It’s both symbolic and important: the LEED Gold-hopeful Freedom Tower has secured its first lease with a Chinese real estate company for nearly 200,000 square feet of office space.
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Green Building in Crisis? Bear Stearns Meltdown May Drown Beer Belly Building
By Stephen Del Percio on March 18, 2008 in Ground Zero, LEED-NC, Manhattan, Market Analysis, New York City, World Trade Center
The planned LEED Platinum Beer Belly Building at 5 World Trade Center is on the rocks after JPMorgan Chase’s purchase of the former headquarters of Bear Stearns in Midtown.
Silverstein, Port Authority Escalating Green Efforts at Ground Zero
By Stephen Del Percio on March 13, 2008 in 1 World Trade Center, 7 World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Manhattan, New York City, World Trade Center
With $2 billion in construction contracts already on the street for the $20 billion redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, Larry Silverstein calls the project a “freight train – the only way to stop it will be when all of the [LEED Gold] buildings are complete.”