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EDA Names Mark E. Cowin to Manage Its Real Estate Assets and Oversee Leasing Activities at Its Technology Facilities

Trenton, N.J. (April 28, 2005) - The New Jersey Economic Development Authority has hired Mark E. Cowin of Atco to help manage its six million square feet of real estate assets and oversee leasing activities at two of the premier technology facilities in the state, the EDA's Technology Centre of New Jersey and Waterfront Technology Center at Camden. Cowin has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate field, including responsibility for acquisitions and asset and construction management.
"From helping to revitalize urban centers to creating and managing first-class buildings to meet the needs of emerging and established high-technology and biotetechnology companies, the EDA's real estate development activities offer a perfect complement to our financing efforts for generating economic expansion and stimulating the creation of jobs in New Jersey," said EDA Chief Executive Officer Caren S. Franzini. "Mark Cowin's extensive experience as a real estate professional will be a major asset to the EDA as we move forward with our state-of-the-art technology facilities and other real estate projects."
The Technology Centre of New Jersey is a 50-acre state-of-the-art complex along Route 1's research corridor in North Brunswick that features more than 400,000 square feet of prime space for growing high-technology and life sciences businesses. The five-story, 100,000-square-foot Waterfront Technology Center has been designed to accommodate existing businesses and startups in the biosciences, microelectronics, advanced materials, information technology and other high-tech and life sciences fields. It is scheduled to be completed and ready for occupancy later this summer.
Both facilities are located within Innovation Zones, technology neighborhoods that encompass state universities, research hospitals and related businesses, which have been created by the state in the New Brunswick area, Camden and Newark to spur collaborative research efforts and the more rapid transfer of discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace.
Cowin comes to the EDA from the Susquehanna International Group (SIG), LLP, in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., where he had served as director of real estate and facilities since October 2001. There he was responsible for administering the day-to-day operations over more than one million square feet of commercial office property in the United States, Ireland and Australia.
Prior to joining SIG, he spent more than five years as project director, information technology and facility manager for Alliance Data Systems in Voorhees, and nearly eight years as property manager/site manager for Leggat McCall Properties Management, also in Voorhees.
Cowin is a graduate of Camden County College, the Camden County College Advanced Technical Education Program, and the RCA/General Electric MIP Program.
Cowin may be reached at mcowin@njeda.com or (609) 292-8786.