M id A tlantic Real Estate Journal — Family-Owned Businesses Spotlight — February 2023 — 7A
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F amily -O wned B usinesses A family-branded firm synonymous with Northern New Jersey real estate The Blau & Berg Company attributes growth and success to family roots
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hen Ken Crimmins took a temporary job with The Leslie
Blau Company in 1972, mostly to find properties for his fa - ther’s construction business, he hardly envisioned that over 50 years later he would build a family-branded firm synonymous with Northern New Jersey real estate. Since becoming the major principal in 1990, Crimmins has led the Short Hills-based firm through the rigors of an uber-com- petitive market to continued year-over-year growth. Now comprised of 36 brokers, Blau & Berg’s core is still family. Jason Crimmins, Ken’s son, is the President of the com- pany; Sheryl Crimmins, Ken’s wife is the firm’s Controller. Daughters Laura and Vanessa are Executive Director and Accounting Specialist, respect- fully, while daughter-in-law, Whitney Driver-Crimmins is the Director of the company’s marketing department. The Blau & Berg Company has forged a path in the tough New Jersey industrial sector, specifically in port-centric ar - eas like Newark, Jersey City, Secaucus, and surrounding towns. Soaring demand for warehouse and distribution space has caused a surge in rents and property values in once-maligned areas that are now increasingly vital to not just New Jersey, but the na- tional supply chain. Ken Crim- mins attributes this growth to the region’s large population and consumer base, as well as a scarcity of land. The Blau & Berg Company has forged a path in the tough NJ industrial sector, specifically in port-centric areas like Newark, Jersey City, Secaucus, and surrounding towns. Despite its boutique status, Blau & Berg now boasts nine individual brokers with the prestigious SIOR designation as members of the Society of Office & Industrial Realtors, a critical networking group. Jason Crimmins manages the day-to-day operations of the company and is a firm believer in sticking to the basics. “It’s still a people business. We like to keep things simple. Rela- tionships and hard work go a long way, and there’s a lot of worth in a name. People know Blau & Berg”. MAREJ
Jason and Ken Crimmins
Ken and Sheryl Crimmins
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830 Morris Turnpike, Suite 201, Short Hills, NJ 07078 973.379.6644 www.blauberg.com Since 1932, The Blau & Berg Company has held a leading position in the New Jersey and Tri-State commercial real estate market. As an independent, full service commercial brokerage firm, we provide an array of services in the industrial, retail, multifamily and office fields. . . . . .
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