Empire Merchants North Headquarters Seeks LEED Certification
A new 250,000-sq-ft state-of-the-art corporate headquarters and distribution center for Empire Merchants North, a New York based wine and spirits distributor is being designed by KSS Architects of Princeton, New Jersey and strives to achieve LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council upon completion.
The $27.5 million project is being built in the town of Coxsackie by project team KSS Architects along with BBL Construction, based in Albany who while working on an aggressive schedule, secured approvals from the township planning board in less than two months and seeks to be the first LEED certified building in Greene County, New York where the town is located by including sustainable features including construction materials with a high percentage of recycled content such as steel and concrete, and materials that are manufactured within a 500-mile radius of the project.