Silverstein Properties has completed the lease-up of its LEED Gold-certified 7 World Trade Center, inking a 125,000-square-foot, 20-year deal with financial services firm MSCI, Inc.
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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.”
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.
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.
