswick.Top Of PageContracts AwardedPrevious StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
