Posted Oct 22, 2009, 7:44 PM
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Eastport fully leases first multi-tenant LEED warehouse
BURNSIDE
KEN PARTRIDGE
The Burnside News
Eastport Properties has fully leased what it believes to be the first multiple tenant LEED level warehouse in Canada.
The building, located at 122 Dorey Ave., incorporates a number of different features to help it achieve LEED (Leadership in Environmental Engineering and Design) qualification.
The roof is insulated to R-40 levels, while the walls are R-27; central skylights are paired with Solara windows along the top of the front and back walls to provide enough ambient light inside to work, even without lights; and the lighting system includes motion sensor that will turn them off in unoccupied areas. Other LEED features include bike racks, shower facilities, the use of local construction materials, nearby transit service, minimal use of asphalt and recycling of construction waste.
The floor of the new warehouse also contains several unique features. In addition to an in-floor radiant heating system, the concrete slab is also insulated so the heat only goes up into the floor and not down into the ground. The heating system is further broken down into 500 square foot zones, allowing tenants to selective heat all or only part of their space as required.
There will be three tenants in the new building, starting with Parts for Trucks, which has taken space to act as its new central regional depot. Inventory will be shipped to the Dorey Avenue location for eventual distribution to the company’s various locations around Atlantic Canada.
Joining Parts for Trucks at the site will be GlassCell, a Quebec-based insulation company, and ATS.
ATS is actually transferring from across the street, where it is currently located in 109 Dorey Ave. – phase one of Eastport’s three-phase project. Now that phase two, 122 Dorey, is fully leased, the company is ready to start work on phase three, which will be 130 John Savage Dr. Each stage is slightly larger, with 109 Dorey coming in at 50,000 square feet, 122 Dorey at 63,000 and 130 John Savage planned for 90,000.
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