Greenwich Plaza | About Greenwich Plaza

Location	Greenwich Plaza is located north of the Connecticut Turnpike exit ramp, between Arch Street and Steamboat Road. The Metro-North commuter train station runs through the property and stops just outside the main entrance doors to the building. This site is unique in that our Clients have the railroad at their doorstep as well as less than a minute drive to reach Interstate 95. It is also walking distance to shops and restaurants on Greenwich Avenue.
Building Area	287,117 SF Class A office space
Amenities	700-car self-parking garage, visitor valet parking, on-site train station and taxi service, full service dry cleaning, walking distance to shops and restaurants in downtown Greenwich.
Accessability	Directly adjacent from Exit 3 off the Connecticut Turnpike and the Greenwich Train Station. (Metro North New Haven Line Train Schedule) Click here for a local and regional map.
Ownership	Greenwich Plaza, Inc.
Management	The Ashforth on-site building staff for One and Two Greenwich Plaza consists of a Property Manager, Assistant Property Manager, Chief Building Engineer, and a Building Mechanic.
Major Tenants	Partner Reinsurance, AIG Trading Group, JD Capital, LLC, Lone Pine Capital, AQR Capital Management, LLC
Capital Improvements	Recent upgrades to the property include new Edwards Systems Technology (EST3) fire alarm panels and a 600 kW emergency generator. The generator is capable of maintaining all critical fire and life safety systems as well as security desk operations including surveillance and telephone. The majority of common area restrooms have been renovated to a new specification created by Perkins Eastman Architects. The design includes new stainless steel toilet partitions, black granite counter tops, polished stone floor tiles, and new ceramic wall tile. Weber & Associates designed upgrades for the 1st and 2nd floor common corridors in Two Greenwich Plaza. All floors received new ceiling tiles, lighting, and wallpaper. The 2nd floor also received a new cherry finish vestibule area
Year Built	Constructed in 1968. Designed by the architectural firm of Emery Roth & Sons.
Parking	A three-level parking garage is situated beneath the office buildings and is constructed of pre-caste concrete members, poured concrete columns and waffle-slab decks. The garage levels are designated as A, B and C parking levels, with the B and C parking levels located directly below the office buildings. The A parking level is at street grade and is owned by the Town of Greenwich. The B and C parking levels consist of 700 parking spaces, of which eight are designated as handicapped spaces. The office buildings are accessible from the parking garage levels via the service elevators and interior stairwells that lead to the plaza level.
Security & Access	Security is provided 24 hours per day seven days per week. During normal business hours Monday through Friday, the property is staffed with a site manager and two security officers. A Sonitrol card system automatically locks building entrance and garage entrance doors from 6PM until 7AM and all hours on weekends. Parking garage entrance gates require card access at all times. B and C level parking garage areas contain 17 panic call boxes, which are clearly marked and attached to red painted columns. These emergency devises ring to the building two security desk. The surveillance system is comprised of a digital recording system with 13 fixed cameras and 1 pan and tilt camera. Monitored areas include all entrance/exit gates, loading dock, building lobbies, exterior entrance, two freight elevators, and A level freight elevator vestibule areas. Additionally, a pan/tilt camera scans the landscaped plaza and visitor parking area.
Construction	The office building superstructures consist of a steel frame, concrete floors and a metal and concrete roof deck. Both buildings have column spacing that creates a floor design with 28’ x 32’ bays.
Ceiling Heights	A typical suspended finished ceiling dimension is 8’ 6”. Slab to slab ceiling height varies from 11.5’ up to 13’ for floors one through four. Clear to steel ceiling height varies from 9’ 10.5” up to 11’ 8.5” for floors one through four.

HVAC	The base building HVAC system is centrally cooled by two (2), water-cooled centrifugal chillers located in the mechanical penthouse of One Greenwich Plaza. Both chillers are manufactured by York and have a cooling capacity of 500 tons each. Heat rejection from the chiller system is via a cooling tower mounted on the roof of One Greenwich Plaza. Each building is served by exposure zoned, perimeter, 2-pipe fan coil units. Both office buildings are centrally heated by two (2), York-Shipley, water tube, low-pressure steam producing boilers, which have a capacity of 300HP each. Steam is delivered to the air-handling units and converted to hot water for delivery to the fan coil units. The fan coil units are 200CFM-600CFM in capacity, manufactured by Trane and each zone is equipped with a steam to hot water converter. Over the past 4 years, the control system has been converted to DDC Andover controls. This system provides centralized and enhanced control and monitoring functions through a computer/software interface. As part of the Andover upgrade, ABB variable frequency drives were installed on all induction motors used to drive fans and pumps. As tenant spaces roll over, interior VAV boxes and ductwork will be installed. Additionally, DDC fan coil unit valves will be added to the perimeter loop.
Electricity	Incoming service to the site consists of a 5,000 Amp, 480/277-Volt, 3-phase, 4-wire capacity system. The available electrical capacity is provided to each floor via 277/480 volt feeders, step down transformers and distribution panels. Each tenant space has the capability of being separately metered.
Energy Mgmt.	Greenwich Plaza initiated an energy savings project during 1996. The project entailed a complete analysis to be performed on the existing HVAC equipment serving the cooling and heating needs of the office buildings. As a result, variable speed technology was introduced which greatly produced an electrical energy savings to the property overall. The initial stage separated the fan coil units that serve the perimeter offices into four (4) zones. Six (6) variable speed drives were installed for the secondary water pumps. The average power demand on the variable speed pumping system has decreased significantly, as the flow demand decreased. For further energy savings, variable frequency drives were installed on each of the four (4) supply air handler units. In addition to the components that were installed to existing equipment, the Andover Controls software system was introduced to control the plant. The result has been more accurate temperature settings for optimum comfort for tenants. Upgrades to the HVAC system are expected as the equipment will require standard repair and maintenance in the future.
Life Safety	The building fire alarm panel is monitored 24 hours per day, seven days a week, by an outside alarm-monitoring contractor. The signals received include trouble areas, smoke intake, and change in pressure through the sprinkler system and heat detection. The office buildings are partially sprinklered with a wet system and are equipped with heat detectors, smoke detectors and duct detectors. Standpipes are located within each stairwell and in the parking garage. Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) at concierge
Elevators	Each office building has four (4) Westinghouse geared traction, overhead electric elevators operated by relay logic controllers. In each building, three (3) function as passenger elevators and serve tenant floors one through four. One (1) elevator is designated as the service elevator and provides access to the parking garage levels as well as the tenant floors. The service elevator is secured from responding to tenant floors two through four. A security intercom system is used for personnel who require access to these floors. The intercom system will buzz the concierge who has the control to send the service elevator to the upper tenant floors. Each elevator (passenger and service) has a capacity of 3,500 lbs and a speed of 200 feet per minute. The loading dock is located on the south side of Two Greenwich Plaza and is accessible to both buildings via the service elevators that respond to the A parking level.