SUMMIT, NJ-Construction has started for Claremont Office Center,a 42,000-sf class A complex on 1.6 acres in this Union Countycity's Downtown area. Located at 535 Springfield Ave., the projectis being done by an affiliate of Greenock Capital, a New YorkCity-based private investment firm.

Claremont Office Center will combine an existing 19th centurybuilding occupied by Dr. William H. Risk, a prominent physician whocame to Summit in 1873, with new construction. The existingbuilding will be preserved and converted into office space and willbe attached to new construction consisting of two floors of officesatop two levels of structured parking. WESKetch Architecture ofMillington is the architect of record.

“We're combining the facade of the existing Risk Building with anew office building that provides the modern amenities that tenantsrequire,” says Claremont/Greenock CEO Chris Innes. “This project,we believe, will offer tenants a space option unlike any other inthe Summit/Short Hills area.”