The two-building business complex will provide a combination offlex and industrial space, according to Mike Pembroke, vicepresident of leasing and marketing for Russo Development. Foroccupancy, the company is targeting a range of users, everythingfrom office, to research and development, high-tech, distributionand light manufacturing.

Russo has also signed up the Schultz Organization/TCN Worldwideof Woodbridge as exclusive leasing agent for the first building,which is expected to be under construction shortly. That firstbuilding will be the smaller of the two, totaling some 82,350 sf.The larger 233,440-sf building will follow, based on market demand,according to Pembroke.

And he's optimistic about the prospects for the initialbuilding: "We expect it to be fully leased prior to completion."Located at 1600 and 1700 MacArthur Blvd., the two buildings will beavailable in their entirety, or they can be divisible to 11,000 sf,according to Pembroke. Both will include 32-foot ceiling heightsand state-of-the-art systems, including telecom. The site itself islocated near the junction of Interstates 78 and 287 and Route 17here.