All Posts Tagged With: "Al Gore"

Gore Finalizes 5500 s/f Lease at Bank of America Tower

The New York Observer reported earlier today that Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management firm has finalized its lease for 5500 square feet on the 48th floor of the Durst Organization’s Bank of America Tower, which expects to receive the first-ever LEED Platinum rating for a commercial high-rise from USGBC. Asking rents at the Midtown tower, which was designed by Cook + Fox, had been hovering around $185/square foot; it’s unclear how much Gore’s firm agreed to pay for the space, but as of last July, this was the asking price for the only two remaining floors in the building.

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27May2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued

Monday LEEDoff*: Homestead Savings Bank, 283 Genesee St., Utica, New York

It’s not just Al Gore and other high-profile tenants that are actively looking for green office space. Upstate in Utica, New York, two local businessmen have secured a construction loan from NTB Bank for an $800,000 rehabilitation of the former Homestead Savings Bank at 283 Genesee Street, which will seek an unspecified level of LEED […]

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19Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued

Gore Scores 48th Floor at Bank of America Tower

Back in September, we noted a report in Crain’s that Al Gore’s investment firm, Generation Investment Management LLP, was looking for LEED-certified office space in New York City. Today, Generation announced that it has secured a 5,000-square-foot lease on the 48th floor of the Durst Organization’s Bank of America Tower, which expects to receive the […]

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14Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued

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, […]

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12Nov2007 | Paul McGinniss | 2 comments | Continued