ABOUT US
Building on its success in Newark, Hanini Group has expanded throughout the greater New York metropolitan area, undertaking significant development projects across Northern New Jersey and Brooklyn.
The firm's approach combines visionary thinking with disciplined execution, delivering projects that are both architecturally meaningful and economically sustainable. Guided by a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and placemaking, Hanini Group creates high-quality environments that enrich communities while preserving the character and history that make them unique.
Over the years, Hanini Group's work has earned recognition from municipalities, industry leaders, preservation organizations, community institutions, and regional media for its contributions to urban revitalization and responsible development.
OUR MISSION
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the gold standard for impactful real estate investing. We seek to raise the bar for how urban communities are invested in by focusing time and attention on conscious design, sustainable construction, and equitable urban revitalization. At Hanini Group, we believe that investment value and social value work in tandem. Hence, we strive to make a positive impact in everything that we do.
OUR STORY
2004
Invested in Newark from the Start
Hanini Group acquired its first property, then known as The Little Shields Building, in New Jersey’s Newark downtown neighborhood via funding from friends and family.
2012
Building New Life into the Heart of the City
In Newark’s downtown sits the Columbian, which was originally built in 1890 and once held a restaurant, clothing stores and other commercial spaces. Hanini Group rehabilitated this Market Street wonder into a swank residential mixed-use building with over 70 apartment units. The building is known for its preserved pre-war classical details paired with modern amenities.
2014
Restoring City Artifacts
On Broad Street in Newark is the First National State Bank, which earned the honor of being placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Hanini Group came into the unique opportunity to transform the edifice into Hotel Indigo. The downtown project, centrally located in Newark’s business district, nicknamed the Four Corners, signaled Hanini Group’s continuing and vital role in Newark’s revitalization.
2016
Reviving City Landmarks
Spanning a large swath of Newark’s downtown district, the distinctive brick Hahne & Co. building has long been a fixture in city history as a once famous department store where everybody shopped, from shoes to fur coats. In a public-private venture, Hanini Group had the opportunity to help revitalize this building into once again becoming a prominent city landmark for today and the future.
2018
Reviving Urban Neighborhoods
Billed as the tallest building in Passaic, New Jersey, the People’s Bank Building is an iconic landmark that first opened in 1931 at the height of the Great Depression. Hanini Group was given the task to breathe new life into the structure, which now functions as a new office building for the Passaic Board of Education.
2022
Creating Limitless Communities
Situated in Newark’s downtown is 707 Broad Street, one of Hanini Group’s newly acquired buildings. This property is surrounded by myriad national corporate headquarters, including those of Panasonic, Prudential Financial, and PSEG. Hanini Group and its partners plan to upgrade and renovate the large property while activating the rooftop with a new vision and purpose.
