News about green efforts across the retail sector has been prolific of late- see our recent posts about discussion at ICSC and Greenbuild, as well as important news from PNC Bank. So, it’s not entirely surprising that the world’s largest commercial building, which is home to an extensive number of retailers, recently made some green [...]
November 26th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedChicago
The Green Scene*: Special Report from USGBC’s Greenbuild Chicago 2007
*Paul McGinniss, whose Upstate New York Green Real Estate Report is a regular feature here at gbNYC, was at Greenbuild last week and checks in with this special report about the happenings in Chicago.
Over 20,000 people gathered in Chicago this past week for USGBC’s Greenbuild Expo 2007. I was lucky enough to be invited by ScheinMedia, [...]
The Green Exchange
A Chicago-based development firm is waiting to receive zoning approvals from the city in order to proceed with a 250,000 square foot mixed-use project at 2545 West Diversey Avenue on Chicago’s North Side. Once the approval is handed down, Baum Development LLC plans to invest $30 million into the former Frederick Cooper Lamp Company building [...]
December 1st, 2006 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
LEED Gold in Charlotte, Record Sale in Chicago
I’ve been having computer problems lately which, coupled with a document review I’ve been stuck on out in the middle of nowhere, New Jersey (insert joke here), has made posting difficult- my apologies.
I was hoping to be in Denver this week at GreenBuild but some last minute work obligations obliterated my travel plans so, unfortunately, [...]
Green Chicago
Why aren’t we doing this in New York City?
It really bothers me that so many of the links on this blog are to articles about how green Chicago is becoming. Not in a “wow, I wish they wouldn’t do that” sort of way, but I guess I’m just jealous that the Second City blows us [...]
Windy and Green
I’ll comment on this article from the Chicago Sun-Times soon, but I wanted to post it before my day got too hectic and I lost the link. It presents some interesting issues from both a structural design and LEED life cycle cost perspective. This particular excerpt caught my eye:
With the [green building/LEED] concept fairly new, [...]