Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management firm has finalized a lease at what’s slated to become the first-ever LEED Platinum commercial office building.
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The Lower East Side: NYC’s Emerging Green Retail District?
By Stephen Del Percio on March 5, 2008 in Leases, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Market Analysis, New York City, Retail, Transactions
Manhattan’s Lower East Side is the latest New York City neighborhood to embrace sustainability, albeit in its own unique way, of course.
Top Green Office Leases in Manhattan by Square Footage: 2007
By Stephen Del Percio on February 28, 2008 in Leases, Manhattan, Market Analysis, New York City, Transactions
Nine of the 50 largest Manhattan office leases signed in 2007 were for space in buildings pursuing (or, as it were, not pursuing) LEED certification, which suggests some interesting points about New York City’s green real estate market.
Color it Green: The 25 Largest Blocks of Available Manhattan Office Space
By Stephen Del Percio on January 15, 2008 in Leases, Manhattan, Market Analysis, New York City, Transactions
Some important Manhattan green office buildings have major blocks of available commercial office space according to a recent compilation prepared by Crain’s New York Business.
LEED Gold Office Space Flying Off Shelf at 7 WTC
By Stephen Del Percio on December 27, 2007 in 7 World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Leases, Manhattan, Market Analysis, New York City, Transactions, World Trade Center
Larry Silverstein has inked another tenant for his LEED Gold 7 World Trade Center tower; only 444,000 square feet remain at the 1.7 million-square-foot, 52-story building.
Gore Scores 48th Floor at Bank of America Tower
By Stephen Del Percio on November 14, 2007 in Bank of America Tower, Bryant Park, Leases, Manhattan, New York City, Transactions
Back in September, we noted a report in Crain’s that Al Gore’s investment firm, Generation Investment Management LLP, was looking for LEED-certified office space in New York City. Today, Generation announced that it has secured a 5,000-square-foot lease on the 48th floor of the Durst Organization’s Bank of America Tower, which expects to receive the […]
