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want to bring to life at Montclair . It ’ s another industrial building featuring heavy timber beams and exposed bricks , and we ’ ve preleased the majority of it already . There ’ s an architectural studio that specializes in lighting on the third floor , a restaurateur on the first , and potentially a podcast studio being established on the fourth , which is pretty cool .
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The business has also recently cut the ribbon on its 1000 North Avenue location ; a redevelopment project in New Jersey that ’ s established a new 120-unit complex in Plainfield . “ We started there exactly two years ago to the day ,” Eric says , “ and it ’ s been challenging for all of the aforementioned reasons ; the whole post-Covid situation , procuring materials , inflation prices going up . We had a rather painstaking experience with the utility company too , who changed our incoming utilities from a pad-mounted transformer to a volt transformer halfway through . That delayed the project somewhat , but we ’ re super pleased with the outcome . They ’ re large , spacious units with a state-of-the-art amenities center , and ultimately comprise our largest construction project to date .
“ Seeing operations like this come to a close is the exciting part , it ’ s why I love working in construction . I actually went to school to study economics , but ended up returning to the family ’ s roots . It ’ s such a thrill to work on a construction site every day , and getting to see the project ’ s progress develop week by week . No two days are the same , there ’ s always a new challenge to be tackled or skill to be implemented , so things never have a chance to become
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