Nassau County

Nassau County

Allegria Hotel & Spa: LEED on the Ocean in Long Beach

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The Allegria Hotel & Spa is set to open up this May on Long Beach in Nassau County. Developed by Long Island-based Alrose Group, the 150-room project is actually a conversion of the somewhat gaudy looking King David Manor, which was formerly a 170-room nursing home. Alrose purchased the property back in 2007 for $22 million and engaged Midtown-based Tommy Sadha Interior Design for the gut renovation. Specific green design features don’t appear available yet, but the project will pursue an unspecified level of LEED certification.

Although the design is much more modern than the former nursing home facade, Alrose head Allen Rosenberg told the New York Times in late 2007 that the design intent was not to make the Allegria "ultrachic or ultrahip" and described the project as a combination of the Delano Hotel in Miami Beach and the W and Marriot hotel chains. Alrose was aiming for rates in the $250 range for rooms before the economy collapsed; the Allegria will also offer a rooftop swimming pool, a Todd Jacobs restaurant, and 200-person capacity ballroom and meeting space. The hotel is located on the beach at 80 West Broadway in Long Beach.

Green Building Legislative Compromises Could Help Ease Concerns over LEED Creep

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by Stephen Del Percio

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Nassau County on Long Island is on the verge of requiring project teams to adhere to LEED when constructing new county buildings or renovating existing county buildings. However, the proposed legislation will not require the county to apply for any level of LEED certification from USGBC.

According to New York Newsday, Nassau Commissioner of Public Works Ray Ribiero stated that “[t]he certification is just a piece of paper to make you feel good. It requires a certain amount of documentation and fees. None of that stuff saves any energy or helps the environment. I’m not saying we won’t eventually go for certification, but we need to see how this first part works first.”

Second Long Island County on Verge of Mandating LEED for Public Projects

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by Stephen Del Percio

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It appears that Nassau County on Long Island is about to mandate LEED for public projects greater than 5,000 square feet or budgeted at $1 million or more. County Executive Thomas Suozzi announced at a press conference on Monday in Mineola that his proposal (also sponsored by legislators from Merrick and Oceanside) was approved by the requisite committees last week and will move before the full County legislature sometime next month. The Nassau legislation would mirror that which has been effect since 2006 on Long Island’s Suffolk County, though not replicate the developing LEED creep situation in the Town of Babylon, about which I’ve written before.