Former Novartis Site Slated for Completion Summer of 2025

By M. C. Millman

Brookfield Properties will develop the new Rockland Logistics Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot, three-industrial building distribution campus in Suffern. 

Brookfield recently acquired the 161-acre site in Suffern. The former Novartis pharmaceutical office and manufacturing facility was vacant for decades.

Brookfield plans to break ground in the spring of 2023 with a goal of finishing the development by the summer of 2025.

It is estimated that the investment in Rockland Logistics Center will cost upward of $315 million. The three buildings, which range from 88,200 to 963,100 square feet, will be geared towards potential tenants, including Fortune 500 and e-commerce companies, along with warehousing/wholesale distribution facilities, as reported by Rockland Daily. Plans include making the entire complex LEED-certified and designed with solar capacity, natural light, and EV charging stations as part of the company’s commitment to supplying its own energy needs for the complex with a goal of zero-net energy by 2050.

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