Green Retail
Historic Argonaut Building at 57th & Broadway to Undergo Green Renovation
On Tuesday, M1 Real Estate, a Monaco-based real estate developer, inked a 99-year leasehold on the 10-story Argonaut Building at West 57th Street and Broadway. The Argonaut is the firm’s first foray into the North American market, and a spokesperson for M1 called the property a “home run acquisition.” M1 is currently evaluating the merits of two other potential deals in New York. The Argonaut is across the street from heralded LEED Gold Hearst Tower, and M1 plans to seek an unspecified LEED rating in connection with its renovation of the property’s entire 175,000 square feet. The project’s most sustainable feature, of course, is the Argonaut’s age; it was initially built in 1909 and served as the headquarters for General Motors prior to Hearst, and the building’s name actually comes from that of GM’s holding real estate holding company.
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21Feb2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Restaurant Leases Last Remaining Retail Space at N.Y. Times Tower
The New York Times Tower on 8th Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets, which earned a spot at #2 on gbNYC’s list of the top five Gotham green buildings from 2007, has secured a tenant for the fifth and final retail block in the non-LEED-certified green building. The 3,200-square-foot space will house a new restaurant concept from Andrew and Jonathan Schnipper, the brothers whose Hale & Hearty Soup chain is now ubiquitous here in Manhattan. The eatery will offer a casual American menu that will be “an evolution of the roadside stand we all knew growing up,” according to Andrew Schnipper.
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30Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: Green Retail, Rentals Set for 72nd and Broadway
It appears that the Harsen House won’t be the only LEED-certified project that will rise along West 72nd Street. According to a report that appeared in Friday’s Real Deal, 200 West 72nd Street will seek an unspecified level of LEED certification for 196 luxury rental units and 48,000 square feet of retail space which […]
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14Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 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
Tampa Bay Rays, Hines, to Develop LEED-Certified Ballpark on St. Petersburg Waterfront
Though their respective performances on the field could not be more wildly different, New York City and Tampa Bay do share a baseball connection; it’s where the Yankees hold their spring training and home to George Steinbrenner. The Boss even threatened to move the Bronx Bombers to Tampa during the Yanks’ lean years in the […]
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30Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: Merchandise Mart in Chicago, World’s Largest Commercial Building, Earns Silver Rating from USGBC
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 […]
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26Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
CB Richard Ellis to Enroll 100 Buildings in LEED-EB Through Portfolio Program
CB Richard Ellis (”CBRE”) will select 100 office buildings from the 1,000 that it manages in the U.S. to join the LEED Portfolio Program under the Existing Buildings (”LEED-EB”) standard. The plan comes on the heels of the firm’s announcement that it will aim to become carbon neutral by the end of 2010. CBRE told […]
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21Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Green Business Law: PNC Registers “Green Branch” with Trademark Office
“Green Branch” is now a registered trademark of PNC Bank. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (”USPTO”) recently granted the mark to PNC, which is actively participating in USGBC’s LEED Portfolio Pilot Program. PNC currently manages forty LEED-certified branch banks in six states, with more on the way. Fifteen of these branches have been certified […]
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21Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Retail Sector Continues March Towards Sustainability
The intersection of sustainability and the retail sector has been a hot topic of late (see our recent post regarding discussion at the ICSC fall conference in New Orleans a few weeks ago, as well as an announcement from Kohl’s that it will seek LEED certification for 80 new stores beginning next year). The topic […]
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20Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Stop & Shop Selected as Sole Supermarket Participant in LEED Portfolio Pilot Program
Stop & Shop Supermarket Company (Quincy, MA) announced last week that it is the first and only supermarket chain in the country that’s been accepted into USGBC’s LEED Portfolio Pilot Program, which is now closed and should launch officially sometime in early 2008. Along with its sister company Giant Food (Landover, MD), Stop & Shop […]
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13Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Green Retail Development a Hot Topic at ICSC Fall Conference
The International Council of Shopping Centers (“ICSC”) devoted attention to the intersection of sustainability and shopping center development at its 2007 Fall Conference in New Orleans, which wrapped up earlier this week. Specific green retail projects that were discussed included the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto, which has reduced its energy costs by […]
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19Oct2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
gbNYC Review: Sun & Earth Natural Cleaning Products
I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to sample some natural cleaning products from Sun & Earth and I’ve been meaning to write a quick post about the company, as I’ve been using their products both at home and in the office over the past few weeks. Joe Connors, the President and CEO of […]
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22Apr2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
BD+C White Paper Chapter 4: Selling Green to Retail Markets
This is my second post in what I hope will continue to be a series reacting to each chapter of the 2006 Building Design + Construction White Paper: Green Buildings and the Bottom Line. Chapter 4 discusses retail stores and their comparatively slow adaptation of sustainable design principles. Why care? Retail stores are the largest […]
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12Dec2006 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued-
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