Prudential Tower

Project details

The new $444 million glass office building on Broad Street is located just a stone’s throw away from its company’s headquarters at 751 Broad Street.

Project type

Hardscape, Landscape, Luxury Residential & Rooftop Gardens, Master Carpentry

Location

Newark, NJ

Owner

SJP Properties

Contract value

$5,069,389

Start

April 2014

Completed

June 2015

General contractor

Skanska USA Building

The 740,000 square foot, 20-story eco-friendly building includes two living green walls, a 50,000 square foot rooftop terrace, electric car charging stations in its parking garage, and a built-in water conservation system. At 309 feet tall, the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed building spans two city blocks along Broad Street.

Skanska USA, the general contractor on the project, contracted Let It Grow, Inc. to perform the landscape, hardscape and irrigation work on rooftop terrace as well as the ground level plaza and streetscape.

The rooftop work consisted of structural foam build up, 6,000 sq.ft. IPE wood boardwalk deck, exposed aggregate concrete walkways, asphalt running track, paver patio, lightweight topsoil, planting beds with trees and shrubs, and full rooftop irrigation system. Massive amounts of structural foam build up was laid and cut to size on top of the roof slab in order to achieve grade changes in both the hardscape and landscape areas. Let It Grow also supplied numerous value-engineering ideas to the owner in an effort to minimize cost, while maximizing function and beauty.

Custom Patterned Concrete Plank Pavers

Drip Irrigation System

Black Mexican Beach Pebble

Decorative Colored Concrete

Custom IPE Seat Tops for Bench

Custom Precast Concrete Seat Tops

Landscape Planting

Steel Edging for Pavers

Custom IPE Decking
with Tree
Inspection Panels

The plaza and streetscape work included plantings, irrigation, tree grates, and site furnishings. Lastly, Let It Grow, Inc. installed two large living green walls on opposite sides of the face of the parking deck.