Give Thanks To Green Design

We would like to introduce a valued member of our judges panel for the StorageMart Build It Green Design Challenge, Mr. Gary DeBode. His extensive experience in carrying ideas through the planning, development and construction process brings an expertise to the judging panel. Mr. DeBode is President of Edison Properties. Edison Properties is a diversified real estate company that owns and operates Manhattan Mini Storage and Edison ParkFast. The company is also partner to the Hippodrome Building, a 700,000 square foot, 21 floor property located on Avenue of the Americas, a hotbed of activity in Midtown.

Edison properties carried out the renovation of the Hippodrome Building by giving it a new glass façade, new elevators, renovating the lobby and including a new electrical and HVAC systems.

Mr. DeBode, who joined Edison Properties in 1993, actively leads strategic planning, development, construction and operations for all of Edison’s businesses.  A few highlights of his career include:

• Served as Lieutenant in U.S. Navy as a Naval Submarine Officer and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Engineer.

• Worked for Tishman Realty and Construction as a Project Engineer on commercial projects in Atlantic City, Jersey City and Manhattan.

• Led Manhattan Mini Storage in the development of eight projects totaling over 1.5 million square feet.

• Repositioned the Hippodrome Commercial Office Building while 90% occupied, including a full curtainwall recladding, structural alterations, marble and limestone two story lobby, and MEP system upgrades.

• Works closely with team of Edison employees and outside consultants in the development and construction of various parking, self storage and residential properties, including The Ludlow, a new 80/20, 243 unit multi-family project in the lower east side of Manhattan.

• Served on Board of Directors and as President of the Self Storage Association, the national industry trade association.

• Serves on the St. Philips Academy Building Committee, which has helped this private school acquire and develop a new Leeds Certified facility in Newark, New Jersey.

• Actively working with a green consulting firm on new development projects, as well as operational changes and alterations to existing buildings for LEEDs accreditation.

Mr. DeBode earned a BS degree in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1984.

The StorageMart Build It Green Challenge wants you to help transform the self storage industry in to the greenest, lowest impact industry imaginable. And that’s something we can all be grateful for on this Thanksgiving Day. Submit your ideas to Tron Jordheim, PhoneSmart Director.

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Disclamer: This entry is intended to promote our partner StorageMart and some or all participants received compensation.

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