Baptist Health South Florida, the hospital’s parent company since last year, will lease roughly 38,000 square feet at what is now called the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, or BRiC. The move will create more space on Meadows Road “for medical uses.” In a news release, Mendez said, “We are proud to continue growing to meet the medical needs of our community in Palm Beach County, even despite the setbacks brought on by the pandemic.”
On Wednesday, November 18th, BRIC will be offering a holiday drive-in movie screening of the family classic: Elf! Doors open at 6 p.m. and the movie starts at 7. Admission is only $10, with snack packs available for purchase benefitting the Junior League of Boca Raton. There will be holiday lights, decorations and food trucks onsite too!
BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), the 1.7 million-square-foot office campus known as the birthplace of IBM's personal computer, has leased 37,982-square-foot office space to Baptist Health South Florida, the largest healthcare organization in the South Florida region. CBRE's Jeffrey Kelly represented the landlord, Crocker Partners, in the lease negotiations. CBRE's Scott Brenner represented the tenant.
"We are pleased to welcome Baptist Health South Florida to campus to support their future successes and build upon the culture that first attracted them to BRiC" - Angelo Bianco
Supporters of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer know it’s more than just a walk. It’s a movement. During the pandemic, their commitment to the fight against breast cancer has been stronger than ever. COVID-19 may impact our everyday lives, but it cannot impact our spirit and determination to continue our fight against cancer,” said Linda Spielmann, director of philanthropy for the American Cancer Society, Southeast Region.
As part of this initiative, the City is asking residents, visitors and businesses to show their support by taking the READY. STEADY. BOCA! pledge. Community partners such as the Boca Raton Airport Authority, Boca Raton Innovation Campus, Baptist Health South Florida – Boca Raton Regional Hospital and the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce have already pledged their commitment.
You have to reach younger voters where they live…on social media, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link said at Boca Raton Innovation Campus’ webinar on the local elections. “The youth vote is a different type. We are not going to get millennials excited,” she said. “Ariana Grande did two messages on her Instagram for us.” Boldin did a public service announcement posted on the Supervisor of Election’s web site. “They put it on their social media to push it out. Let’s try to reach them where they are,” she added.
Crocker Partners in Boca Raton decided it needed its own director of environmental health. Will other companies follow? Dr. Walter Okoroanyanwu is the new director of environmental health for Crocker Partners. Okoroanyanwu, whose background is in epidemiology and HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, is tapping his contacts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, both in Atlanta, and Rutgers University in New Jersey. He has a master’s degree in public health from Emory and an MBA from Rutgers.
Crocker Partners has donated 5,000 square feet of space at their Boca Raton Innovation Campus to the YMCA of South Palm Beach County. The space will be used for a Ready to Work Summer Camp being offered exclusively to BRiC’s 36 tenant companies and roughly 5,000 employees as they return to campus following the lifting of state and county stay-at-home orders.
BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — Some Palm Beach County parents are facing a difficult predicament with childcare as summer begins. At the same time that many workplaces are beginning to end work-from-home practices, many kids are now finding themselves home without school work or other organized activities like camps and sports to occupy their time. Beginning next week, the YMCA will begin hosting some camps at the "Boca Raton Innovation Campus" otherwise known as the "BRiC" building off of Yamato Road. That camp will serve children of "BRiC" employees, but Hagensick says he's still searching for more space to expand other summer camp programs.
The Junior League of Boca Raton is thrilled to announce a major in-kind gift from Crocker Partners, which is donating approximately 1,500 square feet of space at its Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), former IBM headquarters and birthplace of the personal computer, to the Junior League’s Diaper Bank. The space will be used to store and distribute more than 600,000 diapers each year which serves 2,000 children annually through the Junior League’s partnerships with 22 local agencies. The diaper bank has distributed over 4 million diapers since 2011 and is the largest diaper bank in Palm Beach County.
The Junior League of Boca Raton recently received about 1,500 square feet of space from Crocker Partners’ Boca Raton Innovation Campus. With the ability to store and distribute more than 600,000 diapers each year, the newly donated space from the commercial real estate business will help the local diaper bank serve families in need. The Junior League of Boca Raton annually serves 5,000 children through partnerships with 23 local agencies.
Meanwhile in Boca Raton, Crocker Partners and the Junior League have announced a partnership to help those who are suffering in the virus economy. Crocker will donate 1,500 square feet at the company’s Boca Raton Innovation Campus — the former IBM headquarters — for the league’s Diaper Bank. The space will provide storage for 600,000-plus diapers each year.
When a nonprofit is running out of room, it’s both a good thing and a bad thing. It’s great that the organization is doing well – but potentially detrimental if it can’t find or afford a new space. Luckily for the Junior League of Boca Raton, Crocker Partners recently announced a major in-kind gift: the donation of about 1,500 square feet of space at its Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC). The former IBM headquarters and birthplace of the personal computer will now be home to the nonprofit’s Diaper Bank, which serves 5,000 children annually through the Junior League’s partnerships with 22 local agencies.
The Junior League of Boca Raton announced a major in-kind gift from Crocker Partners, which is donating approximately 1,500 square feet of space at its Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), former IBM headquarters and birthplace of the personal computer, to the Junior League of Boca Raton's Diaper Bank. The space will be used to store and distribute more than 600,000 diapers each year. The Diaper Bank serves 5,000 children annually through the Junior League’s partnerships with 22 local agencies. The diaper bank has distributed over 4 million diapers since 2011.
Palm Beach Tech has partnered with CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Boca Raton Innovation Campus to host the online, one-day event, which takes place on Wednesday, April 22, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Career Expo, originally scheduled to take place at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus in Boca Raton, in addition to a virtual aspect, is now completely virtual. Palm Beach Tech is partnering with Premier Virtual, a multi-functional software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, will aid in connecting local tech talent who are meeting challenges brought on by COVID-19 with the companies who are still hiring.
"Vitacost, an e-commerce division of Kroger’s vitamins, organics and supplements department, had an especially tight schedule when trying to move into its new offices at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus."
The Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), taking shape where IBM researchers invented the personal computer, is hoping to change how work and space collaborate.
Crocker Partners has announced two new tenants at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus. In a news release, Crocker said the additions are the investment banking firm National Holdings Corporation and technology firm BCN Telecom. They join, among others, Modernizing Medicine at what once was the complex where IBM developed the personal computer. Crocker bought the campus in 2018. Managing Partner Angelo Bianco said the company is continuing its “repositioning plans” with $100 million of improvements to the buildings to create a tech and life sciences hub for the Southeastern United States.”
This inaugural timed race will benefit Boca Helping Hands. T-shirts and participation medals will be given to the first 300 runners. Participants will enjoy complimentary refreshments and snacks. $30. Children 10 and younger run for free at 8 a.m. BRiC, 5000 T-Rex Ave., Boca Raton. For more information, visit bridgingthedistance5k.com.
This inaugural timed race will benefit Boca Helping Hands. T-shirts and participation medals will be given to the first 300 runners. Participants will enjoy complimentary refreshments and snacks. $30. Children 10 and younger run for free at 8 a.m. BRiC, 5000 T-Rex Ave., Boca Raton. For more information, visit bridgingthedistance5k.com.
National Holdings Corporation, BCN Telecom and OOMA have recently joined the Boca Raton Innovation Campus' (BRiC) ever growing tenant roster, Crocker Partners announced. The real estate investment firm acquired BRiC, originally the home of IBM and the birthplace of the personal computer, in April of 2018 in a joint venture with Rialto Capital and Siguler Guff. Since then, in addition to the three newcomers the company has inked 410,000 square feet of leases, expanding Modernizing Medicine and bringing on new tenants such as Kroger and Canon.
Crocker Partners has plans to build on the legacy created by IBM by returning this historic, iconic property into a place where creativity and innovation happen. Once we complete the planned $100 million of capital improvements, BRiC will become a vibrant Class-A office complex and the tech and life sciences hub for the Southeastern United States. It will consist of unparalleled tenant amenities on the scale of the Google campus, structured parking, and substantial investments into new tenant high-tech spaces. Remembering and celebrating our past is important to us. One of our two planned coffee shops is going to be named Marcel Brewer’s, a play on the name of Marcel Breuer, the father of Brutalist architecture and the designer of the campus. We will also be creating a History of Tech museum centered around artifacts and technology donated by local IBM alumni.
The inaugural “Bridging the Distance" 5K Run/Walk, sponsored by Mobile Help, Boca Raton Innovation Campus and its owner and landlord Crocker Partners is slated for March 14 to benefit Boca Helping Hands.
This year’s event, held Feb. 12 at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, allowed students to hear about the journeys of actual CEOs. Then, they pitched their business ideas to the public as they began their own journey into entrepreneurship.
Child Rescue Coalition hosts regular volunteer sessions to make blankets with bears to comfort rescued kids. However, this one was different. Having a session in a larger space in Boca Raton Innovation Campus meant the coalition could invite over 100 people. “This is our biggest showing yet,” said the coalition’s Alex Ortiz. “There’s so many new faces helping this mission.” He thanked Crocker Partners for donating the space.
About 15 months ago, Modernizing Medicine moved its headquarters from FAU’s Research Park to the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, a 125-acre office park where IBM once had a large presence. Cane says he chose the location because of its symbolism as the birthplace of the IBM personal computer and because there’s ample room to grow. When renovations are completed later this year, Modernizing Medicine will occupy about 150,000 square feet, increasing its space by 80%. It also has offices in Roseville, Calif., and Santiago, Chile — the result of two acquisitions.
BCN, a leading technology solutions provider specializing in meeting the requirements of multi-location, multi-service, multi-network customers, recently expanded its South Florida Network Operations Center with a move to the historic Boca Raton Innovation Campus. BCN’s hyper-growth over the last several years, combined with new staff additions, necessitated the move.
America may be shockingly ranked 39th in the world when it comes to math and science, but leaders at Boca Raton Innovation Campus [BRiC] are working to change that.
We recently attended a community day at BRIC for Child Rescue Coalition. If you’re not familiar with the organization, it’s equal parts impressive and terrifying. Child Rescue Coalition is a non-profit that rescues children from sexual abuse by building technology for law enforcement, free of charge, to track, arrest and prosecute child predators.
Another development working on a partnership with the museum is the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), west of Interstate 95 on Yamato Road. The former birthplace of IBM’s personal computer, the campus now is being revamped to be a centerpiece not only of business but also of culture, according to Angelo Bianco, managing partner of Crocker Partners, which owns BRiC. Lippman said talks are underway to install a sculpture outside the main building.
At the home of the old Boca Raton economy, the talk was about the new Boca Raton economy. Two weeks ago, Crocker Partners – which owns the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) — hosted a discussion titled “Leading the Way in STEM Education.” STEM is the longtime acronym for science, technology, engineering and medicine. A new version adds Arts and calls it STEAM.
The IBM story in Boca Raton began in the late ‘60s when then-Chairman of the Board of IBM, Thomas Watson, announced the company would open a manufacturing facility here to produce its 550 Model 20 Midsize computer. That site, now the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, was designed by renowned architects Marcel Breuer and Robert Gatje, and at its peak covered 3.6 million square feet in more than 40 buildings. It would be big for Boca. But no one knew how big.
Boca Raton is famous for IBM and the birthplace of the personal computer. Now the sprawling complex that ushered in the personal technology era is set to be the centerpiece of a new landmark: An office complex geared to the future Boca Raton employee. The property “presented an opportunity to invest in the future, a place for people to live, work and play in a manner we are seeing all over the globe,” said Angelo Bianco, managing partner of Crocker Partners, which bought the complex for $170 million in 2018.
Another property to keep an eye on is the Boca Raton Innovation Center. That’s the former IBM campus in Boca Raton, just west of Interstate 95 between Yamato Road and Spanish River Boulevard. The sprawling complex where the personal computer was born is set to be the centerpiece of a new landmark: An office complex geared to the future Boca Raton employee.
When most people hear “networking,” they think of cheap coffee, awkward first encounters, sleazy salespeople, and business cards changing hands as people go through the motions with boring conversations. But this isn’t networking at ‘Entrepreneurs in Paradise’. Celebrating ‘Global Entrepreneurship Week’ at Boca Raton’s Innovation Campus, ‘Entrepreneurs in Paradise’ featured over 100 local entrepreneurs, up to 350 attendees, and live music.
The builder of Mizner Park and the Shops at Boca Center, Crocker has also taken on a major project. The firm has plans to completely revive the former IBM complex.
One of the biggest names in the grocery store business, Kroger Company, has moved the national headquarters of its online health-and-wellness Vitacost.com business to a 43,000-square-foot, second-floor suite in the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) building at 4700 Exchange Court off Yamato Road.
It is the second straight year BRiC tops the annual list from South Florida Business Journal.
As with Jewish Festival of Lights, Boca Raton is prepared to celebrate its own eight crazy nights—and days—with the inaugural Flamingo Comedy Festival beginning this weekend. Every evening, and certain afternoons, from Oct. 18 to 25, professional and emerging comedians, stage magicians and authors will perform at venues throughout the city - including BRiC.
It had been many years since I had visited the old IBM campus in Boca Raton. I had forgotten how big it was and what a large role it had played in the economic life of Southern Palm Beach County. At its height, more than 10,000 IBMers worked on the picturesque campus and down Congress Avenue in Delray in the Arbors buildings. It was a remarkable era. Those memories came flooding back when I attended an event last week at the site which is now known as BRIC for Boca Raton Innovation Campus. Crocker Partners has poured millions of dollars into the campus and it looks magnificent.
Headquartered at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) in Florida, MobileHelp is a leading provider of mobile Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) and health management solutions.
“Vitacost conducted an extensive search of amenity-laden office properties in the region to fulfill its charge of finding a modernized, collaborative workplace environment with an abundance of natural light,” said Millowitz. “BRiC is the Southeast’s premier science and technology hub, and its proximity to talent and walkable amenities will provide Vitacost with a significant recruiting advantage in the years to come.”
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) has announced the latest addition to campus with The Kroger Company. Kroger is the largest supermarket chain by revenue and the second-largest general retailer.
On Aug 22, Place of Hope will be debuting its documentary film “Invisible: A Fight to End Human Trafficking” at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus with hopes to not only educate, but lead to prevention.
On Thursday, August 22, Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) will host Place of Hope and their documentary Invisible: A Fight to End Human Trafficking which exposes human trafficking in the local area, including in Palm Beach County. The event is free and open to the public, though seats are on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Eight finalists vied for the chance to sing the National Anthem at December’s Boca Bowl on ABC-TV. But Raphael and Evelyn Martins harmonies’ wowed the judges. The Martins had their own cheering section. Evelyn works at Mobile Help at BRIC, short for Boca Raton Innovation Campus, the Idol venue. The former IBM complex is a Crocker Partners property since 2018, so company v.p. Danielle Vennett was among fans pulling for the Deerfield Beach pair.
The final round of competition in the quest to find the National Anthem performer for the 2019 bowl game “goes live” on Thursday, August 1 at 6 p.m. when the eight finalists take to the stage to vie for the title at Boca Raton Innovation Campus, located at 5000 T-Rex Avenue, Boca Raton, FL.
The Boca resident was a part of the IBM team that helped develop the personal computer, the internet and Watson. Now, he is working on projects through his company SIVOTEC Analytics that he says will “pale everything we have done up to this point.” And he is doing it on familiar territory, the former IBM campus, now known as the Boca Raton Innovation Campus.
The South Florida Business Journal held “Breaking Ground with Brian Bandell” June 20 at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC). The event was sponsored by Crocker Partners.
The top eight performers will move on to Finalist Night set for Thursday, Aug. 1 at Boca Raton Innovation Campus, 5000 T-Rex Ave. They will compete live in front of an audience and a panel of judges whose votes and selections will choose three finalists. After that, those three competitors will face off and a winner will be selected.
In the ‘70s and ‘80s, IBM’s research & development campus in Boca Raton bustled with innovation. The huge office building housed several firsts, most notably as the place where the world first personal computer was invented by Philip “Don” Estridge and his IBM team and introduced to the world in 1981.
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Erik Mintz, an expert on AI and Danielle Vennett, VP of Crocker Partners joined CBS12 News at 9 to talk about how AI in our lives.
Crocker Partners planned big things for Boca Raton’s Midtown neighborhood, but city politics stopped it. Now, the company plans big things for the former IBM headquarters, which the company sold in 1996. It’s now called the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, or BRIC.
Boca Raton Innovation Campus hosts an in-depth panel discussion and Q&A on how to earn free press and make every second count!
Celebrating Boca Raton’s spirit of innovation, Crocker Partners joined forces with South Florida IBM alumni to honor the global tech company’s legendary history and look toward the future at Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), the birthplace of the IBM PC.
Join distinguished artist Carol Prusa at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) on May 21 to learn how the evolution of technology in art --from the pencil to the 3D printer – is freeing artists’ creativity.
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Find out at BRiC “Intersection Between Art and Tech” Event May 21
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Join distinguished artist Carol Prusa at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) on May 21 to learn how the evolution of technology in art –from the pencil to the 3D printer – is freeing artists’ creativity.
The program, “The Intersection Between Art and Tech,” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the BRiC Conference Center, 5000 T-Rex Avenue, is open to the public. Sponsored by BRiC, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Boca Raton Museum of Art and Art Hive Magazine, it’s the first public event created by the BRiC Programming Board, a group of business and community leaders focused on developing unique programming to spotlight innovation for the community and BRiC tenants.
Tickets for the May 21 event are $10 and available at workatbric.com/events. Cocktails and light bites will be served.
Award-winning contemporary artist Carol Prusa has a major solo exhibit coming to the Boca Raton Museum of Art in August. She is a professor of art at Florida Atlantic University, where she has taught for 19 years. At the BRiC event, she will explain how pre-industrial craft methods have evolved into laser etching, laser cutting and working with 3D printers and fiberglass.
Prusa, whose earliest artworks were in pencil, now incorporates fiber optics, video, laser etchings and other technologies to explore concepts of symmetry, infinity, the void and complexity of the universe in her curved, three-dimensional works.
As The Art Economist Magazine describes her work, “Carol Prusa creates a new vision of the powers of the universe in each artwork she makes. Inspired by cosmology and the natural sciences, Prusa creatively explores these practices, arriving at stunning re-interpretations of their theories.”
For information on the May 21st event and future BRiC programming, visit workatBRiC.com/events.
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Crocker has big plans for BRiC as it welcomes today’s new wave of technology innovators.
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) has tapped prominent business and community leaders to serve on its Programming Board, with a focus on developing unique events for the community and BRIC tenants. Crocker Partners, which owns BRIC – the 1.7 million-square-foot former IBM campus -- established the Board to advance the campus' role as "a place where innovation happens."
The South Florida Business Journal held Breakfast with the Business Journal, a networking event, Thursday at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus. The event, sponsored by Crocker Partners, attracted about 100 people who gathered to meet the Business Journal's editorial staff.
Ctrl + Alt + Delete is the “invention” essential to billions of personal computer users, worldwide, for nearly 40 years. Not only is its inventor, Dr. Dave Bradley, a question to a final Jeopardy answer in 2002, but he is also one of the “original 12” who built the personal computer. These two legacies have propelled Bradley (or Dr. Dave as many IBMers affectionately call him), into a cultural icon of sorts.
Crocker recognizes that “for an office building, it’s not just about four walls. You need to get out and walk around. It’s also about being convenient,” she said.
Fast-growing technology companies will seek applicants at a job fair taking place Saturday in Boca Raton.
The creator of Control + Alt + Delete speaks about how the command was invented at BRIC.
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) has announced a partnership with CareerSource to host their first job fair on Saturday, April 6, from 10am to 2pm in BRIC's dining hall.
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) has announced the completion of an expansion for health information technology leader Modernizing Medicine's new headquarters on campus – tripling its space from its original 51,000 to almost 160,000 square feet.
MobileHelp expanded to a new facility in anticipation of adding 150 jobs.
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) has announced the latest addition to their campus with MobileHelp®. MobileHelp is a leader in mobile Personal Emergency Response Systems (mPERS) and healthcare management solutions, for both consumers and healthcare professionals.
Modernizing Medicine on Friday held a grand opening for its new headquarters in Boca Raton.
A Boca Raton company that has been a trailblazer in the health-technology industry is opening its new headquarters on the site where one of the world’s top tech innovations was born — the personal computer.
Food Hall, Wellness Center, Talk of Nearby Staff Housing Reflect US Corporate Trend Toward Keeping Workers on Site
To Angelo Bianco at Crocker Partners, the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) has stood out since its inception decades ago when it was touted for its Marcel Breuer architecture and housed IBM and its invention of the personal computer. Today, the 1.7 million-square-foot office park is the largest in the state, and one of the most advanced.
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) has welcomed The Giving Tree back to campus this month to prepare for their annual "Holiday Giving" program. The Giving Tree's mission is to provide holiday gifts for families in need. Their program consists of receiving wish lists from non-profits, case workers and low-income families...
Aug 27, 2018
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) is proud to welcome Newtek Business Services Corp. (NEWT) as the newest addition to its tenant roster. Newtek Business Services is an internally managed business development company ("BDC") that offers a vast scope of business solutions...
Jun 04, 2018
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) is proud to welcome Fusion Academy of Boca Raton to its growing list of tenants. Fusion Academy is "a revolutionary way to…
Apr 06, 2018
Crocker Partners and Rialto Capital Management just paid $179.3 million for the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, in the biggest office sale in the tri-county region since…
Nov 1, 2017
IBM is often credited with cementing the place on the map for this little city on the south end of Palm Beach County. And the company and an initial group of 12 engineers then went on to change the world...
Oct 26, 2017
Cushman & Wakefield announced today that it has negotiated a 23,630-square-foot office sublease with Integrated Dermatology Group (IDG) at 4700 Exchange Court on the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) in Palm Beach County...
Jul 28, 2017
Modernizing Medicine, a Boca Raton-based health technology company, just signed one of the largest lease deals in Palm Beach County this year, according to JLL...
Jul 17, 2018
The retail company will relocate to its new 37,000-square-foot office within the Boca Raton Innovation Campus from West Palm Beach, Fla., in March 2018.