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Workplace North Market Opens in Montvale, N.J.

From left: Montvale Council members Annmarie Russo-Vogelsang and Dieter Koelling; Douglas Cohen, vice president, business and legal affairs/general counsel, The S. Hekemian Group; Martin W. Kafafian, member, Beattie Padovano LLC; Peter Hekemian, senior managing director, The S.Hekemian Group; Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali and Planning Board Chairman John DePinto and Antimo A. Del Vecchio, member, Beattie Padovano LLC.

The S.Hekemian Group hosted a grand opening this month for Workplace North Market, the flagship office building at North Market, a mixed-use district under development on the former campus of the Mercedes-Benz USA North American headquarters in Montvale, New Jersey. Local officials, members of the commercial real estate community and other key stakeholders affiliated with the project attended the outdoor event.

The program included a formal ribbon cutting ceremony, with comments by Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali and Planning Board Chairman John DePinto and Peter Hekemian, senior managing director of The S.Hekemian Group.

“This marks an exciting day in the ongoing evolution of North Market,” Hekemian said. “Our Workplace building is truly something special and innovative in Bergen County — and anchors North Market’s modern, one-of-a-kind walkable urban setting in a suburban community. In it, we have established a place where businesses can thrive, surrounded by an eclectic neighborhood of eateries, experiences, shopping and lifestyle services.”

The North Market master plan combines office, retail, luxury apartments and a boutique hotel on the former Mercedes-Benz site, also incorporating The Farm (The Shoppes at DePiero Farm), an adjacent project by The S.Hekemian Group. Opened in 2017, The Farm includes a variety of retail tenants and is anchored by Bergen County’s first Wegmans supermarket.

The 52,000-square-foot Workplace North Market sits at 200 Market Street, between two luxury multifamily/retail buildings currently under development. The four-story structure houses 40,500 square feet of office space on the second through fourth floors, and 11,500 square feet of ground-floor retail. The building pairs dynamic contemporary architecture and loft ceiling heights with visually desirable materials — corrugated metal, plate glass windows, exposed ceilings and more. Outside, a shared plaza featuring hardscaped and landscaped elements encourages social and collaborative gathering.

Law firm Beattie Padovano LLC has relocated its offices to Workplace North Market, having pre-leased 20,000 square feet in early 2020.