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Top Green Commercial Office Leases in Manhattan by Square Footage: 2008

Wed

Feb

The CoStar Group’s list of the top 50 Manhattan office leases (by square footage) that were finalized in 2008 appears in this week’s issue of Crain’s (though it isn’t available online). By our count, 7 of these 50 leases were inked for space in green office buildings. Importantly, the top two leases overall were in green buildings (1515 Broadway and 375 Hudson Street, respectively). We’ve written about a number of these buildings before, and present each lease below along with links to pertinent posts at gbNYC. We also set forth the tower’s third-party certification status (if any), tenant, landlord, and total square footage of the deal.

Volant Trading Inks Lease for Last Available Prebuilt Space at 7 WTC

Wed

Jan

by Stephen Del Percio

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Larry Silverstein has leased the last available prebuilt space at his 7 World Trade Center. As you'll recall, the tower was the first commercial office building in New York City to earn LEED Gold certification. Equity and derivatives traders Volant Trading, which was formerly located at 99 Wall Street, plans to move into building in March. The firm is quadrupling its existing space by taking 7800 square feet at 7 WTC, or approximately one fifth of the tower's 33rd floor. Volant signed a seven-year deal at $75 per square foot. CB Richard Ellis's Rob Wizenberg, who represented Volant in the negotiations, noted that the firm "wanted absolutely top-quality space. The layout was perfect and they love being downtown."

Net Zero Home in Brooklyn, Libeskind Goes Green at One Madison, & Credit Crisis Hits 50 West Street

Sun

Dec

by Stephen Del Percio

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Time Equities announces completion date for Helmut Jahn-designed LEED Gold hopeful 50 West Street delayed due to construction financing issues
Green foreclosure program BankonGreen introduced by Viridian Asset Management
German bank WestLB signs its lease at LEED Gold 7 World Trade Center
Brooklyn home on Windsor Terrace is net zero
Daniel Libeskind goes green with design for his first building in New York City at One Madison Avenue

Giving Thanks for Green Building

Thu

Nov

by Stephen Del Percio

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It’s somtimes too easy to lose sight of the positive, particularly when news – as it has been around here lately – is so consistently negative. There are still good things happening both in our industry and here in New York City, though, and so on this Thanksgiving I’d like to point out a number of recent green building news items of note that I think we ought to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!