About UsThe Rockefeller Medical and Professional Center is rich in history,with origins dating back to the late 1920’s. Known today as the Rockefeller Medical and Professional Center at 1712 Kingsley Avenue, this property was once known around the world as the Yale Anthropoid Experiment Station. The work done here from 1930 to 1965 was “comparative psychobiology,” a combination of psychology and physiology using animals instead of humans as subjects to learn about human development, socialization, and physical and psychological health and illness. The center, which eventually became one of seven prestigious regional primate centers in the U.S., was the brainchild of Pennsylvania farm boy Robert Mearns Yerkes, a graduate of Harvard University and a researcher at Yale. Today the Yerkes National Primate Research Center flourishes at Emory University in Atlanta, hosting 3,400 primates and 5,000 rodents. The focus is on biomedical research on AIDS, drug addiction, memory loss, hepatitis, malaria, influenza and more.

scientistsNow a business park with tremendous potential, especially for medical professionals who want to be near Orange Park Medical Center, the property has been given new life and her history preserved.What is left of the scientific facility that brought Orange Park respect for 35 years is a wooded compound offering modern office and medical space in seven of the original 12 buildings. John Wright, a local builder and developer who purchased the property in 2006, has renamed the center “Rockefeller” in honor of the foundation that funded it through much of its history. Original buildings, all designed by a New York architect, now bear names such as Carnegie, Yale and Harvard. With the addition of five buildings, the complex offers 50,000 square feet of professional space, all recently renovated and refurbished and divided into offices and suites ranging from 250 to 5000 square feet each. Wright has preserved the trees and greenery for a classy, historic feel. The original buildings, erected over a period of two years in the 1920s, are still solid as a rock, he explains. The impressive atrium in the Rockefeller building will someday house a bistro-type restaurant. On-site management and maintenance, turnkey space, and custom design options make Rockefeller Medical and Professional Center a great place to consider for your next office. Wright’s vision for the complex is to reestablish a mix of both professional office space and the best in medical and outpatient surgical care, bringing modern comfort, convenience and technology to a professional workplace steeped in history.