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Demand Driven Development
Our demand-driven developments result from our team seeking out and identifying opportunities that present vast, untapped potential. We then develop and execute with purpose. By managing every phase of the design and construction process, we’re able to maintain environments that are rich in heritage and built in accordance with communities’ needs and wants.
THE EQUUS DIFFERENCE
675 SWEDESFORD ROAD
675 E. Swedesford Road is a new class of office space, Class T2, The Trophy Timber Class. It combines iconic architecture, biophilic design and the highest quality construction materials, including cross laminated timber (“CLT”) and glass. Swedesford Road is an ideal location for a premier corporate HQ with Tredyffrin Township’s favorable tax advantage featuring no earned income or gross receipts taxes. The building will feature superior on-site amenities including café, “The Third Workspace” –an indoor and outdoor common area for collaboration among tenant employees, showers and a bike room. The building will feature large efficient floorplates which will maximize natural lighting, an elegant lobby, landscaped courtyard with outdoor seating and covered parking.
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675 Swedesford Road
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Mass Timber Building
ESG in Corporate America
In recognition of today’s social and environmental responsibility concerns, one of the most important aspects of the 675 Mass Timber building is sustainability. Employees, investors, and customers care about and respect Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”). Today, purposeful companies, with responsible environmental, social, and governance (ESG) profiles, have outperformed their peers. Firms with a strong ESG program will gain credence among employees and customers, especially millennials who seek to do business with and work for responsible companies enjoying a “sustainability premium.”
Cross Laminated Timber’s (CLT) rising popularity with architects and developers has mirrored the growing weight of environmental, social, and governance criteria in corporate America. Growing concerns about climate change have contributed to the exponential growth of ESG investing, placing pressure on corporate leaders to make business decisions that also benefit the environment. That has come with a sharpening focus on how much carbon buildings release in their daily operations, as well as their embodied carbon — that is, how much carbon was released into the environment during the construction of the building, including the creation of the materials.
Superior Location
Prominently situated at Routes 202, 422 and Old Eagle School and Swedesford Roads in Wayne, PA, 675 East Swedesford offers convenient, uncongested access to all bedroom communities along the Main Line as well as the adjacent suburban counties and center city Philadelphia. Adding to the wealth of existing dining and shopping venues, the immediate environs were recently enhanced with the opening of the Village at Valley Forge Shoppes and Residences and the region’s first location for Lifetime Fitness. 675 East Swedesford is at the core of suburban Philadelphia’s Live-Work-Play epicenter. 675 Swedesford is located in Tredyffrin Twp., Chester County’s business friendly environment which does not impose any gross receipts or earned income taxes.
Property Highlights
Located at the gateway to the amenity rich Swedesford Road office corridor, 675 East Swedesford will offer our tenants the most unique office environment in our region. Exposed timber framing and the warmth of wood ceilings will present a beautiful contrast to the aluminum and glass façade and contemporary detailing of balconies in the two-story lobby. The extensive glass curtain wall will provide an exterior showcase for the dynamic wood columns and beams incorporated in the design aesthetic. The Building lobby and exterior terrace will offer inviting collaboration areas for employees and visitors alike.
- +/- 146,000 Square Feet
- Five floors offering +/- 29,000 Square Feet each in a uniquely Creative design
- Onsite amenities including conference/ collaboration areas and food service
- Trophy/ Timber Class constructed of highly sustainable materials
The Mass Timber Construct and Aesthetics
In the family of products that encompass mass timber, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) is increasingly becoming the desired construction alternative. Timber has been a structural material for thousands of years, but these engineered wood products have broadened the field of options and provided a solid basis for architectural designers to work with, expanding upon their range of materials and finishes.
Mass timber construction has many benefits from quick and quiet prefabricated installation to a lower carbon footprint when made from sustainably sourced wood. One other benefit of a product like CLT is its overall strength to weight ratio, making it lighter than many materials but structurally as strong (for example, one cubic meter of CLT weighs 400 kg and one cubic meter of reinforced concrete weighs 2.7 tons). Mass Timber = the strength of steel + the aesthetics of wood.
The aesthetic beauty of a wood work environment promotes a sense of well being for the employees that occupy the space. This sense also delivers to employers a unique environment that will attract and retain the best talent and the ability to surpass corporate performance goals. Companies located at 675 Swedesford Road will be on the cutting edge of a design worthy of being home to the most prominent firms in America.
Sustainability
When it comes to ensuring a more sustainably built environment, material choices matter. Wood is a naturally renewable material for building, with a lighter environmental footprint than steel or concrete. Increasing the use of mass timber products can play an important role in achieving ambitious eco-friendly design goals and low or even zero carbon construction. Timber stores carbon and, with the least embodied energy of all major building materials, it requires less energy from harvest to transport, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and disposal or recycling. Harvesting and replanting increases forests’ carbon sink potential as the rate of sequestration is greater during young, vigorous growth. Active forest management, or forest thinning, mitigates wildfires, cuts carbon emissions, replenishes area waterways, expands wildlife habitat, and creates jobs in rural areas.
Mass timber’s sustainability as a building material rests on the sustainability of our forest practices. North America has more certified forests than anywhere else in the world, a seal of approval based on the latest best practices. Forest management in the U.S. operates under federal, state, and local regulations to protect water quality, wildlife habitat, soil, and other natural resources. Modern forestry standards ensure a continuous cycle of growing, harvesting, and replanting. In fact, strong markets for wood products encourage forest owners to keep their lands as forests and invest in practices to keep trees healthy.
400 BARR HARBOR
Set next to the flowing waters of the Schuylkill River, with magnificent views, outstanding work space and exceptional amenities, 400 Barr Harbor will be the premier new office tower in Greater Suburban Philadelphia with a spectacular riverfront setting befitting of a corporate headquarters. Sleek and stylish, the Trophy Class office space in West Conshohocken is optimized for business.
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400 Barr Harbor
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400 Barr Harbor
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400 Barr Harbor
Equus Capital Partners together with USAA Real Eastate presents 400 Barr Harbor, a premier new office tower in Greater Philadelphia with a spectacular riverfront setting befitting of a corporate headquarters. Sleek and stylish, this Trophy Class office space in West Conshohocken is optimized for business. Easily accessible by car, train or plane, 400 Barr Harbor is ideally situated on the Schuylkill River – a bucolic waterfront with a rich and extensive commercial history. The fully designed and approved build-to-suit property is “shovel ready” and can be delivered within 24 months of a fully-executed lease. With proven institutional ownership, 400 Barr Harbor stands proudly at both the past and future crossroads for business.
From the Native Americans who gave West Conshohocken its distinct name, to the hard-scrabble workers who forged steel, this area has been at the heart of our nation’s commerce for generations. Ideally located just 25 minutes from Philadelphia, 400 Barr Harbor is impeccably positioned within a vibrant business community. Set next to the flowing waters of the Schuylkill River, with magnificent views, outstanding work space and exceptional amenities, 400 Barr Harbor provides the perfect location to showcase your growing company. Stake your place and start writing your own business history at 400 Barr Harbor.
Ellis Mass Timber Office
Mass Timber Office at Ellis Preserve will provide the Philadelphia region with a Uniquely Creative design in office space that will set the new standard for excellence. Set amidst the historic architecture of Ellis Preserve and the contemporary stylings of the new Village at Ellis Preserve, Mass Timber at Ellis will define the design worthiness of being home to the most prominent firms in America. Located in business-friendly Newtown Township, Ellis Mass Timber offers 100,000 square feet of Trophy Timber class space at the core of suburban Philadelphia’s Live-Work-Play epicenter.
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Mass Timber Building
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Mass Timber Building
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Mass Timber Building
ESG in Corporate America
In recognition of today’s social and environmental responsibility concerns, one of the most important aspects of Mass Timber at Ellis Preserve is sustainability. Employees, investors, and customers care about and respect Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”). Growing concerns about climate change have contributed to the exponential growth of ESG investing, placing pressure on corporate leaders to make business decisions that also benefit the environment.
Superior Location
Prominently situated at Route 252 and West Chester Pike in Newtown Square, PA, Ellis Mass Timber offers convenient, uncongested access to all bedroom communities along the Main Line as well as the adjacent suburban counties and center city Philadelphia. Philadelphia International Airport is a 20 minute drive. Adding to the wealth of existing dining and shopping venues, the immediate environs were recently enhanced with the opening of the Shoppes and Residences at Ellis Preserve and the newly renovated Ellis Athletic Center. Ellis Preserve is at the core of suburban Philadelphia’s Live-Work-Play epicenter and is host to both the Hilton Garden Inn and Marriott AC Hotel which is now under construction. Ellis Mass Timber is located in Newtown Twp., Delaware County’s business friendly environment which does not impose any gross receipts or earned income taxes.
Property Highlights
- Located in the heart of the amenity-rich Ellis Preserve at Newtown Square, Mass Timber will offer Airgas the most unique office environment in our region. Exposed timber framing and the warmth of wood ceilings will present a beautiful contrast to the aluminum and glass façade and contemporary detailing of the two-story lobby. The extensive glass lines will provide an exterior showcase for the dynamic wood columns and beams incorporated in the design aesthetic. The Building lobby and adjacent Village Park will offer inviting collaboration areas for employees and visitors alike.
- +/- 100,000 Square Feet
- Five floors offering +/- 20,000 Square Feet each in a uniquely creative design
- Landmark Centerpiece Building in the Village at Ellis Preserve
- Walkability to two hotels as well as numerous dining and shopping venues
- Delaware County’s premier corporate campus
- Trophy/ Timber Class constructed of highly sustainable materials
- The aesthetic beauty of a wood work environment promotes a sense of well being for the employees that occupy the space. This sense also delivers to employers a unique environment that will attract and retain the best talent and the ability to surpass corporate performance goals.
Sustainability
When it comes to ensuring a more sustainable built environment, material choices matter. Wood is a naturally renewable material for building, with a lighter environmental footprint than steel or concrete. Increasing the use of mass timber products can play an important role in achieving ambitious eco-friendly design goals and low or even zero carbon construction. Timber stores carbon and, with the least embodied energy of all major building materials, it requires less energy from harvest to transport, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and disposal or recycling. Harvesting and replanting increases forests’ carbon sink potential as the rate of sequestration is greater during young, vigorous growth. Active forest management, or forest thinning, mitigates wildfires, cuts carbon emissions, replenishes area waterways, expands wildlife habitat, and creates jobs in rural areas.
1000 CONTINENTAL DRIVE
Green and smart, 1000 Continental was the first speculative office building in the Greater Philadelphia market to achieve Silver LEED Certification. Building upon Equus’ successes at 300 Four Falls in West Conshohocken and incorporating the efficiencies of its unique 30’ x 45’ floorplate design, Equus Development opened 1000 Continental Drive in the Summer of 2007. 1000 Continental was the first development project to incorporate Equus’ proprietary “Intelligent Building Design” allowing its property management subsidiary to maximize energy savings and operation efficiency.
300 FOUR FALLS
Branded as the Four Seasons of Office space, 300 Four Falls was the first suburban office building to achieve Trophy Class status. By adding unique amenities unheard of in suburban office buildings in 2001 such as 24 hour manned security, Corporate Concierge Services, Building wide complimentary WIFI, professionally operated Corporate Fitness Center, in house dining and more, 300 Four Falls set a new bar for Excellence in Development. The complicated development process offered challenges that included the relocation of a sensitive waterway and construction of an “eel ladder” to protect endangered wildlife, removal of extensive steep slope rock while stabilizing the surrounding land, and organizing the logistics of working in confined site conditions between an interstate highway, local roads, a railroad, and a river.
MADISON NEW BRITAIN
Through Madison New Britain, we’re reimagining luxury living in Bucks County, PA. The Property is located less than two miles from the Lansdale/Doylestown Regional SEPTA line, making it a dynamic, highly visible location. Madison New Britain was the first new multifamily development in the Central Bucks County area since 1991, at the time of development and its later sale in 2014. The market reacted accordingly. The Property averaged 18 net new leases per month during lease-up and consisted of an affluent resident base choosing to live at Madison new Britain. Madison New Britain occupied a highly visible location on County Line Road, the border between Bucks and Montgomery Counties.
MADISON ELLIS PRESERVE
Madison Ellis Preserve is Live-Work-Play perfected. As part of a 318-acre master planned community, Madison at Ellis Preserve offers “Resort Style Living” in a convenient and highly amenitized suburban location.
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Madison Ellis Preserve
The Live-Work-Play Execution. Madison Ellis Preserve is a 252-unit, Class A apartment community on 6.78 acres in Delaware County. The Property is situated along Charles Ellis Drive, adjacent to Newtown Street Road (PA-252) and West Chester Pike (PA-3), with access to a Whole Foods –anchored Lifestyle Center, The Ellis Athletic Center, the Ellis Ballroom, a 138 key Hilton Garden Inn and additional dining and shopping venues. Additionally, there are over 1,600,000 square feet of Class A offices, including the headquarters of SAP, Main Line Health, AmeriHealth Caritas, Equus Capital Partners, LTD., Trinity Health, and Graham Partners. Other regional offices include, Sunoco Logistics, Energy Transfer Partners, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and Ameripath, among others. By early 2024, Equus Capital Partners, LTD. will deliver the final phase of Ellis Preserve consisting of 78,000 SF of shopping and dining venues, a 140 room Marriott A/C Hotel, 200 luxury apartment homes, 63 townhomes and a unique 100,000 SF Mass Timber office building.
The project is situated on Ellis Preserve, a 318-acre master planned community. Since 2004 Equus Capital Partners has completed the adaptive reuse of 14 mixed use buildings, constructed a new 130,000 SF medical office building for Main Line Health, developed an attractive Whole Foods and Hilton Garden Inn anchored Town Center, and with the opening of Madison at Ellis in 2018 and Toll Brother’s Ellis Enclave, welcomed the first new residents in 40 years back to Ellis. In all, since 2004 Equus has attracted more than 55 companies to the campus representing nearly 8,500 jobs. Ellis Preserve is now a space that supports the community economically, fiscally, and culturally.
And the best is yet to come. Madison Ellis Preserve is proud to announce the construction of The Harrison— 200 new luxury apartment homes that will be available in late 2022.
