Green Condos
MTA Selects Tishman Speyer’s LEED Gold Bid for Hudson Yards
On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority chose Tishman Speyer to develop the Hudson Yards site on the far West Side of Manhattan. Tishman’s $1 billion bid for a 99-year ground lease from the MTA was $39 million more than a joint venture proposal from the Durst Organization and Vornado. As you may recall, the MTA opened bidding back in October for the right to build at the 26-acre site, which spans from 30th to 33rd Streets and between 10th Avenue and the Hudson River. Designed by Helmut Jahn, Cooper Robertson, and landscape architect Peter Walker, Tishman’s scheme contemplates 8.1 million square feet of office space across 5 towers, 3,230 rental and condominium units, cultural and community space, 379 affordable housing units, and the promise of a LEED Gold rating for the development.
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27Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Thoughts on The Lucida & Cook + Fox’ Platinum Offices: gbNYC Interviews Rick Cook
gbNYC was thrilled to have the opportunity to recently chat with Rick Cook of Cook + Fox Architects about one of his firm’s green projects- The Lucida- which is currently seeking LEED certification on the corner of East 85th Street and Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side. The project touts itself as the first residential condominium project in the neighborhood to seek a LEED rating, which is an important first given that The Brompton and The Laurel have since joined the local green chase. Mr. Cook spoke to us about specific green features at The Lucida- from its hybrid wall window system to blast-furnace concrete transfer slab- and also offered thoughts on his firm’s office space and the LEED system generally.
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19Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
Installation of City’s First Microturbines Under New Code Completed in Battery Park City
Last week, RSP Systems installed the first microturbines in New York City pursuant to a new rule for their installation and use that Mayor Bloomberg signed into law last December. RSP installed a set of Capstone C60 Microturbines at LEED Gold-certified Millenium Tower Residences in Battery Park City. Under the rule, approved microturbines can be installed in certain locations on both commercial and residential projects, including within weatherproofed enclosures, on roofs, or within rooms that have two-hour fire doors.
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11Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Progress Towards Platinum: Update on Mark Helder’s 439 Metropolitan Avenue
Next Monday, March 10, Brooklyn Independent Television will air an episode of Brooklyn Review featuring the Reclaimed Home blog’s interview with architect Mark Helder, whose 439 Metropolitan Avenue project in Williamsburg is aiming for Gotham’s first mixed-use LEED Platinum rating. The segment will be part of the news magazine program’s A Walk Around the Blog series, which profiles different Brooklyn bloggers. We presented Mr. Helder’s project a few weeks ago here at gbNYC in relatively little detail, noting that it will house his architecture studio, two duplex condominium residences, a ground-floor art gallery, and feature passive solar design, radiant flooring, photovoltaics, and indoor air quality reaching HEPA standards.
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6Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Where’s the Mustard? GreenbergFarrow’s 80 Metropolitan in Williamsburg
gbNYC has always argued in favor of preserving existing buildings as the single most sustainable construction practice, particularly here in Gotham where the existing building stock is so extensive. Accordingly, we were disappointed to read about 80 Metropolitan, a 123-unit loft and townhouse development currently under construction in Williamsburg. The project sits on the former site of the the Old Dutch Mustard Company building, which was closed for over twenty years before being razed a little over a year ago. Developer Steiner NYC purchased the property in 2006 and originally hoped to incorporate the historic structure into 80 Metropolitan.
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6Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Denari’s HL23 to Purchase 100 Percent Green Power
The $22 million HL23 residential condo project at West 23rd Street and 10th Avenue, which rises above and cantilevers out over the High Line, will purchase 100 percent green power, according to a report that appeared yesterday on GlobeSt.com. Designed by Los Angeles-based Neil M. Denari Architects, the team also includes Thomas Juul-Hansen Architects, which designed the project’s interiors. YRG Sustainability Consultants of New York will assist the design team in pursuit of a LEED Gold rating from USGBC. GlobeSt.com also reports on a number of green design features at the 39,000-square-foot HL23, including reflective roofing, a target energy consumption reduction of 15 to 25 percent below code, construction waste management, and recycled-content building materials.
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4Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: Albanese’s Visionaire in Battery Park City Casts Eyes on Platinum
In the wake of the Albanese Organization’s Verdesian rental building achieving LEED Platinum last month, we thought it would be a good time to check in with the Verdesian, Albanese’s next foray into sustainable living at Battery Park City. A 33-story condominium tower designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, which also served as architect at the Verdesian and Albanese’s LEED Gold Solaire rental building on the north end of Battery Park, the Verdesian’s 251 units were 40 percent sold as of this past October. The 500,000-square-foot project is aiming for LEED Platinum and should be ready for occupancy later this year. The curving, sail-like façade of the tower, which is located on the southern end of Battery Park at 70 Little West Street, faces the Hudson River and provides for water views in every unit. The Starwood Capital Group serves as Albanese’s joint venture partner in the $310 million effort.
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4Feb2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
439 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg: New York City’s First LEED Platinum Mixed-Use Development?
Helder Design announced today that it will seek Gotham’s first LEED Platinum rating for a mixed-used project at 439 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The development broke ground back in August and should wrap up sometime this summer. It will house Helder’s architecture studio, as well as two duplex condominium residences and a ground-floor art gallery. Designed by Netherlands native Mark Helder, who moved his firm to New York back in 2002, the south-facing green building will feature passive solar design, radiant flooring, photovoltaics, and efficient ventilation and insulation systems.
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29Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: Harlem’s Kalahari at 40 West 116th Street
We’ll note today’s holiday in honor of Dr. King by pointing you to the Kalahari condominiums, which are still under construction on Fifth Avenue at 116th Street in Harlem, in pursuit of a LEED Silver rating. Developed by Harlem-based Full Spectrum Building & Development, the twelve-story project should open for occupancy sometime during the first two quarters of this year. Full Spectrum (which is also developing green projects in Trenton and at 1400 Fifth Avenue) is an African-American-owned developer of green properties that also provided consulting services in connection with the 20 River Terrace project in Battery Park City.
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21Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued
Williamsburg’s Green Edge Stays on Silver Track, Seeks Retail Tenants
We briefly mentioned Brooklyn’s The Edge early last summer after it appeared at #12 on New York Construction’s list of the top twenty projects started in 2006-2007 (ranked by dollar value). Construction on the $390 million, mixed-used development along the East River waterfront at Kent Avenue between North Fifth and Seventh Streets in Williamsburg is […]
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8Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: State & City Building- Historic Green Conversion in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia
I spent the weekend down in southwestern Virginia with my girlfriend at her parents’ place, so I thought it would be appropriate to write about a local LEED project today. Unfortunately, green news is still bit thin in those parts, but I was able to dig up a few LEED projects in Roanoke, which is […]
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31Dec2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
The Sustainable Condo Prototype Project: Green for the Holidays
Designed by Busby Perkins + Will, the Sustainable Condo Prototype Project is the product of EcoSmart, a non-profit foundation dedicated to the development of sustainable building technologies. After eight stops across Canada at a variety of events, the Condo has landed in Toronto as part of a larger educational exhibit on green technologies co-sponsored by […]
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26Dec2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
53 West 53rd Street: Jean Nouvel Tower Set to Rise Above MoMA
Jean Nouvel’s design for a new seventy-five story tower at 53 West 53rd Street, adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, was unveiled late last week. Hines, which will develop the property, purchased the 17,000-square-foot site from MoMA for $125 million earlier this year. Construction won’t get underway until sometime in 2009, but […]
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19Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued-
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