About Our Team

www.sjpproperties.com

SJP Properties / SJP Residential Properties (“SJP”) is a fully integrated commercial and residential real estate developer, investor and property manager.  We have specialized in the development of high-quality corporate office, residential and mixed-use projects in New Jersey and the nearby surrounding markets for nearly 30 years.

SJP is New Jersey-based, with our corporate headquarters located in Parsippany, New Jersey in Morris Corporate Center, which was our first major New Jersey corporate campus that we began developing in the 1980s.  We have a second office location in the New York Times Building in Manhattan that overlooks our 1.1-million-square-foot, mixed-use office and retail building – currently under construction – known as Eleven Times Square.

SJP and its principals, Steven J. Pozycki, Founder and CEO of SJP Properties; and Allen F. Goldman, President of SJP Residential Properties, have developed over 25 million square feet of residential and commercial real estate.  Our financial partners include Prudential Real Estate Investors, JP Morgan Chase, Northwestern Mutual, and MetLife – representing some of the largest public and private pension funds in the country.

Our corporate clients are a cross-section of the most prestigious corporations in America, and include Sanofi-Aventis, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer, John Wiley & Sons, Marsh & McLennan, Citicorp, Qualcomm and Brother International, to name a few.  Our residential and mixed-use development projects are equally impressive, and include 45 Park Avenue on Manhattan’s East Side and the 43-story Platinum on 8th Avenue and 46th Street. Additionally, Mr. Goldman was instrumental in the development of The Palisades in Fort Lee, The Shipyard in Hoboken, Portside Towers in Jersey City and the Redevelopment of Port Liberte in Jersey City. 

We pride ourselves on a track record in which each of our projects has been completed, on time and within budget. In nearly 30 years of development experience, the principals of SJP have achieved an unblemished record of success in every project they have undertaken.

As an attorney and developer, James Demetrakis has had a long and successful career centered principally in Bergen County, including time spent as municipal attorney for the Borough of Dumont and Township of Rochelle Park, and as counsel to the Borough of Lodi Redevelopment Authority. Subsequently, Mr. Demetrakis concentrated on all aspects of land development, from the design of commercial and residential structures to the processing of all applications for development permits.

During Mr. Demetrakis’ career, he has been involved in the development of offices, retail and commercial centers and multi-family housing complexes, including garden apartments, townhouses, high-rise rental, and condominium projects. He has also been involved in several large redevelopment projects in Bergen County, remediating contaminated sites and constructing new and productive residential and commercial projects — notably, the redevelopment of the former Alcoa Plant in Edgewater.

www.elkus-manfredi.com

Elkus Manfredi Architects, a Boston-based firm with a national reach, is a full-service design firm providing architecture, master planning, urban design, interior architecture, space planning, and programming. The firm was founded in 1988 by Howard F. Elkus FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP and David P. Manfredi FAIA, LEED AP.

The firm’s portfolio of completed work includes the master planning and design of projects that have set the standard for mixed-use development across the country. As a leading designer of this project type, we have been personally selected by industry
leaders around the country to realize their business goals and make their visions into realities.

The company attributes its success to three important priorities. First, our designers share the passionate conviction that sophisticated urban design principles must inform every aspect of the project. Our mixed-use work stands apart from that of other architectural firms because our emphasis is on “place-making” that begins and ends with contextually sensitive urban planning. Second, our ability to listen carefully to our clients’ goals allows us to translate these ideas into financially successful realities. Third, we are experienced in navigating the complex permitting and other regulatory processes necessary to the success of any project.

We have worked with the top retailers in the country and know how to create a mix of retail spaces that will support good business and desirable environments. Many of our mixed-use projects have been bestowed with Urban Land Institute Awards of Excellence.

Whether a new neighborhood along the waterfront, a new town center, or a luxury shopping and dining mecca, Elkus Manfredi’s mixed-use projects create vibrant, pedestrian-friendly destinations in which to live, work, shop, and entertain. In each case, the influence of these dynamic spaces spreads beyond the projects themselves to knit together the fabric of their surroundings, revitalize adjacent communities, and inspire future developments.