The Kushner Companies and Los Angeles-based CIM Group recently closed on the $50 million acquisition of 200 Lafayette Street and will reposition the historic 7-story property as a Class A, LEED-certified SoHo office building.
Archive | Historic Preservation
REI Preserving Puck Building History at First NYC Retail Store in SoHo
By Stephen Del Percio on December 5, 2011 in Historic Preservation, Manhattan, New York City, Retail, SoHo
REI’s new 35,000-square-foot SoHo store is the Washington-based outdoor clothing chain’s first in New York City and one of the most interesting and accessible green building projects that you’ll come across anywhere in Manhattan- even if you’re not the hiking, biking, or climbing type.
Cured for Preservation: Office Building to Rise Over Historic Meatpacking Warehouse
By Stephen Del Percio on August 22, 2011 in Historic Preservation, Manhattan, Meatpacking District, New York City
Morris Adjmi Architects has received approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a 6-story retail and office addition to a historic Depression-era warehouse in the Meatpacking District.
Sounds Good: Inside Carnegie Hall’s LEED Silver Overhaul
By David Roth on March 23, 2011 in Green Roofs, Historic Preservation, LEED-EB, Manhattan, Midtown, New York City
How does Carnegie Hall plan to reach LEED Silver status? Practice, practice, practice. (Well, that and an ambitious green retrofit)
Everything That Rises Must Go Rental: Of Brands, Adaptive Reuse and Williamsburg’s Steelworks Lofts
Steelworks Lofts, an adaptive reuse project in Williamsburg, is out of limbo. It has new developers, a new identity as a rental building… but what about its former sustainability?
Buffalo, Sun City: Can Solar Power Bloom in Western New York?
By David Roth on September 24, 2009 in Alternative Energy, Buffalo, Historic Preservation, LEED-EB, Tax Incentives, Urban Planning
With comparatively cheap and comparatively green hydroelectric power keeping the lights on and water flowing, and low demand keeping real estate prices low, the stage is pretty well set for Buffalo to enjoy a bloom in green industry.
Trenton Makes (Its Case as a Green Hub), The World Takes
HHG has restored four historic pre-Victorian townhomes and kitted them out with Energy Star windows and appliances and energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, while their 18-unit Cracker Factory lofts inhabit the circa-1896 Exton Bakery building in which the familiar “oyster cracker” originated.
Panel to Tackle Preserving & Greening Industrial Buildings at Municipal Art Society
By Stephen Del Percio on October 20, 2008 in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Historic Preservation, New York City
Using former industrial buildings as new manufacturing ventures or adapting them for other uses are just two ways that New York City is exploring how these structures can serve a 21st century economy.
Forum Launches for Preservation Efforts Across New York City
Preservation Vision: NYC hopes to shape the conversation about the future of New York City’s historic structures.
Staten Island’s Markham Gardens: Top Ten Eco-Friendly Neighborhood?
By Stephen Del Percio on January 18, 2008 in Historic Preservation, Market Analysis, New York City, Staten Island, Urban Planning
An affordable housing development on Staten Island’s north shore is one of the country’s top ten eco-friendly neighborhoods.
