Time Equities broke ground in a ceremony back in June on 50 West Street, a 65-story, $600 million, 580,000-square-foot mixed use tower that will rise along Rector Street, just a few blocks south of the World Trade Center site. The New York-based developer anticipates LEED Gold certification for the project upon a 2011 completion date. The base of 50 West Street will include a 5-star hotel offering 155 units, as well as retail space, with 280 condominium units sitting above. Designed by Helmut Jahn, the project will include a variety of sustainable design features ranging from automated blinds to a green roof, efficient plumbing fixtures, and renewable and recycled-content construction materials specified by architects of record Gruzen Samton. 50 West will be Jahn’s first executed design here in New York City since the CitySpire back in 1987.
August 11th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "sustainable architecture"
Rotating, Self-Powered, Prefab “Dynamic Tower” May Twist into Manhattan
The Dynamic Tower- a 1380-foot, rotating residential high-rise, will break ground in Dubai within a few months, according to Italian architect David Fisher, who discussed details about the project at a press conference today at the Plaza Hotel in Midtown. According to Dr. Fisher, a second Dynamic Tower will soon follow in Moscow with a third to come here in New York City. Although he did not provide specific details, Fisher noted that he is already talking to developers about bringing the concept to Gotham.
June 24th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
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
Top 5 New York City Green Buildings: 2007
It might be a bit early to start looking back on what has been a truly watershed year for the green movement at large, and green building in particular, but here’s our stab at the top five green buildings in New York City that either received a LEED rating or were completed during the course [...]
December 4th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
Green Meets Arts & Crafts: Windermere on the Lake
A planned residential community isn’t necessarily the first place you might look to try and find the intersection of design excellence and sustainability, but a new development in suburban Connecticut might help to change your tune. When it’s complete, Windermere on the Lake will offer twenty-four luxury homes across seventy-five acres in North Stamford. Developed [...]
November 23rd, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued