This uniquely structured grocery store was built by Osman Construction Corporation totaling 65,000 square feet, with 45,000 square feet of shopping area and 20,000 square feet of below elevation for receiving, office, storage and preparation areas.
There were many unique challenges that the Osman Team needed to overcome from the start. Unique to most projects in the city property this site is accessed off a bridge. Further complicating its design is the commuter rail that runs under the structure coupled with the future high speed rail planned to run through the underside of the food store itself.
First LEED Certified Jewel Store
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY:
- A highly reflective and heat emissive LiveRoof system, incorporating vegetation, which will reduce energy consumption for heating and cooling.
- Use of building materials with recycled content, obtained within a 500-mile radius in order to reduce transportation needs.
- Energy-efficient heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, including temperature monitors that sense the need for more heating or cooling based on the number of people in the store.
- Strict attention to the recycling of 98 percent of construction debris.
- Water-saving fixtures, energy-efficient lighting, use of non ozone-depleting refrigerants in cooling equipment, and refrigerant leak detection monitors.
