Former Powerhouse Transformed into Amenities Center for Whippany Office Campus

Powerhouse Amenities Center, The Crossings at Jefferson Park, Whippany, NJ

WHIPPANY, NJ—A former powerhouse structure at The Crossings at Jefferson Park has been transformed into a standalone amenities center for tenants at the 525,000-square-foot, class A office campus in Whippany. Named for its previous use, The Powerhouse opened this month, offering enhanced gourmet food services, a multi-function lounge, conference room and a health and wellness center.

Vision Real Estate Partners and Rubenstein Partners, the property’s joint-venture ownership, retained FLIK Hospitality Group for the planning and operation of The Powerhouse. The 11,000-square-foot building operates Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for food service and is open until 8 p.m. for fitness, providing breakfast and lunch with a coffee and juice bar, gourmet food stations and daily specials. The food component includes indoor and open-air seating with a covered trellis and roll-up doors, as well as an outdoor patio. The business lounge features casual seating and WiFi. And the 2,300-square-foot health and wellness center offers state-of-the-art equipment, free weights, and locker rooms with showers.

The Powerhouse furthers The Crossings’ distinctive work/play environment.

“This property emphasizes spaces and services that foster not only productive, collaborative workplaces, but also personal fulfillment,” says Vision Real Estate Partners’ Sam Morreale, founder and managing partner. “The Powerhouse is an exciting addition. The building is fantastic – it has become the centerpiece of this campus.”

The structure’s exterior features sleek, contemporary façade elements with stained masonry, composite panels with wood finishes, metal accents and louvered window screens. Inside, a “town hall” environment is punctuated by open ceilings with exposed ductwork and modern finishes. The Powerhouse is located close to The Crossings’ bike share station and bike storage, and 1.3 miles of pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure – which connects directly to Morris County Parks Commission’s Patriots Path.

“The amenities center is the final phase of our revitalization and rebranding of The Crossings at Jefferson Park,” Morreale says. “This campus, highlighted by rolling berms, mature trees and abundant landscaping, has been redesigned specifically to promote health, wellness and sustainability.”

The Crossings is a good example of the second-generation potential of New Jersey’s aging office inventory, according to Morreale. The 65-acre campus, which originally housed an ITT division and later was a data center for Bear Stearns, includes enhanced electrical, HVAC and fiber infrastructure. Today its three office buildings serve as home to insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, Barclays Capital, JP Morgan Chase, Lord Abbett, and accounting firm Withum Smith + Brown.

Cushman & Wakefield currently is marketing 10,000 square feet in the property’s 200 Building, 25,000 square feet in the 300 Building, and two full floors totaling approximately 80,000 square feet in the 400 Building – all three structures were renovated as part of the repositioning. The Crossings at Jefferson Park is easily accessible from routes 24 and 10 and I-287.

Correction, 10/20/2016, 5:12 p.m. – Because of incorrect information provided by the developer’s PR firm, an earlier version of this story omitted a reference to accounting firm Withum Smith + Brown, which is a tenant at the campus, and erroneously described the size of the space being marketed in the 200 Building. It is 10,000 square feet, not 100,000 square feet.