2007 Allied Member of the Year: Atria, Inc.
An Interioscape Company
ATRIA was founded to provide the highest quality Interiorscape service in the state of Connecticut. The company targets corporate clients who appreciate and demand excellence from their Interiorscape provider. Incorporated in 1994, ATRIA has experienced healthy, steady growth, making them one of Connecticut's premier plant care companies. Their continuous goal is to build an excellent team of happy, educated and dedicated staff members. The company's objective is to be its clients Interiorscape 'partner', who knows what they want and delivers it every time.
ATRIA provides its clients with the highest quality tropical and flowering plants from local growers, Florida nurseries and from as far away as California and Hawaii. They have also earned an excellent reputation as creative Holiday Design specialists. Holiday Designs by ATRIA was formed to bring exciting and creative holiday designs to the corporate offices. They provide the most elegant Poinsettias, along with 8' to 20' decorated trees and creative holiday scenes. Silkscapes by ATRIA provides beautiful, lifelike silk arrangements, plants and flowers.
2007 TOBY AWARD: Recognizing Excellence in Property Management Under
100,000 Square Feet Category - 21 Griffin Road North
Owned by River Bend Associates, Inc, Managed by Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc.
21 Griffin Road North was constructed in 2002 by Griffin Land. The property is a single story, steel-framed masonry Class-A office building consisting of 48,271 square feet.
The tenants of this property are delivered the highest quality of service by the management team at Griffin Land. The park-like setting, the monthly inspections, the numerous tenant appreciation events, are just a few of the benefits the tenants receive.
2007 TOBY AWARD: Recognizing Excellence in Property Management 100,000-249,000 Square Feet Category - 1985 Blue Hills Avenue Extension
Owned by Griffin Center Development I, LLC, Managed by Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc./Northeast Utilities
1985 Blue Hills Avenue Extension a 165,000 square foot single story structure, is the largest building within Griffin Office Center. Griffin Center is a 600-acre master-planned business community located between downtown Hartford and Bradley International Airport. Located on the Windsor-Bloomfield town lines, the Center is three miles from Interstate 91, the major north-south artery between New York, Hartford, Springfield and northern New England.
The amenities in this setting include picturesque lakes with outdoor eating with picnic tables, gas grills, and gazebos along the walking paths. There is a fourteen station Par Course fitness circuit along the jogging trails, a softball field, volleyball courts, and seasonal recreational activities, including canoeing in the summer and ice-skating in the winter.
2007 TOBY AWARD: Recognizing Excellence in Property Management 250,000-499,999 Square Feet Category - 500 Enterprise Drive
Owned by 500 Enterprise Nominee Trust, Managed by New Boston Management Services, Inc.
500 Enterprise Drive, in Corporate Ridge Office Park, a 304,675 square foot building, opened in the fall of 1989 and a 55,000 square foot expansion was completed in 2003. Located just off exit 23 of I-91, the building is ten minutes from downtown Hartford and I-84, and twenty-five minutes from New Haven and I-95. It is conveniently located adjacent to the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.
This Class-A building features a dramatic four-story atrium lobby with skylights and cherry wood finishes, granite and carpet flooring, and a grand entrance. The building also offers a full service cafeteria with an outdoor patio, private dining room and a fitness center. Tenants in the building include AT&T, Cingular Wireless, Zurich, N.A., Fireman's Fund, GMAC, Hewlett Packard, Nationwide Insurance, ValueOptions, MortageIT, and URS Corporation.
2007 TOBY AWARD: Recognizing Excellence in Property Management Corporate Category - Travelers Claim University
Owned by Travelers, Managed by CB Richard Ellis
Travelers Claim University in Windsor, CT is a 108,000 square foot state-of-the art training facility that supports a rigorous, hands-on training curriculum designed to help the Travelers respond to their customers' needs with the highest degree of knowledge and skill. The facility contains eight classrooms that can accommodate 234 students at one time. There is a 400 seat auditorium that can be converted into two large classrooms, a property lab containing two full-size, fully furnished residential homes complete with full mechanicals, a full-size, fully-stocked commercial convenience store complete with full mechanicals, and numerous smaller-scale mock-up demonstrations showing construction detail to support material identification, damage reparability and installation procedures. There is also an auto lab, a heavy-duty equipment lab, and 20 full-time training staff on site.
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