All Posts Tagged With: "LEED Gold"
City Selects Gowanus Green; LEED for AOL HQ & New York Theater Workshop
gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of April 12, 2008, including a number of affordable LEED projects on the way in the Bronx in addition to the Morrisania Homes, the City’s selection of Gowanus Green for a LEED-ND development along the Gowanus Canal, and potential LEED-certified spaces for AOL at 770 Broadway and the New York Theater Workshop at 72 East 4th Street.
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20Apr2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Steel on the Rise at SJP Properties’ 11 Times Square
A few weeks ago, Real Estate Weekly reported that SJP Properties was close to securing the French bank Natixis as an anchor tenant for its 40-story, 1.1 million-square-foot speculative 11 Times Square project at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, which will seek a LEED Gold rating from USGBC. Yesterday, the developer announced (with some degree of fanfare) that it has started erection of the $1.1 billion building’s 7,000 tons of structural steel. In a prepared statement, SJP CFO David Welch said that “[t]he arrival and implementation of the steel phase will allow interior core and floor framing for the structure to take shape. We remain ahead of schedule and will deliver the building for tenant occupancy by late 2009.” Designed by FXFOWLE, the tower will feature a concrete core enclosing its elevator banks and utility risers, which allows tenant floors to remain column-free and insulates them from noise emanating from the concrete-enclosed mechanical rooms.
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10Apr2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: Handel Architects’ Millennium Tower Residences in Battery Park City
The 35-story Millennium Tower in Battery Park City (”BPC”), developed by Millennium Partners and completed last year, was one of the first residential high-rises to earn a LEED Gold rating in New York City (The Solaire & The Helena). The unassuming brick-and-aluminum-clad condominium building, designed by Handel Architects with Steven Winter Associates serving as green consultants, incorporates an honest commitment to cleaner water and air and lower energy costs. gbNYC recently discussed the building in the aftermath of its installation of the first microturbines in the city pursuant to the new rule which was enacted by Mayor Bloomberg last December.
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7Apr2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
DiCaprio at Riverhouse, Lake Windermere, & Platinum Audobon Society HQ
gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of March 30, 2008, including Leonardo DiCaprio’s purchase of a condo unit at the Sheldrake Organization’s Riverhouse in Battery Park City, which is pursuing a LEED Gold rating from USGBC, the New York Times’ profile of the 7000-square-foot model home at the Lake Windermere project in Connecticut in the context of large, yet purportedly green, residential development, and a new LEED Platinum-level headquarters for the National Audobon Society on Varick Street, designed by FXFOWLE.
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7Apr2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
2008 Vintage of Microturbines Now Operating on Lafayette Street
Two years ago, Astor Wines and Spirits relocated to the Theodore De Vinne Press Building at 399 Lafayette Street, on the northeast corner of Fourth Street in the Village. At the time, Andrew Fisher, whose family has owned the building since 1983, installed two microturbines in the basement. Until last December, though, when Mayor Bloomberg signed legislation authorizing the installation and use of microturbines, the Fishers had yet to turn the system on. Mr. Fisher told the New York Times earlier this week that the two microturbines, now operating pursuant to the rule, provide enough energy to heat, cool, and provide electricity for his store and its upstairs cooking school and gallery.
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28Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
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
Monday LEEDoff: A Peek at Brooklyn’s First Living Wall in Williamsburg
Consulting team Sphere Trending recently posted some photos on its blog of the Oulu Bar & Eco-Lounge in Williamsburg, home of Brooklyn’s first living wall. The wall covers the front façade of the 2500-square-foot building, which is aiming for LEED Gold certification and was designed by architect Evangeline Dennie. Dennie has some amazing installation photos of the vegetal wall in her online portfolio. Having dealt with these kinds of wall installations a little myself, I can tell you they’re not easy to mount or maintain, so my hat goes off to Dennie for making this one look so good. Some of Oulu’s other green features include biodegradable ceramic tile on the walls, water-based grout sealer in the bathrooms, natural Mica panels promoting light exchange, sheetrock exterior walls made of recycled material and post-consumer recycled paper, and a garage door that provides natural ventilation.
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24Mar2008 | Meredith Taylor | 1 comment | Continued
French Bank May Say Oui to Gold at 11 Times Square
In early February, we noted an interview that SJP Properties’ Stephen Pozycki gave to Real Estate Weekly about progress at LEED Gold hopeful 11 Times Square, which is currently under construction at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue. “Tenants will come,” Pozycki said at the time, while also expressing his expectation that the tower would be half-leased come summer. Despite the softening market, it appears that Mr. Pozycki’s prediction may prove prescient, as Real Estate Weekly reported this week that the French bank Natixis is considering up to 250,000 square feet at 11 Times Square. The bank is apparently conducting test fit-outs but has yet to commit to occupying space at the tower. Natixis currently leases space in a number of Midtown trophy buildings- including 9 West 57th Street and 1350 Avenue of the Americas- that it wants to consolidate into one similarly prestigious space- LEED Gold, even on 8th Avenue, appears to meet that litmus test.
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20Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Silverstein, Port Authority Escalating Green Efforts at Ground Zero
Yesterday, the New York Building Congress held a Luncheon Forum at the Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park City. Sharing remarks were Larry Silverstein, whose Silverstein Properties continues to move forward with redevelopment efforts at the World Trade Center site, and Anthony Shorris, Executive Director of the Port Authority. Mr. Silverstein first provided an overview of the massive $20 billion project, which is still on track for full occupancy in 2012. He also announced that the World Trade Center Design Studio on the 10th floor of LEED Gold 7 WTC, where 120 design team members have been working for the past 18 months, will now be known as the World Trade Construction Center. “We’ve got $2 billion in construction contracts- for concrete, steel, and elevators- on the street right now,” Mr. Silverstein said. “This project is like a freight train- the only way to stop it will be when all of the buildings are complete.”
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13Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | 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
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
Security Concerns at WTC, LEED & Energy Star in Jersey, & More Financing for 510 Madison
gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of February 24, 2008, including new construction financing for Macklowe Properties at LEED Gold hopeful 510 Madison Avenue, security concerns over the proximity to the street of Towers 2, 3, and 4 at the World Trade Center site, and LEED and Energy Star news out of the Garden State.
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2Mar2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
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-
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