SJP Properties' Built-To-Suit Office Space at Metropark Corporate Center to Seek LEED Certification

2008-09-10 17:50:46 - Transit Oriented Development to be Among the First U.S. Green Building Council Certified Projects in Middlesex County

ISELIN, N.J. - SJP Properties has announced it will seek LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for the Metropark Corporate Center, a 300,000 square foot, 10-story Class-A office tower to be built adjacent to the Metropark Train Station. The state-of-the-art, 'build to suit' development, which includes a five-level parking garage, reflects the state's growth plan of concentrating development along major transit hubs.

SJP Properties, one of the New York metropolitan area's leading developers of Class-A office space, has received final site approvals at Metropark Corporate Center and construction will commence within weeks of a lease commitment.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. SJP Properties has committed to building all of its new developments in New Jersey to LEED standards.

Located in the prestigious Metropark office campus, one of the most desirable corporate office markets in New Jersey, the property is located directly across the street from the Metropark train station, offering tenants direct access to Amtrak and New Jersey Transit rail service. Situated at the intersection of Wood Avenue South and Middlesex-Essex Turnpike, the building is easily accessible from the Garden State Parkway through an existing on-site slip ramp, Interstates 95 and 287 and Routes 1, 9 and 440. The location is only 15 miles from Liberty International Airport.

'When completed, Metropark Corporate Center will be one of the finest office buildings ever built in Middlesex County, New Jersey,' said Rocco Romeo, SJP Properties senior vice president. 'SJP Properties is committed to setting a new standard for delivering high performance, energy efficient and environmentally responsible developments that utilize sustainable and renewable energy resources.'

Metropark Corporate Center is located just minutes away from two well-known hotels with conference facilities, countless restaurants, retail shopping and other amenities. The facility is neighbored by noted corporations, including The Prudential Insurance Company, Siemens Corporation, Ernst & Young and Cisco systems.

As part of its commitment to green development, SJP Properties is developing two LEED certified, Class A office towers on both sides of the Hudson River - its flagship 11 Times Square in New York City and Waterfront Corporate Center III in Hoboken, N.J. A 40-story, 1.1 million square foot commercial and retail tower, 11 Times Square is the largest speculative development currently under construction in midtown Manhattan. Waterfront Corporate Center III will be a state-of-the-art 14-story, 544,700 square foot commercial and retail tower on the New Jersey riverfront with spectacular unobstructed views of the New York skyline.

SJP Properties
For more than 25 years, SJP Properties has been setting the benchmark for excellence in speculative, build-to-suit, investment and development services of Class-A office space in the New York Metropolitan area serving major multinational and national tenants. Throughout its history, the company has developed in excess of 20 million square feet of headquarters-quality, Class-A office space and currently has an additional 6 million square feet in its development pipeline. SJP Properties is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. SJP Properties is presently developing over $2 billion of commercial and residential properties in the New York metropolitan area, including 11 Times Square, a 1.1 million-square-foot commercial and retail tower that will be delivered to the market in 2010. For more information on SJP Properties, please call (973) 299-9117 or visit www.sjpproperties.com.

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