Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Spotlight on: Exeter Property Group

Posted by: George T. Wilson, AIA LEED-AP
Principal, Meyer Architects, Inc.

Well-known for its seasoned and successful real estate team, Exeter Property Group has invested in, rehabilitated and managed over $7 billion in properties since its inception, a few years ago.

Recently, Meyer Architects, Inc. provided core & shell architecture services and collaborated with Exeter on revitalizing two 1960s office buildings, which led to two of the largest lease transactions in Philadelphia for the past year: NAVTEQ and DaVita, Inc.

These two buildings at Great Valley Commerce Center in Malvern, PA - 2476 Swedesford Road (single-story 276,000 SF) and 1000 North Cedar Hollow Road (2-story 80,000 SF) – have been transformed into modern, sophisticated, “Class A” design.


2476 Swedesford - the new site of DaVita, Inc.’s headquarters - features a new front façade and lobby, magnificent interior courtyard with sweeping skylights, new cafeteria with stainless steel finishes and a state-of-the-art fitness center.



1000 North Cedar Hollow Road – NAVTEQ’s new headquarters - consists of a new main lobby and entrance canopies, new windows and a retrofit of the stairwell to support a new elevator addition. Meyer Design, Inc. also just completed a 20,000 SF addition to this building to accommodate NAVTEQ’s expanding business operations.


One SDI Drive, located in Plymouth Meeting, PA, is a new one-story, 143,000 SF building constructed on a revitalized brownfield site, targeting for LEED-CS Silver certification. Exeter Property Group and Meyer Architects, Inc. focused on material conservation through a variety of strategies such as selecting materials with high recycled content, materials that are extracted, harvested and manufactured locally and FSC certified products to construct the Core and Shell building. During construction of the Core and Shell building, nearly 95% of the waste was diverted from landfills.  SDI signed a lease in 2010 to fill the majority of the building.

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