The Newark Downtown District Streetscape Improvement Project is a $17.5 million effort to upgrade 56 blocks of downtown Newark, New Jersey. The project broke ground back in June and includes three distinct phases over the course of the next three years. The first phase, which wrapped up back in October, included areas adjacent to the new [...]
December 21st, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "green New Jersey"
SJP Properties’ Waterfront Corporate Center III: Hoboken, NJ
New Jersey-based developer SJP Properties, whose first commercial foray into the Manhattan real estate market at LEED Silver hopeful 11 Times Square is two months ahead of schedule, is also developing the Waterfront Corporate Center III (”WCC III”) across the Hudson River in Hoboken (middle building in the image to the left). Also a speculative [...]
December 6th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Gang Green Goes Green: New York Jets Announce Naming Rights Agreement for LEED-Certified Florham Park Training Facility
The New York Jets today announced a twelve-year naming rights agreement with Atlantic Health, a Northern New Jersey health care provider, for the team’s new $75 million training facility that’s currently under construction in Florham Park. Hunter Roberts Construction Group is managing the project, which broke ground back in April and was designed by David [...]
October 24th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: Higher Education & Rutgers’ Capital Improvement Program
Sustainable design is becoming increasingly imperative for institutions of higher education as they seek to attract high caliber students. According to New York Construction magazine, while construction activity in the sector remains typical, enrollment will increase by thirteen percent by 2015. Schools are aware that demonstrating their commitment to green through sustainable campus buildings can [...]
October 8th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
James Dean House- Rosemont, New Jersey
This blog has always tempered its green building commentary with the observation that refurbishing an existing building is the most sustainable of construction practices, particularly here in the New York City metropolitan area where open space is at such a premium. Accordingly, Rosemont, New Jersey (population 49) is home to the James Dean House, a [...]
August 23rd, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued