Hobbs Brook Management LLC (HBM) and Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA) receive LEED Gold for 338,600 s/f

January 13, 2017 - Rhode Island
1301 Atwood Avenue - Johnston, RI

Johnston, RI According to Hobbs Brook Management LLC (HBM), a commercial property management and development firm specializing in leasing, construction and development of class A office space, and Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA), one of Boston’s architectural and interior design firms, the renovated, multi-tenant office building at 1301 Atwood Ave. at Northwoods Office Park, and the workspace of its tenant Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE company that provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations, have both received LEED Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

The repositioning of 1301 Atwood Ave. transformed an outdated facility into a high performance and amenity-rich office building with 338,600 s/f of class A office space, and provides for the development of the surrounding 153 acres into the new Northwoods office park. MPA also provided interior architectural design services to Dassault Systèmes, which occupies 90,000 s/f. MPA’s workplace strategists and designers collaborated with the Dassault Systèmes team on an innovative layout and design for the facility.

“Sustainability is one of Dassault Systèmes core social values,” said Suzanne Leblanc, director, Americas Real Estate and Facilities, Dassault Systèmes. “Our offices in Johnston embrace those values with both sustainable design and on-going green initiatives. We are proud to offer our employees, customers and community a workplace that supports environmental best-practices.”

As both owner and operator of its properties, HBM is committed to delivering productive office environments for its tenants, and designs all of its projects to the highest standards for LEED certification. This high standard of excellence contributes to tenants’ sustainability requirements already being in place in the base building, greatly facilitating the tenants’ own LEED certification goals.

“Our previous collaborations with MPA have resulted in several award-winning and sustainable projects that allow us to provide high-quality, class A office space to our tenants,” said Kevin Casey, vice president and chief operating officer of Hobbs Brook Management LLC. “With 1301 Atwood Ave., MPA has taken an existing aged structure and completely repositioned it, designing a vibrant building that fits beautifully into the landscape while maintaining our high standards for sustainability and efficiency. Receiving LEED Gold for this project – and promoting our tenant’s own goal for LEED Gold certification – validates our shared commitment to sustainability and provides another gleaming example for our sustainable building portfolio.”

MPA’s renovation of 1301 Atwood consisted of a complete replacement of the building’s original 1972 exterior and the addition of 30,000 s/f to the building’s footprint by infilling the existing louvers with concrete and moving the external walls. A unitized metal and glass curtain wall was designed for the building’s envelope, providing high thermal efficiency and allowing daylight to filter deep into the building’s interior that features large, unobstructed floor plates.

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