SELECT RELATED EXPERIENCE
Select Medical Laboratory + Bio - Science Facilities
Bio-Reference Lab | Morristown, NJ
Blood sciences laboratory
Lab Corporation | Morristown, NJ
Pathology lab, Blood Testing Facility + Research center
Perceptive Biosciences
Laboratories and offices
Tobira Therapeutics | Basking Ridge, NJ
Laboratories and offices
Roka Bioscience, Inc. | Warren, NJ
RNA testing demonstration laboratories and offices
Safeguard Bio Systems | Lyndhurst, NJ
Genetic testing laboratories
SUNY Downstate Hospital | Brooklyn, NY
Blood pathology laboratories
Specialty Manufacturing & Demonstration Facilities
Marotta Controls | Parsippany, NJ
Production, Research & Development, Environmental Testing Facility for Defense & Aeronautics Industry
RF Industries | Parsippany, NJ
Production & Administration Facilities for Microwave Transmitter Industry
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Building Technologies Division | Parsippany, NJ
Research & Development, Environmental Testing Facility for Life Safety Systems
Water-Jel, Inc. | Carlstadt, NJ
Production & Administration for Combat & First Responder Industries
HAX | Newark, NJ
Incubator Environment for Venture-Capital Funded High Technology Startups
Getinge-Maquet | Wayne, NJ
Surgical Systems Demonstration and Training Facility
LG&P | Paramus, NJ
Secure ESD Environments for Protected Intellectual Property Demonstration R&D
Testing and Certification Facilities, Research + Lab Facilities
With complex technological requirements and coordination with multiple regulatory agencies
Edgewell Personal Care | Allendale, NJ
Testing laboratories, offices
Maquet Medical Group | Bound Brook, NJ
Showrooms, equipment ORs, offices
Melick-Tully / GZA | South Bound Brook, NJ
Soils testing laboratory facility
Nuvasive, Inc. | Paramus, NJ
Spinal implant training facility, operatory theaters, offices
Prinova Aromas, Flavors, Solutions | Hanover Park, IL & South Plainfield, NJ
Food additive production and testing facilities, customer experience center, three sites
Spectra Gases | Alpha, NJ
New facility for gas research and development, mixing and filling, offices
SGS Engineering | Fairfield, NJ + Carteret, NJ
UL testing laboratory and research facility (burn equipment, gas farm, testing facility, offices)
Siemens Medical Solutions | Princeton, NJ and Iselin, NJ
Research facility, testing facility, offices
Stevens Institute of Technology MacLean Building | Hoboken, NJ
MacLean Building: Laboratory renovation
Buchard Building: Chemical lab renovation and nj center for micro chemical research
URS Consultants | Multiple Sites
Totowa, NJ Environmental water, soils, air testing and treatment laboratories
Bluebell, PA Ecology and soils testing lab facility
Gaithersburg, MD Environmental and soils testing/lab
Waters Reference Sample Laboratories | Parsippany, NJ
Reference sample development and testing laboratories, offices
Zimmer Biomet Trabecular Metal | Cedar Knolls, NJ
Research laboratories, offices, manufacturing facility for knee implants
Select Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences Industry Clients
Aerie Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters, Bridgewater, NJ
Alpha Sigma USA, Inc.
Headquarters, Bedminster, NJ
Amarin Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters, Bridgewater, NJ
Arix Bioscience
Headquarters, New York, NY
Bellerophon Therapeutics
Headquarters, Warren, NJ
Bristol Meyers Squibb
Multiple HQ Projects, Pennington, NJ
Celanese
Headquarters, Bridgewater, NJ
Edenbridge Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters, Parsippany, NJ
Fidia Pharma USA, Inc.
Headquarters, Florham Park, NJ
Iveric Bioscience
Headquarters Planning, Parsippany, NJ
Johnson & Johnson
Multiple HQ Projects (15+), New Brunswick, NJ
Lonza / Capsugel
Headquarters, Morris Township, NJ
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters, Bedminster, NJ
Pharmacosmosos
Headquarters, Morristown, NJ
Provention Bioscience
Headquarters, Red Bank, NJ
Sanofi-Aventis Research Campus
Multiple Projects, Bridgewater, NJ
Scynexis
Headquarters, Jersey City, NJ
Shionogi Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters (Three Generations), Florham Park & Madison, NJ
Qpharma, Inc.
Headquarters, Morristown & Cedar Knolls, NJ
QRX Pharma Headquarters, NJ
Perceptive Biosciences
Headquarters, Laboratories
Regado Biosciences
Offices & Laboratories, Basking Ridge, NJ
Roka Bioscience, Inc.
Demonstration Labs & Offices, Warren, NJ
Zambon Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters, Morris Township, NJ
PROCESS
CONTEXT, OPERATIONS, AND CONSTRAINTS CONSIDERATIONS
Identifying Eligible Sites
§ Office buildings are increasingly being converted to warehouse and manufacturing spaces as property owners look for alternative uses in the post market.
§ Some early manufacturing conversions were classified similarly to laboratory spaces, which initially helped avoid zoning complications.
§ New Jersey municipalities control local zoning through the Municipal Land Use Law, with increasing scrutiny on use changes as this trend continues.
§ Light manufacturing is already permitted in many New Jersey zones, including industrial and some research/office districts.
§ Site selection requires careful review of local zoning laws to determine if the intended use is permitted outright or would require a variance.
§ In this highly local process, success depends on working closely with local municipal officials, as zoning requirements vary by location.
Preliminary Zoning Review: Vicinity Springfield, NJ
Fitting into Material Allowances in Existing Buildings
§ Even small-scale manufacturers often store materials in bulk quantities that approach hazardous classification limits. Careful planning is needed to stay within code requirements.
§ Most office buildings weren't designed with flammable material storage in mind. Early analysis of a tenant's process materials helps identify needed safety modifications, like fire separations.
§ Many office building owners are new to handling hazardous materials. Our team is successful with early discussions and education about material requirements help protect both landlord and tenant interests.
§ With proper planning, our team has achieved compliant storage of flammable materials even in challenging locations like high-rise office buildings.
Example Analysis: Process materials and maximum allowable quantity limits
Programming for Industrial & Manufacturing Users
§ In depth review of all functions and departments is undertaken with either organization leaders or manager/director -level interviews.
§ For manufacturing users, additional important information includes the following:
§ Lineal footage of storage, storage unit sizing (pallets, bins, etc.)
§ Requirements for shipping and receiving
§ Equipment rooms, including equipment washdown if required
§ Raw and finished goods storage, materials storage
§ ESD requirements and extent of requirements, testing checkpoints
§ Contract requirements (separation of areas based on client contracts, for example DOD or electronics industry intellectual property concerns)
§ Employee wellness functions (production staff breakrooms, locker rooms)
Example Programming Summary
Example Analysis: Inventory capacity with and without existing acoustic ceilings
Accommodating Required Storage
§ As office buildings often feature floor -to-floor heights of 12.5-feet to 14 -feet, accommodating required storage of both raw and finished goods is a challenge requiring detailed review of needs and capacity.
§ Commercial office buildings typically feature existing acoustic or gypsum ceilings at ± 9 -foot heights, and removal of ceilings can be a costly undertaking to modify ducting, sprinklers, and lighting.
§ Evaluating the area required for storage requires detailed space planning for proper aisle widths, clearance for picking operations, and appropriate shelving or racking systems for both raw materials and finished goods.
§ Floor space must also be anticipated for essential warehouse operations like unpacking, palletizing, labeling, and staging activities.
Kimmerle Group is a multifaceted firm addressing all aspects of the built environment, from project conception, planning and design, through to furnishings, project completion and closeout. Our organization consists of six affiliated divisions with complementary specialties.
Our footprint is local, but our workload is national – we consistently deliver the same commitment to projects of all scales and we are experts in managing expectations and at meeting budgets and timelines . Our headquarters are based in Harding Township, NJ, with offices in New York & Connecticut.
Our component areas of expertise address a broad range of service offerings :
Thirty-year, award-winning architecture & interior architecture practice
Research-based real estate, planning & urban design services
Real estate development & management services with a specialized focus on the healthcare sector
Twenty-seven-year product & equipment purchasing agency
Full-project oversight from commencement to closeout
Branding & image integration to carry an organizations message throughout its physical space
For over thirty years, Kimmerle Newman Architects has planned and executed a broad range of private, corporate, medical and institutional facilities. The studio’s projects span all sectors, including office buildings, multi-use corporate campuses and town centers, hospitals, medical centers, industrial facilities, schools, and single/multi-family homes.
Kimmerle Newman Architects operates at the bleeding edge of design, and additional serves beyond traditional architecture services: KNA is known for its unparalleled expertise in the leasing process. Providing a level of sophistication without equal in support of real estate transactions, KNA advances clients’ interests by focusing on turnkey packages for these transactions.
Providing urban design, site planning and architectural services with an urban focus. Kimmerle Urban Studio combines ongoing research, teaching at major universities, and insight drawn from 30 years of practice to inform its work. Our team implements theory through an expanded platform of urban planning and master planning services for universities, private and public institutions, healthcare systems (often working closely with our affiliate, MedDev), non-profit organizations, REITs, community organizations and municipalities. Because of our expertise and insights, Kimmerle Urban Studio provides thoughtful leadership in all engagements related to urban and institutional planning, city design, and public policy.
Kimmerle Workspace is the firm’s furniture and equipment procurement division, ensuring that client needs and project vision are reflected at every level. As an integral part of Kimmerle Group’s turnkey platform, Kimmerle Workspace works alongside KNA, Kimmerle Branding and Kimmerle Project Management to procure carefully selected furniture and equipment to Kimmerle Group’s family of corporate clients for buildto-suits-, renovations or corporate relocations. Workspace’s unique model provides competitive solicitation services involving manufacturer-direct pricing, resulting in national contract-level discounts from the largest furniture manufacturers. In the last five years, Workspace has delivered nearly $30-million dollars in product representing over $7.5 million in savings to the firm’s clients.
Owner Representation and Project Management Services
Working with KNA and Kimmerle Real Estate Services, the Project Management group provides a full menu of owners’ representation and project management services. This valuable service saves clients the stress, strain and staff associated with managing and monitoring the planning, design and construction processes, allowing a tenant or property owner to maintain focus on their day-to-day responsibilities and a building’s daily operations.
Corporate Branding and Interior Design that Bring Your Identity to Life
By integrating corporate branding themes into architectural and interior design expression, Kimmerle Branding Studio assists corporations, small businesses and institutions in creating an environment that is an organic extension of their branded images. Examples of brand identity work includes graphic and video tools that convey an organization’s mission and objectives to prospects; these may be 3D imagery and renderings, and branded interiors including signage, color schemes, fixtures and furnishing that align with a client’s corporate identity.
