Baldassano's 102 Motor Parkway lights up Long Island.

On the historic site of Vanderbilt Motor Parkway is a new 204,000s/f, six-story prominent glass and stone office structure that mirrors its adjoining sister building and completes the park-like complex.

Gateway to the Hauppauge Industrial Park, home to more than 1600 companies, 102 Motor Parkway, designed by the Ronkonkoma based Baldassano Architecture, is scheduled to open by July 1.

It is offering unmatched amenities and full service high tech capabilities that will appeal to the same sophisticated corporate tenants as in 100 Motor Parkway including Countrywide, Bank of Smithtown and Allstate Insurance.

Owned and built by Tritec Corporation, the new 102 Motor Parkway opens onto a newly landscaped outdoor plaza with seating where tenants can relax and congregate. It features a skylight centerpiece rising from the ground allowing light to penetrate into an underground connection between the twin buildings.

"Linking the two facilities above ground as well as at the lower level while infusing the interior with natural light was the key challenge to Baldassano," says Phil Monastero, partner.

The below grade concourse is defined by a dramatic curved wall that gently guides tenants between the buildings. Designed to attract tenants to the combined amenities in 100 and 102 Motor Parkway and provide easy access, this dramatic corridor is expected to feature a historic photo art mural on the wall expressing the evolution of the Motor Parkway and building site.

Set six stories above ground level with articulated roof screens, the twin buildings are clearly visible from the Long Island Expressway. Baldassano used the same aluminum framed reflective glass facade for a jewel like upscale image while allowing an abundance of natural light to filter into the three story lofty open atrium that connects the lower level to the lobby up to the second floor in each building.

"To define the entryway of each facility, stone cubes of green granite with square glass punch windows interrupt the horizontal glass curtain wall," says Bill Gallo, project manager, Baldassano Architecture. "The building steps back at the first floor to expose the structural columns and then forward to capture them." Baldassano's use of high-end materials and finishes help to create a refined setting symbolizing strength and permanence.

Continuing the open, airy environment in 102 Motor Parkway, as in the first building, completed in 2001, Baldassano designed an ornamental, cantilevered steel staircase in the main lobby. "Using tube steel creates a solid structural element with a spacious feeling while connecting the three atrium levels," says Monastero.

"Open risers and thinner pieces of metal allow for sturdiness as well as a more delicate appearance."

According to Robert J. Coughlan, president, Tritec Real Estate Development, Baldassano designed a functional state-of the art office building. An extremely efficient structure with a tight core and rectangular shape, allows flexibility to create office space for a wide range of all size companies from 3,000 to 200,000 sq. ft.

Centrally located with easy access to all parts of Long Island and New York City, the building will offer its upscale tenants a multitude of amenities including state-of-the-art telecom systems, seven formal and informal conference rooms, a video conferencing center and common lounge areas with leather furniture. Plans are in the works to establish an executive restaurant for first class dining. A cafe and fitness center, located in 100 Motor Parkway are available to tenants of both buildings via the concourse level connector.