KRE Group’s Jonathan Kushner Named in NJ Biz 2025 Commercial Real Estate Power List

Jonathan Kushner
Kushner Real Estate Group
As president of Jersey City-based family-owned real estate investment and management company Kushner Real Estate Group, Kusher is responsible for the acquisition and development of all new projects, property management and leasing of over 9,000 rental apartment units, with an additional 7,000 in various stages of approval and construction. The company also owns and manages more than 6 million square feet of office, retail and industrial properties across New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida.

His role includes overseeing a team at KRE Group that is forging ahead with a development pipeline of over 10 million square feet of residential and mixed-use projects. Under his guidance, KRE is becoming recognized for its luxury multifamily offerings in urban areas in addition to gaining notice for its commercial properties and garden-style apartments.

KRE Group followed up a banner 2024 with more big splashes in 2025, including the lease up of the company’s signature project: Journal Squared. All three towers are leased and occupied, marking a major milestone for the decade-long project. It also secured a $225 million refinancing for the final tower, a move that underscores the project’s strong leasing performance and investor confidence in Jersey City’s market. KRE Group also opened luxury multifamily developments in Bayonne, East Hanover and Hopewell over the past year-and-a-half.