West Orange, NJ-based company creates spaces geared to the evolving needs of healthcare providers
"Your handshake and your word are your bond – more important than any written contract.”
Guided by those 14 words espoused by its founder S. Stephen Atkins, West Orange, NJ-based Atkins Companies has steadily grown from humble roots as a post-World War II homebuilder into one of the northeast’s premier healthcare real estate investors and operators.
Now under the second and third generation of Atkins family leadership, Atkins Companies’ decades-long commitment to a relationship-first approach has powered its success and ongoing evolution in what has become one of the nation’s most competitive and crowded asset classes.
Decades in the making, Atkins Companies’ entrance into the healthcare industry has truly been a multigenerational family affair. Under the leadership of S. Stephen’s sons Robert, Chick and Jack, as well as his grandson Cory, Atkins Companies has successfully built upon its development roots and relationship-first approach to cement its role as a pioneer in the development and management of state-of-the-art medical office facilities. Working closely with many of the region’s largest healthcare systems and physician groups including RWJBarnabas Health, Atlantic Health and Summit Health, Atkins Companies has helped to define the gold standard for community-focused outpatient medical office buildings. With visionary leadership and hands-on management of every property in its portfolio, Atkins Companies has successfully created spaces where leading healthcare providers deliver care to thousands of patients across the northeast.
Emblematic of the company’s focus on creating spaces geared to the evolving needs of healthcare providers are two of its recent success stories - Washington Square Town Center and the Bridgewater Medical Office projects.
Aiming to construct one of the region’s first healthcare-centric mixed-use communities, Atkins Companies worked closely with Woodmont Properties to construct the 35-acre Washington Square Town Center in Washington Twp, NJ. Anchored by a 40,000 s/f medical office building, the property also boasts a combination of residential apartments, townhomes, retail spaces, and an assisted living facility to create a truly one-of-a-kind community center in the heart of southern New Jersey. Currently leased to a diverse slate of healthcare tenants including Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Washington Square Town Center showcases how Atkins Companies’ creativity continually helps its healthcare partners deliver care more effectively into their local communities.
Further showcasing the company’s creativity and unique understanding of today’s care delivery model is its recent project to transform a 95,000 s/f hybrid office/medical office building in Bridgewater, NJ into a regional healthcare hub for two of the area’s largest networks. Completed in late 2020, the project exemplified Atkins Companies’ ability to not only find value in an increasingly crowded market but create spaces geared to the needs of the region’s leading healthcare providers.
Through their visionary strategic planning and creative asset management, Atkins Companies has continually met the diverse space needs of healthcare providers and has helped them make immeasurable impacts in the lives of patients across the region.
As the company looks toward the future of a rapidly changing healthcare industry, their family leadership knows that one thing will never change – their singular focus on building relationships with their partners through a steadfast commitment to integrity and trustworthiness in all of their work.