BRIDGE creates lasting value through sustainability.
Environmental Impact
Green Building Certifications
Action in Our Communities
Sound Governance
Our Mission
Our mission is to drive sustainable value in real estate by incorporating ESG principles into every aspect of how we do business.
Our Vision
As stewards of sustainability, resilience and regeneration, our vision is to deliver exceptional value for our investors, employees, tenants and communities through superior ESG performance.
Our Guiding Principles
Environmental
We are a positive force for environmental stewardship, creating value and resilience through innovative and sustainable practices.
Social
We believe investment in social wellbeing is a key driver behind healthy, vibrant and diverse workforce, tenants, partners, and communities.
Governance
Our corporate governance practices are built on a strong foundation of transparency, ethical behavior and integrity.
Read the full 2021 ESG Annual Report
Read about Bridge’s ESG Goals and Targets for a Resilient Future
Environmental
BRIDGE invests in climate resilient assets to ensure the longevity of our portfolio.
Our Brownfields Approach. We are not afraid to get our hands dirty. While many industrial developers steer clear of projects that require extensive restoration efforts, we see the potential to regenerate these outdated and contaminated sites. Utilizing our expertise in revitalizing complex properties, we develop clean and sustainable industrial facilities that attract modern, 21st century users, resulting in positive environmental, social, and economic outcomes for the neighborhoods, communities, and municipalities where they are located.
BridgePort I Logistics Center
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Former Brownfield
103 Acres
Three Buildings totaling 1.3 M SF
Before
Former American Smelting and Refining Company
manufacturing facility, closed in 2000.
After
In 2017, Bridge acquired the 103-acre campus in Perth Amboy, NJ, that had previously housed a smelting facility and had sat vacant for 17 years. Bridge restored the site to a useful condition under the guidance of a Licensed Site Remediation Professional and received a Response Action Outcome in 2018. The project created over 3,000 jobs in the community – estimated as 900 construction jobs and more than 2,200 permanent warehouse jobs upon completion of Phase II.
Bridge Point Franklin Park
Franklin Park, Illinois
Former Brownfield
48 Acres
Three buildings totaling 754,103 SF
Before
Former Magellan Pipeline Corporation
26 above-ground storage tanks connected to an oil pipeline
After
Bridge Point Franklin Park is a 48-acre site that was formerly owned by Magellan Pipeline Corporation and housed 26 above-ground storage tanks connected to an oil pipeline. As part of its development process, Bridge demolished the existing tanks and worked to remediate the site to achieve a No Further Remediation (NFR) letter from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). The detailed work performed included: cleaning, inspecting and demolishing the existing above-ground storage tanks, hauling off the infected soils, completing the buildings and parking lot work to create a cap on the contaminated soils, all in coordination with the IEPA.
Our Green Certification Commitment
From the moment we begin designing a new facility, we work toward a sustainable, resilient future. We have pledged to pursue green building certifications using the LEED® Building Design & Construction rating system for projects in the US and the BREEAM® certification system for projects in the UK. This commitment means we design and build our properties to meet the highest levels of recognition in sustainability and performance via each program’s requirements for location and transportation, site selection and management, water and energy efficiency, materials selection and waste disposition, indoor environmental quality and occupant well-being, and more. We have already applied for LEED and BREEAM certification for several properties, and we are now participating in the LEED Volume Program.
Social
BRIDGE provides excellent work environments that promote employee engagement and health and well-being.
Professional and Personal Development
At BRIDGE, we foster professional and personal development by offering one-year memberships to MasterClass, a streaming platform offering hundreds of video lessons on everything from business strategy and effective communication skills to yoga and mindfulness to Italian cooking and French pastry making.
Percent Pledge
BRIDGE promotes a sustainable culture of giving. Using an online workplace giving and volunteering platform, Percent Pledge, we encourage donations via corporate matching programs, a portfolio of vetted charitable organizations customized for our organization, and curated volunteer opportunities that make philanthropy easy and sustainable.
Mentorship Program
The Mentorship Program helps the increasing number of junior employees get onboarded and acclimated, promotes interaction across regions and specialties, and creates relationships that are fun and mutually beneficial for both mentees and their mentors.
BRIDGE invests in the well-being of the communities where we work.
Bridge Point Riverbend:
Recipient of the City of Fort Lauderdale’s
2019 Community Acceptance Award
BRIDGE takes pride in our appearance. The facilities we build enhance the community’s visual image by addressing previously blighted areas, improving the surrounding infrastructure, and beautifying the nearby streetscapes.
Job Creation
BRIDGE builds employment by bringing high-quality construction and long-term jobs into the communities where we operate. By prioritizing underused properties, we improve the economic vitality of our communities and create new employment opportunities.
Investing in our Communities
We are invested in the well-being of each community in which we operate. The results of our investments in these communities are being noticed, winning awards such as the New Good Neighbor Award from the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (2021) and the Community Appearance Award from the City of Fort Lauderdale (2019, 2018).
Governance
BRIDGE creates lasting value and drives strong economic performance through excellence in ESG.
Transparency, integrity, community-focused strategies, and investor value are the core principles on which BRIDGE has built our business. On this foundation, we have produced a 20-year history of operational excellence that has been recognized repeatedly with Developer of the Year awards by organizations such as NAIOP-Chicago (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021) and NAIOP-South Florida (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021) for quality in areas such as these:
Outstanding Quality of Products and Services
Financial Consistency and Stability
Ability to Adapt to Market Conditions
Support of the Industry
Support of the Local Community