EIR Healthcare, a Philadelphia-headquartered construction consultancy specializing in modular construction solutions for the healthcare ecosystem, has broken ground in Brooklyn on a new commercial property designed and built through modular construction techniques.
The 58 Grattan project will include ground floor retail space and three floors of up to five commercial office spaces, which the company equated to a 10,000-square-foot Boutique Class A office building. The modules will be built off-site in a factory in Connecticut and delivered on-site overnight for installation, causing minimum disturbance to the surrounding neighborhood and traffic patterns.
EIR Healthcare added the entirety of above grade construction for the building will be completed off-site, which is 80% of the entire structure when considering the concrete foundation and elevator.
“Projects like 58 Grattan are an instructive proof-of-concept that modular construction is the future of solving both commercial and residential construction crises in urban infill areas,” said Grant Geiger, CEO of EIR Healthcare. “When done right, it’ll be difficult to ignore the time and cost-savings, as well as the advantage to build a technology-forward ‘smart building’ that best serves both the ownership and the tenants.”
The 58 Grattan project is expected to be completed by early 2025, with an estimated five-month timeline for manufacturing. EIR Healthcare added this is 60% faster and more sustainable than the traditional construction process.
The project is being built in partnership with general contractors Skylight Development, the architecture firm Coughlin Scheel Architects, and proptech partner Enlighted, a Siemens company. FullStack Modular is the manufacturer responsible for completing modules in an off-site factory before delivery to the project site fully completed.
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