Clothes call as designer leases 51,000 s/f space.

Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc. has leased 51,000 s/f of office space at 400 Plaza Drive in Secaucus, NJ, to the company led by renowned clothing designer and philanthropist Kenneth Cole.

Also home to Hartz's corporate headquarters, 400 Plaza Drive is part of Hartz's Harmon Meadow mixed-use development located three miles outside Manhattan at the confluence of the New Jersey Turnpike, Route 3 and Routes 1&9 and one mile from NJ Transit's Secaucus Junction Transfer Station.

"We are excited to have the opportunity to serve the office needs of The Kenneth Cole Company," said Emanuel Stern, Hartz's president and chief operating officer.

"They've been our tenant for many years and a solid corporate citizen of Secaucus with an outlet store here and we look forward to a continued relationship."

He added, "Harmon Meadow was a breakthrough in suburban real estate development when it was first constructed and is now undergoing a reinvention that will reassert its importance in the region.

"The improvements that are under way will enhance the development's capability to serve the next generation of both office and retail users and the region."

Adding to Harmon Meadow's appeal, according to Stern, is the recent opening of the nearby Secaucus Junction Transfer Station where plans call for a New Jersey Turnpike interchange to be constructed to serve the station and the surrounding area.

Kenneth Cole was represented in the transaction by Dennis Gralla of CRESA Partners/NJ.