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Real Estate Journal — Green Buildings — July 31 - August 13, 2015 — 29B
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Company to construct world’s largest vertical farm totaling 69,000 s/f Hollister Construction Services breaks ground on vertical farm in Newark, NJ for AeroFarms
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EWARK, NJ — Hol- lister Construction Services , a leading
full-service constructionman- ager specializing in corpo- rate, educational, healthcare, industrial, retail and resi- dential construction, broke ground on a new vertical farm at 212 Rome St. in Newark, for joint owners AeroFarms LLC and RBH Group LLC. The groundbreaking cer- emony for the world’s largest vertical farm took place on Thursday, July 9, at the 212 Rome St. site. The vertical farm will com- prise 69,000 s/f and is being constructed within a convert- ed steel factory in Newark’s Ironbound district. Aero- Farms expects to produce up to two million pounds of fresh vegetables and herbs per year when the facility is completed and in full operation. Hol- lister Construction Services BOSTON, MA – Cushman & Wakefield announced the sale of TripAdvisor | Needham in Needham, Massachusetts to an entity controlled by U.S. Realty Advisors, LLC . The Cushman & Wakefield team, led by president Robert Grif- fin , vice chairman Edward Maher and executive director Matt Pullen , oversaw the transaction of the newly-con- structed, six-story office build- ing on behalf of Normandy Real Estate Partners . As part of the transaction, managing director Jay Wag- ner and associate Timothy Hosmer placed the acquisition financing with a national life insurance company. Comprising 280,892 s/f, TripAdvisor|Needham will serve as the new global head- quarters for TripAdvisor, the world’s largest online travel company. The property, built to LEED Gold standards, will also feature a wealth of on-site amenities including a café, fit- ness center, outdoor amphithe- ater and generous structured
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has played a vital role in the design and construction of the project, assisting AeroFarms in determining how to build the structure in the most ef- ficient manner. The vertical, indoor farm is expected to be completed this year. AeroFarms, a leading com- pany in sustainable urban agriculture, will be head-
quartered at the facility. The company will partner with Ironbound Community Corp., a local Newark organization that serves the community, to bring 78 new jobs to the city by the end of the year. “We are honored to be in- volved in an innovative proj- ect such as the new Aero- Farms vertical farm,” said
Dave Williams , project exec- utive for Hollister. “Facilities like those at AeroFarms will shape the future of the urban landscape, access to adequate nutrition, and the availability of skilled jobs.”
Chris Barry will serve as project manager for Hollister. KSS Architects designed the AeroFarms facility, with construction engineering ser- vices provided by Harrison- Hamnett, PC . n
Cushman & Wakefield represents Normandy Real Estate Partners in the 280,892 s/f sale of an LEED Gold building
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TripAdvisor | Needham
parking. “TripAdvisor | Needham boasts prime frontage on Inter- state 95/Route 128 and serves as the centerpiece asset and in- augural office build-to-suit for Center 128,” said Pullen. “Cen- ter 128, which broke ground in 2012, is a highly-anticipated mixed-use development within suburban Boston’s thriving Route 128 West market, sur- rounded by an established com-
munity of corporate neighbors.” Situated within New Eng- land Business Center, one of the country’s first master- planned corporate parks, TripAdvisor|Needham will benefit from synergies with this new Center 128 develop- ment, which will ultimately encompass 740,000 s/f of prime office space, a 128-room Mar- riott Residence Inn and two structured garages. n
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