Exhibit 3.1(a)

FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

FIRST: The undersigned, J.W. Thompson Webb, whose address is c/o Miles & Stockbridge P.C., 100 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, being at least 18 years of age, does hereby form a corporation under the general laws of the State of Maryland.

SECOND: The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is:

First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey, Inc.

THIRD: The Corporation is formed to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force.

FOURTH: The address of the principal office of the Corporation in this State is c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 2405 York Road, Suite 201, Lutherville, Maryland 21093-2264.

FIFTH: The name and address of the resident agent of the Corporation are The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 2405 York Road, Suite 201, Lutherville, Maryland 21093-2264. The resident agent is a Maryland corporation.

SIXTH: The Corporation has authority to issue 25,000,000 shares of stock, consisting of 20,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par value is $200,000. The board of directors of the Corporation may classify or reclassify any unissued shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock from time to time in one or more classes or series of stock. If shares of one class of stock are classified or reclassified into shares of another class of stock pursuant to this Article SIXTH, the number of authorized shares of the former class shall be automatically decreased and the number of shares of the latter class shall be automatically increased, in each case by the number of shares so classified or reclassified, so that the aggregate number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of shares of stock set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph. The board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire board of directors and without any action by the stockholders of the Corporation, may amend the charter of the Corporation from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that the Corporation has authority to issue. The rights of all stockholders and the terms of all stock are subject to the provisions of the charter and the bylaws of the Corporation.

SEVENTH: The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors. The number of directors of the Corporation is two, which number may be increased or decreased by the board of directors pursuant to the bylaws, but shall never be less than the minimum number required by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”). The names of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify are Robert S. Hekemian, Jr. and John A. Aiello.

The board of directors from time to time may increase or decrease the number of directors and may fill any vacancy, whether resulting from an increase in the number of directors or otherwise, on the board of directors in the manner provided in the bylaws.

EIGHTH:              (a)            The Corporation reserves the right to make any amendment of the charter, now or hereafter authorized by law, including any amendment which alters the contract rights, as expressly set forth in the charter, of any shares of outstanding stock.

(b)            The board of directors may authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of stock of the Corporation of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, or securities or rights convertible into shares of its stock of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration as the board of directors may deem advisable (or without consideration in the case of a stock split or stock dividend), subject to such restrictions or limitations, if any, as may be set forth in the MGCL, the charter or the bylaws.

(c)             Notwithstanding any provision of law permitting or requiring any action to be taken or approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitled to cast a greater number of votes, any such action shall be effective and valid if taken or approved by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

(d)            The Corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to obligate itself to indemnify, and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to, (i) any individual who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation or (ii) any individual who, while a director or officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, manager, managing member or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his or her service in such capacity. The Corporation shall have the power, with the approval of the board of directors, to provide such indemnification and advancement of expenses to a person who served a predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (i) or (ii) above and to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation.

NINTH: Except as may be provided by a contract approved by the board of directors, no stockholder of the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional shares of stock of the Corporation or any other security of the Corporation which it may issue or sell. No stockholder shall be entitled to exercise any rights of an objecting stockholder provided for under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the MGCL or any successor statute unless the board of directors, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors, shall determine that such rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which stockholders would otherwise be entitled to exercise such rights.

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TENTH: To the maximum extent that Maryland law in effect from time to time permits limitation of the liability of directors and officers of a corporation, no present or former director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for money damages. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article TENTH, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the charter or bylaws inconsistent with this Article TENTH, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding sentence with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed these Articles of Incorporation and acknowledge the same to be my act as of the 10^th day of February, 2021.

/s/ J. W. Thompson Webb

Incorporator

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