Luxury goods retailer Hermès Paris slated to open a store on Palmer Square in Princeton

Luxury goods retailer Hermès Paris slated to open a store on Palmer Square in Princeton

Luxury retailer Hermès Paris has signed a lease to open a store at 17 Palmer Square. The 6,155-square-foot store is expected to open in the fall of 2023. Established in 1837, the French luxury goods manufacturer specializes in making leather goods, accessories, home furnishings, perfume, jewelry, watches, and ready-to-wear clothing. The family-owned company, which keeps…

Copperwood Apartments in Princeton sold to a real estate company
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Copperwood Apartments in Princeton sold to a real estate company

Architect J. Robert Hillier has sold the Copperwood apartment complex he designed and developed on Bunn Drive in Princeton to a New Jersey-based real estate company. According to public records, the property was sold for $70 million to Copperwood Associates, which is part of Shamco Management, a privately held real estate management firm that buys,…

Warby Parker to open new eyewear store in Princeton this week

Warby Parker to open new eyewear store in Princeton this week

Warby Parker, the eyeglass brand that pioneered the direct-to-consumer, buy-one-give-one business model, will be opening a new store in Princeton on Saturday, July 17. Based in New York, the company that was founded by four Wharton School graduates in 2010 is known for its modern and vintage-inspired eyewear with prescription lenses for $95, and the…

N.J. has recovered just over half the jobs lost the first two months of the pandemic

N.J. has recovered just over half the jobs lost the first two months of the pandemic

New Jersey has recovered 403,000 jobs, or about 56 percent of the jobs lost in March and April of 2020, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The largest gains in the private sector of the state’s economy, with 12,600 new jobs added. The state’s unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage…