gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of October 26, 2008, including construction progress at two LEED hopeful residential projects- Neil Denari’s HL23 in Chelsea and the Costas Kondylis-designed 80 DeKalb Avenue in Fort Greene, an overview of pending green building legislative initiatives in New Jersey, efforts to green the 2008 New York City Marathon, and a new code of conduct for two aspiring New York State wind power developers.
November 2nd, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Bruce Ratner"
Bruce Ratner’s 80 DeKalb Avenue by Costas Kondylis
Designed by Costas Kondylis, Bruce Ratner’s 80 DeKalb Avenue will be the developer’s first residential tower to rise in Brooklyn. The controversial Mr. Ratner will seek LEED certification for the $200 million project, claiming that the 34-story tower will incorporate a variety of low-VOC materials and use low-flow plumbing fixtures. The project broke ground back in July; earlier this week, Mr. Ratner closed on hard-to-obtain $110 million in tax-exempt bond financing from the New York State Housing Finance Agency for the tower, which will feature 73 affordable and 292 market-rate units. Ratner plans on opening the project for leasing sometime next summer; the majority of the units will be studios and one-bedrooms.
August 22nd, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
UES Green Wall, Delays at Atlantic Yards, Reviewing the Lucida, & More Spec 8th Avenue Office Space
gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of August 3, 2008, including the installation of a living wall above Pure Yoga on East 86th Street, more delays for Bruce Ratner’s controversial Atlantic Yards development, a review of Cook + Fox’ LEED hopeful Lucida condo project on the Upper East Side, and plans for another speculative office tower along 8th Avenue from Boston Properties and Related, in between 11 Times Square and 250 West 55th Street.
August 9th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Carbon Neutral Nets Can’t Offset Fan Skepticism
Back in January, I wrote in this space about the Nets Go Green initiative, in which the NBA’s New Jersey Nets announced their intentions to push for carbon neutrality, “adopt sustainable practices” wherever possible, turn off the lights when they weren’t in the room, et cetera. In retrospect, much of my skepticism regarding the initiative was obviously a result of my broader cynicism about the team’s current ownership group. It doesn’t mean I was wrong to doubt the Nets’ commitment to sustainability, but…I don’t know, I’m trying to have some insight. My relationship with these guys is complicated.
April 3rd, 2008 | David Roth | 0 comments | Continued
“Rampantly Narcissistic” LEED Condos, Paterson Support for Congestion Pricing, & Defiant Atlantic Yards
gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of March 16, 2008, including thoughts on New York City’s current crop of high-end condo buildings- many of which will be LEED-certified- from the Times’ Nicolai Ouroussoff, Governor Paterson’s support for congestion pricing in Manhattan, and the refusal of Bruce Ratner’s “green” Atlantic Yards project to disappear, despite ongoing delays and devolving market conditions.
March 23rd, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
(Still N.J.) Nets Shooting to Wash Fans in Green
Leaving aside a foul-baiting flop here and a feigned hit-by-pitch there, sports as they are played are fairly straightforward. It’s when the front offices come into play that it’s time to turn the spam filter on. And so it is with the New Jersey Nets’ new “Shoot To Be Green” initiative. As one of many uninspiring old Nets billboard slogans proclaimed, “You can’t fake a fast break.” Greenwashing a franchise, however, is another story.
January 16th, 2008 | David Roth | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff*: Atlantic Terrace, Brooklyn, New York
Construction on Atlantic Terrace, an eighty-unit residential development at Atlantic and South Portland Avenues in Brooklyn will begin today, according to the New York Observer. Designed by Manhattan-based Magnusson Architects, 50 percent of the units at the $20 million, 10-story condominium will be set aside for affordable housing. (We’ve written previously about Dattner Architects’ 1870 [...]
October 22nd, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued