1211 Avenue of the Americas – the country’s largest LEED-EB office building – recently landed a large insurance tenant for 121,000 square feet on the 24th through 26th floors.
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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)
Tenants Taking to Pre-Built Green Spaces at Empire State Building
By Stephen Del Percio on March 3, 2011 in Empire State Building, LEED-CI, LEED-EB, Manhattan, Market Analysis, Midtown, New York City
W&H Properties has closed 4 deals totaling 15,000 square feet for pre-built office space designed for tenants to seek LEED-CI certification.
Green Leasing: Owners, Brokers Must Carefully Consider Interplay of LEED-EB:OM and LEED-CI
The interplay – or lack thereof – between individual LEED rating systems may create unanticipated liabilities for landlords and brokers who market LEED-EB:OM-certified space to tenants that subsequently seek to pursue LEED-CI.
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.
Wells Fargo “Attracted” to LEED-EB Silver Efforts at 100 Park Avenue
By Stephen Del Percio on January 28, 2009 in 100 Park Avenue, Grand Central Station, Leases, LEED-EB, Manhattan, Market Analysis, Marketing, New York City, Transactions
Perhaps it’s anecdotal, but SL Green’s $72 million capital investment in 100 Park Avenue is paying dividends: a Wells Fargo subsidiary has indicated it was attracted to the tower’s pending LEED Silver certification after agreeing to a major lease.
CB Richard Ellis to Enroll 100 Buildings in LEED-EB Through Portfolio Program
CB Richard Ellis (“CBRE”) will select 100 office buildings from the 1,000 that it manages in the U.S. to join the LEED Portfolio Program under the Existing Buildings (“LEED-EB”) standard. The plan comes on the heels of the firm’s announcement that it will aim to become carbon neutral by the end of 2010. CBRE told […]
Manhattan Commercial Green Building Survey with Spotlight on Green Rehabs
This week’s issue of Crain’s New York Business includes the paper’s most recent Real Estate Report, which focuses on green building projects in New York City’s commercial and residential sectors. gbNYC has previously discussed many of the new commercial projects presented in the article, titled Eco-towers on the rise, including 7 WTC and the other […]
