Celebrating a home run Hutchison Metro Center.

The Yankees aren't the only ones hitting home runs in the Bronx.

The Hutchinson Metro Center, the first new Class A office building to be built in the Bronx in more than a decade, continues its winning streak with the announcement of three new leases totaling 28,000 square feet. Just eight months after opening for business, the 460,000-square-foot office building is now 56% leased.

In the largest of the three lease transactions, University Diagnostic Medical Imaging, P.C. (UDMI) has leased 20,000 s/f for a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging center. UDMI, which is relocating from its currently owned 13,000 s/f office at 1733 Eastchester Road in the Bronx, plans to occupy its new Class A facility this fall. In the other recent leases, Tremont Community Council, an organization that provides home nursing care services, has leased 2,500 s/f; and Children's Corner Nursery School, Inc. has leased 5,500 s/f for a daycare facility at the office complex. This new amenity of a daycare facility would be available to all tenants of the Hutchinson Metro Center.

The new tenants join a prestigious roster that includes Mercy College, which recently opened its new 130,000 s/f Bronx campus at the site; Visiting Nurse Service of New York, which consolidated its Bronx offices to 50,000 s/f at the complex; and a federal agency, which leased 22,000 s/f of space. In addition, approximately 12,500 s/f of space was leased to three private medical practices.

"We are very pleased to welcome these three new tenants to the Hutchinson Metro Center. They join a growing number of area businesses that have discovered the many advantages of relocating to the Hutchinson Metro Center, where convenient access and first-class amenities combine to create the perfect office environment," said Joseph Simone, President of Simone Development Companies, the developer of the Hutchinson Metro Center.

"The Hutchinson Metro Center is the only office property of its kind in the Bronx offering such a wealth of corporate-style amenities in a suburban campus setting," said Tara Stacom, executive vice president at Cushman & Wakefield. Stacom, Shawna Menifee and Matthew O'Connor at Cushman & Wakefield are the exclusive leasing agents for the Hutchinson Metro Center.

"In addition to its outstanding amenities, the Hutchinson Metro Center is also attractive to businesses with multiple locations that are interested in consolidating their operations in one central and convenient location. And the availability of large floor plates of 75,000 s/f is a unique feature that is unheard of in this market," said Ms. Menifee.

The Hutchinson Metro Center has become a catalyst for economic growth in the borough. The $60 million first phase of 460,000 s/f of space is expected to bring between 2,500 and 3,000 new jobs to the Bronx. The 18.5-acre site has the potential for expansion up to 1 million square feet.