R&D giant leases 66,000 s/f of lab space in Brewster, NY.Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 62,000 people. , a Global Fortune 500 Company based in the Netherlands, has committed to a 66,000 s/f lease at the Orchard Ridge Building 2, located at 281 Fields Lane in Brewster, NY. Currently located at 1 Livingstone Avenue in Dobbs Ferry Dobbs Ferry, village (1990 pop. 9,940), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River, a suburb of New York City; inc. 1873. It is mostly residential but has light industries and research facilities. , NY, the Surfactants Research and Development Laboratory and support staff plans to relocate in November 2006. Paul Hoffmann Paul Jacob Christopher Hoffmann born 14 January 1970, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, is an Australian cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Scotland. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler. of CB Richard Ellis' Stamford office negotiated the 10-year lease on behalf of Akzo Nobel. Friedland Realty, Inc. represented the building ownership, Orchard Ridge Associates. "Akzo looked at numerous properties in the lower Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley refers to the canyon of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in New York State, generally from northern Westchester County northward to the cities of Albany and Troy. and western Fairfield County to satisfy their functional needs for lab and office space, with a concern for their existing employees," said Hoffmann. "The quality of the building, its' existing improvements, as well as the responsiveness of local and state agencies and incentives, helped create a compelling argument to remain in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State." Orchard Ridge will house Akzo Nobel's product and process research for several of the company's business units. Totaling 82,000 s/f of office, industrial and laboratory space, the finished space was originally designed by CIBA CIBA Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association CIBA Chemical Industry in Basle CIBA Cayman Islands Bankers Association CIBA Californian Indian Basketweavers Association in order to meet specific research and laboratory needs. The space was later leased to Vantico and Huntsman--both specialty chemical companies. The building is conveniently located in close proximity to Interstate 684 at the Putnam / Westchester County border. |
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