Cherry Hill Mall Mentioned in DDI Magazine
The recent renovation and expansion of Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, New Jersey was featured in the most recent issue of DDI Magazine. To view the article and photos click here.

 

JPRA Architects Featured in Green Business Quarterly Fall '09 Issue
Our LEED® Silver Certified office building was featured in a four-page article in Green Business Quarterly. GBQ is a quarterly publication designed to give green companies throughout the country a platform to display their knowledge and committment to sustainable deisgn.

Click here to read the article.

JPRA Architects Announces New Corporate Interiors Studio and Welcomes Janet Wilson, ASID, LEED® AP as Project Manager
JPRA Architects is pleased to announce the addition of Janet Wilson as part of the newly formed Corporate Interiors Studio. Janet brings over 20 years of project management, planning and design experience with a focus on client needs for the corporate office environment.  Prior to joining JPRA, Janet was an associate and project manager with Ford & Earl Associates.

Janet has planned and managed projects ranging from 1,000 square feet to 500,000 square feet including major office renovations, tenant fit-out and complex corporate mergers, reorganizations and relocations.  She participates in all phases of project implementation and pays strict attention to the smallest details to see that projects progress as planned, stay in budget and finish on time.  With a strong customer focus, Janet has developed many long-term client relationships.

Janet is a LEED Accredited Professional, a member of USGBC’s Detroit Regional Chapter, CREW Detroit and the American Society of Interior Designers.

JPRA Architects recently added a Corporate Interiors Studio in response to our clients’ increasing needs. By applying over 30 years of knowledge and experience in the national and international retail real estate development industry, JPRA is well positioned to move into the local and regional corporate interiors sector. The Studio is currently providing move management services for InfoTronics, Inc. of Farmington Hills.

 

Cherry Hill Mall Transforms to the Next Level
PREIT transforms Cherry Hill Mall with a $200 million-plus redevelopment
and expansion.

As seen in Shopping Center Business, May 2009
In 2003, Pennsylvania Real Estate Trust (PREIT) bought Cherry Hill Mall from The Rouse Co. with a specific plan in mind. Well located in the affluent Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, with easy access from several major roadways, the mall was performing well in terms of sales, but PREIT saw the opportunity for it to draw even greater sales. According to Joseph F. Coradino, president of PREIT Services LLC and PREIT-Rubin, Inc, the mall had not been renovated since the 1970s and did not meet the current demand of shoppers in the surrounding trade area. As the area’s population had increased so had its affluence, taste and buying power.

 

“The vision was to find a way to take the mall to the next level in terms of its design, materials, finishes and tenancy,” Coradino explains. “When we acquired it, one of the things that we knew intuitively was that the market and demographics had grown above and beyond the property."

 

Andrew Bottaro, vice president of development for PREIT, adds, “Cherry Hill was becoming more of the local mall and we saw the opportunity to make it a regional center by bringing in national retailers that were currently not in the South Jersey market.”

 

In order to achieve its vision, the REIT set out on a $200 million-plus redevelopment of the 1.04 million-square-foot mall that focused on upscale tenants, a dynamic and beautiful design and a physical plan that offered better functionality and usability for both tenants and shoppers.

 

However, before PREIT could begin its ambitious renovation plan, the company needed to complete step one of its vision — securing the perfect tenant for a vacant department store, formerly occupied by Strawbridge’s.

To read the entire Shopping Center Business article, please click here.
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JPRA Welcomes William Pepin as Director of Asset Advisory Group

Novi, Michigan. May 29, 2009.
JPRA Architects is pleased to announce the addition of William Pepin as Director for JPRA Asset advisors, an affiliate company of JPRA Architects. Bill is responsible for managing client consulting efforts on site due diligence and work on challenged real estate assets. His 30 plus years of experience in project entitlements and engineering, including 16 years as a Vice President of planning & design with The Taubman Company, give him a strong background of experience to draw on to advise clients in today’s unique difficult real estate development environment. Mr. Pepin is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University with a degree in civil engineering. For more information about JPRA Asset Advisors, please visit www.jpraassetadvisors.com.
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JPRA Architects announces new LEED® Accredited Professionals

Novi, Michigan. May 1, 2009.
JPRA is pleased to announce that the following staff memebers have earned the U. S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional (AP) status.  Greg Tysowski, Mark Ehgotz, Scott Kwapis, Nick Liebler and David Mefford are the newest group of LEED APs on staff. JPRA currently boasts twelve LEED APs and the numbers continue to grow with the increasing emphasis on sustainable design within the architectural community.

The LEED Green Building Rating System is designed to encourage energy and resource conservation in the construction and operation of buildings. Further information on the LEED Green Building Rating System and the LEED AP accreditation program may be found on their website at www.usgbc.org.
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JPRA Architects Achieves LEED® Silver Certification for New Office Building in Novi, Michigan

Novi, Michigan. January 7, 2009.
JPRA Architects' new office building in Novi, Michigan has been awarded LEED Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is the USGBC's leading rating system for designing and constructing the world's greenest, most energy efficient and highest performing buildings.

The office, having the distinction of being Novi's first LEED certified new construction, is situated on 2.3 acres of the 12-acre Campus Tech Park in Novi which features five acres of wetlands and conservation area. "We are very proud of our LEED Certification. We felt it necessary to practice what we preach and reflect that in the deisgn and construction of our new office building," said James Grigsby, Chairman and CEO of JPRA Architects.

JPRA Architects' new office building was designed by the firm's partners and principals to achieve the LEED certification for energy use, stormwater management, water efficient landscaping, day lighting and material use as we as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies. Low VOC interior materials were used throughout in combination with a high-efficiency HVAC system that maintains healthy levels of outside air and CO2.

"With each new LEED-certified building, we get one step closer to USGBC's vision of a sustainable built environment within a generation," said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council. "As the newest member of the LEED family of green buildings, JPRA Architects is an important addition to the growing strength of the green building movement."

For more information and photos of our new building, please visit our JPRA Novi page.