Starbucks will celebrate its return to Morristown with music and fanfare on July 22, from 5 pm to 7 pm.
The shop closed in 2006 to make way for the 40 Park redevelopment project. It now occupies a 2,100-square-foot corner space of that luxury development, at Park Place and Market Street, overlooking the historic Morristown Green.
Jennifer Perkoski, a former Morristown Starbucks employee, will manage the shop. The Morris Plains native is a 1998 Morristown High School grad.
“Coming home to manage the Morristown Starbucks is a dream come true for me,” Jennifer said in statement released by the Roseland Property Company. “The store is beautiful. There is a lot of sunlight, brand new equipment and seating for more than 30 people, as well as outdoor seating. The customers I’ve talked to are really looking forward to it and I’m excited that I will have an opportunity to contribute the store’s success.”
She will be joined by former Morristown Starbucks baristas Enrique and Terry.
Jennifer said employees will be given time off to volunteer at soup kitchens, and food that is not sold will be donated to local charities.
The new store also has LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification, for its “construction indoor air quality, waste management and post-construction conservation.”
“More than 75 percent of material used in the store will be recycled and waste will be minimized through the use of devices such as hand dryers instead of paper towels,” according to the statement.
Starbucks joins Roots Steak House, Urban Table, the AT&T Store and Qdoba Mexican Grill in The Shops on the Green, a 70,000-square-foot retail space on the ground level of the new 76-unit 40 Park luxury condominium building and the 130-unit Metropolitan at 40 Park rental building. The complex was built by the Roseland/Woodmont partnership.
