The new Tocci office is adjacent to the Metro Park train station. This location provides employees easy access to public transportation to commute to work. Clients can also use mass transit to visit the new office, from Philadelphia, other New Jersey points, and New York City, all of which have substantial growth in construction.

“We're targeting Jersey City, Newark, where there's high-rise building going on,” says Barker. “Opening the New Jersey office gives us that presence that we need to have, and tells clients that we're going to be an anchor for them in this area.”

Tocci will add more “senior staff” as new projects enter the pipeline, Barker says.

“I know we're in the market right now for a safety officer who could be local to this area,” he says. Tocci's current safety officer is located in the Woburn office and travels to New Jersey when needed, but having a local safety executive would reduce the need for that travel.

“We're pretty booked solid right now, we're looking for more ventures, but we're not going to take on more than we can handle,” Barker says. “I think if we can get booked out two to three years we'll be happy.”

The office will have an open concept with smaller privacy pods for personal quiet conversations, as well as large, technically equipped conference rooms serving as premier collaboration space.

Current Tocci projects include a 400-unit residential development in East Brunswick, the Residences at 3 Journal Square in Jersey City, an Embassy Suites Hotel in Berkeley Heights, and a residential development in Secaucus.

Metro Corporate Campus I is owned by The Realty Associates Fund X, and managed by Avison Young. The broker for the deal was Cushman & Wakefield. Tocci will continue to operate out of its Woburn headquarters as well.