McCarter & English LLP has tapped SJP Project Solutions to spearhead the build-out and restacking of its longtime home in downtown Newark. — All images courtesy: SJP
By Joshua Burd
An affiliate of SJP Properties has completed two phases of a plan to overhaul the five-floor, 100,000-square-foot office space in Newark that is home to McCarter & English LLP.
SJP Project Solutions, the developer’s third-party construction and project management arm, is spearheading the build-out as the law firm looks to modernize its longtime headquarters at Four Gateway Center. It expects to complete the restacking by the fourth quarter this year, following the long-term extension that the practice signed in spring 2020.
“SJP’s ability to drive competitive pricing in the marketplace for construction services, and our unblemished track record executing projects of this scale and complexity — regardless of market conditions — make us the ideal partner to help McCarter & English realize the firm’s vision for its Newark office,” said Andrew Natale, SJP Properties’ chief operating officer. “We have both the project staff to support these kinds of builds and decades of success executing similar complex projects across Newark for clients such as Prudential, Panasonic and KS Engineers. We’re pleased to continue growing Project Solutions’ reputation in the market as a specialty construction practice at the forefront of offering next-generation office space and unique solutions for corporate locations across the New York Metropolitan area and beyond.”
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McCarter & English, which has offices across the Northeast, has occupied five floors at the Gateway complex for decades. According to a news release, the full-service firm now aims to create an open, glass-walled office that provides a modern workplace for its practitioners.
SJP is guiding the project in tandem with Francis Cauffman Architects, engineering consultant Robert Derector Associates and the project management team from Newmark.
“Throughout the restacking of our five floors at the Gateway Center, the commitment and professionalism of the SJP Project Solutions Team has been exemplary,” said Michael Schetlick, director of office services at McCarter & English. “We know we can continue to rely on their continued expertise and dedication to the complete transformation of our Newark location.”
It’s among several recent assignments for SJP Project Solutions, which has completed build-outs for fellow owners, developers and tenants across New Jersey and New York. Clients include pharmaceutical company Eisai Inc., which recently moved its headquarters to Nutley at Prism Capital Partners’ ON3 campus, and interior build-outs for financial services firm TIAA at 194 Wood Ave. South in the Iselin section of Woodbridge.
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