HACKENSACK, NJ-Alfred Sanzari Enterprises has developed a new public garden adjacent to its Court Plaza office complex here in honor of the founders of the firm, Alfred and Mary Sanzari.

The 10,000-square-foot garden at the corner of Main & Essex Streets will open this winter to community residents as well as Court Plaza tenants and visitors to the courthouse complex area.

The garden features a fountain, brick and stone pathways, benches and decorative lighting.

“We purchased this site from Bank of America and, after giving it some thought, I decided to have a beautiful landscaped area designed to honor my parents,” said David Sanzari, president and CEO of the real estate company.

Designed by landscape architect Brad Meumann of Meumann Associates, the Garden coordinates with Hackensack's Main Street Rehabilitation Plan adopted last June. The plan aims to transform the city's downtown into a walkable, livable and sustainable community.

“We are thrilled about the garden, and the City Council has supported this project from the moment we heard about it,” said Hackensack manager Stephen LoIacono said. “The Garden is developing into something that is absolutely stunning, and it will be a wonderful gateway to Hackensack's downtown area.”

Alfred Sanzari, a lifelong resident of Hackensack, founded Alfred Sanzari Enterprises with his wife Mary in 1945. The company was instrumental in the revitalization of Hackensack, and built one of the city's first luxury apartment complexes in the “Hill” section – The Ivanhoe -in 1972.

The company built the Court Plaza complex, and also the Alfred N. Sanzari Medical Arts Building.

Today, Alfred Sanzari Enterprises owns and manages more than six million square feet of residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use properties, including the 1 million-square-foot Glenpointe mixed-use complex in Teaneck.

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