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DEVELOPERS NEAR COMPLETION OF ELIZABETH INDUSTRIAL PROJECT
trailer stalls.
The latter is divisible by 50,000 square feet, Blau & Berg added. Users, meantime, will be two miles from the New Jersey Turnpike and three miles from Port Newark-Elizabeth, with access to a population of more than 700,000 and a labor force of nearly 570,000 within a five-mile radius.
The Blau & Berg leasing team includes Jason Crimmins, Alessandro (Alex) Conte and Peter Murano Jr.
“The Elizabeth Metropolitan Logistics Center will suit the needs of any logistics company looking for connectivity to over 100 million
daily consumers, with proximity to the New Jersey and New York Port regions, as well as Newark Liberty
Nearly 300,000 square feet of
new industrial space is coming to Elizabeth as part of a two-building project by Brookfield Properties, Elberon Development Group and DH Property Holdings.
The firms, which are marketing the site alongside brokers with The Blau & Berg Co., say the facilities at 891 Newark Ave. are slated for substantial completion as soon as May. Plans call for buildings of 103,912 and 196,087 square feet, which will bring an infusion of modern warehouse and distribution space to one of the state’s tightest submarkets.
The developers and their leasing team noted that the Elizabeth Metropolitan Logistics Center, which is rising on
a 19.75-acre site, is minutes from Newark Liberty International Airport and Port Newark-Elizabeth.
“We’re thrilled to join the Elizabeth community and develop the Elizabeth Metropolitan Logistics Center,”
said Keith Edwards, a senior vice president at Brookfield. “This project will provide much-needed logistics
space to support regional supply chains. We’re excited to be a part of the city and state’s economic growth benefitting.”
According to the project’s marketing materials, both buildings will have 40-foot clear ceiling heights and
a 185-foot truck court. The larger facility will have 37 loading docks and parking for 111 cars and 56 trailers, while building two will have 16 loading docks, 63 car spaces and 28
Jason Crimmins
International Airport and
all the critical highways connecting
the Northeast corridor,” said Crimmins,
Blau & Berg’s president. “Both
A new warehouse development at 891 Newark Ave. in Elizabeth will include buildings of 103,912 and 196,087 square feet, with substantial completion slated for the second quarter of this year.
buildings are registered with the U.S. Green Building Council to become LEED-certified.”
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Courtesy: The Blau & Berg Co.
DMR ARCHITECTS DELIVERS FUNCTION AND HARMONY AT ST. PETER’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Healthcare is one of the most rewarding aspects of our profession, because it requires that we deliver environment but that we create

for practitioners and comforting to patients.
For years medical facility layouts have been moving toward experiential design which focuses
on more than simply providing care, but acknowledges that spatial experiences, such as calming materials, privacy and clear healing.
With $15 million in current projects at St. Peters University Hospital, our work there is an example of how DMR is able to blend an understanding of
professional standards and practices with an
aesthetic that engages medical personnel and patients. The result is outstanding functionality for practitioners, while inherently comfort for patients.
In the Surgery suite, we developed a layout that provides a standard of privacy above basic HIPAA compliance, and an interior design scheme that so closely matched the hospital’s commitment to patient experience, that it has been implemented as a standard, beginning with DMR’s projects in the Oncology and Cardiology suites.
Recognizing that the user experience is not limited to only
Surgery Suite, St. Peter’s University Hospital
Finish palettes for the Surgery and Oncology suites, revealing the hospital’s new standard
for the material representation of their commitment to the spatial experience.
patients, this theme continues into the new employee cafeteria, which was reimagined to provide staff with an experience more
like eating at an upscale café or restaurant through the use of high-top tables and bank seating, a “kitchen island” and a lounge area for relaxing.
Like all architecture, there is a meeting of science and art – but where medical uses are concerned, an architect’s ability to marry functional needs like circulation and adjacencies with experiential needs like
where seconds can make a difference.
PRADEEP KAPOOR, AIA
PRESIDENT & CEO DMR ARCHITECTS