New Pub Restaurant, Starbucks and Solarium Coming to Berkeley Heights

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — A Starbucks and Grain and Cane Pub Restaurant, as well as a new custom solarium event space at the Embassy Suites Hotel project are coming to Berkeley Heights.

These businesses will be added to the first-floor retail spaces of the eight-story, 176-key property. Tocci Building Companies (Tocci), a Boston-area construction management company was awarded contracts for these new additions at the 1.5 million square-foot Connell Corporate Park.

The 3,000 square-foot Starbucks is custom designed to complement the full service hotel and function space. It will be accessible from both the lobby of the Embassy Suites and the exterior parking lot. It will feature seating for 120 people, along with an exterior patio space for use in the summer months.

The 4,467 square-foot Grain and Cane Pub and Fine Dining Restaurant includes a unique rustic brick interior with polished concrete floors and a large Solari Board over the bar, which will display menu items. A spacious entry way with high ceiling will welcome customers as they enter the restaurant. Additionally, the exterior will incorporate a fire pit, dining patio with seating for an additional 40 people, and a large mural on the restaurant’s brick façade.

The glass enclosed Solarium will be accented with crystal chandeliers and surrounded by a garden of flowers, providing a unique setting for receptions, weddings, cocktail parties, lunches, dinners or corporate meetings. Constructed of state-of-the-art SageGlass, this one of a kind versatile space will allow for day meetings through the use of controlled glass panels that tint darker on demand, blocking out light and making it possible to easily view a presentation without distraction.

The Embassy Suites Hotel is now more than 50 percent complete, and construction is on track to be finished in 2017.

The full-service Embassy Suites Hotel will feature state-of-the-art finishes and design with easy access to nearby transportation, entertainment, and dining experiences.

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