LAWRENCE: Bristol-Myers Squibb to build large campus

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced plans to build a 650,000-square-foot office building on company owned land at the intersection of Princeton Pike and Interstate 295 in Lawrenceville.
Construction is expected to begin this fall and the new facility is expected to open by the end of 2016.
The new facility is part of the company’s broader strategic plan to modernize its workspace to enable greater collaboration, increase technological capabilities and enhance productivity, according to a press release.
The new facility will allow the company to consolidate operations currently located in leased office space at 777 Scudders Mill Road in Plainsboro Township and at Nassau Park Boulevard in West Windsor Township.
The Princeton Pike location was purchased by Bristol-Myers Squibb from RCN Corp. in 2001.
"We are proud to expand our presence in Lawrenceville, a community that has been home to our company for more than 40 years," said chief executive officer Lamberto Andreotti. "Our new campus will create a dynamic and modern workplace to advance the important work that our employees are doing to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines for patients with serious diseases."
The Lawrence Township Planning Board unanimously approved final site plans for the new campus in June. The new campus will be the company’s second in Lawrence Township, joining its worldwide headquarters at Route 206 and Province Line Road, which opened in 1971.
The company employs more than 2,000 people at the Route 206 campus and more than 6,000 in Central New Jersey. Once completed, as many as 2,500 people will work at the new facility.
"I’m excited that Bristol-Myers Squibb has decided to increase their investment in Lawrence Township," said Lawrence Township Mayor Cathleen Lewis. "The company has been a constant partner in making Lawrence Township a great community; this new project will continue that legacy. We appreciate the confidence Bristol-Myers Squibb has shown in our town and it is another sign that Lawrence is a great place for businesses to invest."
A segment of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail on the campus will link to a network of walking paths on the property, and nearly half of the 134-acre tract will remain working farmland.
There will be preferred parking areas for hybrid vehicles and indoor bicycle racks. The parking areas will be paved with porous pavement to reduce runoff and promote recharging of groundwater aquifers.
For more information, visit www.bms.com.