PARSIPPANYย โ The first Starbucks in Parsippany is on its way! Soon you will be able to drive-up and order your Iced Carmel Macchiato orย Caffรจ Americanoย in Parsippany, instead of driving to Denville or elsewhere. The new location will be located at 1719 Route 10.
Plans were submitted in lateย 2015 to theย Parsippany Troy-Hills Zoning Board of Adjustment, applying for a variance for property located at 1719 Route 10 Eastย and is designated as Block 200, Lot 1 on the Township ofย Parsippany-Troy Hills Tax Map. The building is known as the Octagon 10 Office Center.
According to the plans, the cafรฉ with a drive-thru will occupyย 2,000 square feet, the daycare or fitness center will occupyย 13,689 square feet and the restaurant will occupy 8,740 square feet.
Duringย a Zoning Board meeting on Wednesday, October 20, 2015, Board Chairman Robert Iracane asked the Applicantโs Attorney, Joe OโNeill, who will be occupying the cafe? A Dunkinย Donuts? Mr. OโNeill replied, the only thing I can disclose it will be an โupscale coffee cafe.โ
Theย Board of Adjustment met again on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 and approved the cafe with a drive through. It was also disclosed that the tenant would be Starbucks. ย The other two buildings receivedย preliminary approval since there wasย no pending tenant. The board voted unanimously to approve Starbucks.
The Octagon 10 Office Center is located in Morris Countyโs Fortune 500 District, this octagonย shaped building hasย an outdoor courtyard and fountain.ย Unique octagonal design,ย Internet fiber optic SONET rings,Full service cafeteria, Basement storage, fine local business hotels (Hilton and Marriott) and restaurants abound in the area,ย Interior court with fountain. The building isย located directly across from the Mack-Cali Business Campus.
The office building is approximately 97% rented. It contains 192,660ย square feet, on three floors, with 4,938ย square feetย currently vacant. Some of the current tenants include Internal Revenue Service, Chase Bank, Net Access, Law Offices of Thomas Buonocore, Manpower and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. ย The building was constructed inย 1975 and renovated in 1996.
The building is owned by Commercial Realty Group, the same company that owns 100 IMS Drive.