M id A tlantic Real Estate Journal — Owners, Developers & Managers — January 22 - February 18, 2021 — 11C
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Construction milestone represents building and economic growth in Wilmington, DE The Buccini/Pollin Group & Marlette Funding celebrate topping out of New 60,000 s/f office space
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and a Covid-friendly topping out was very important to us,” said Buccini. Slated for completion in 2021, this project is BPG’s first ground-up building designed with the COVID-19 pandemic in mind. In March / April the company decided to pause and rethink how the office environ - ment relates to the employee experience. During the topping out cer - emony, Gov. John Carney, New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer, County Council Woman Dee Durham, and Jeffrey Meiler CEO and
founder of Marlette Funding spoke about the significance of this project and guests were invited to sign the last piece of structural steel before it was raised to the top of the 3-story structure. Once stagnant in terms of redevelopment, Brandywine Hundred is now buzzing with opportunity as The Concord mixed-use development charg - es forward, creating jobs and expansion opportunities for commercial tenants and in - novative companies seeking a unique work environment to call home. MAREJ
ILMINGTON, DE — Wi lmi ng t on - based developer,
The Buccini/Pollin Group, Inc. (BPG) , and BPGS Con - struction , announced the topping out of a new 3-story, 60,000 s/f built-to-suit class A office space for the financial technology company, Mar - lette Funding LLC, the owner and operator of the Best Egg consumer lending platform. Rounding the end of a difficult year the topping out milestone represents a beacon of hope in the industry, which was only made possible by the State’s advocacy for construction work during the coronavirus pan - demic. Gov. John Carney said he believes fintech companies will play a crucial role in the state’s economy, as they can easily tap into the state’s base of big banks as well as fresh talent from the University of Delaware. The Concord offers a bright spot in a particularly gloomy job market. Over the last 20 years, BPG has become the largest land - lord serving the fintech sector in the state of Delaware, and Marlette’s topping out signifies their ongoing commitment to the industry. “Delaware is the big secret in this sector. There’s just been so much growth in the last couple of years even against San Francisco and New York, and many of these companies have offices right here, like PayPal. At BPG we want to help be there at the beginning of a lifecycle for growing companies that maybe don’t know where and who they’re going to be in a few years, so we really focused on the fintech industry,” said Chris Buccini , co-president of The Buccini/Pollin Group. “This site was home to DuPont and later AstraZeneca. Now it’s going to be part of highly successful fintech companies and their evolution.” In early June BPG brought its entire company back to the office, utilizing the BPG At Work plan, and prides itself on paving the way for other companies to safely do the same. “It was important to us to have an in-person topping out today. We really want to be a thought leader on best prac - tices for the six million square feet of office tenants we have and to be a resource for them. We believe we’ve navigated the pandemic to-date very well
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