Increasing data sets about the performance of energy efficiency retrofit projects is critical to increasing the number of investors willing to extend clean tech financing.
Archive | Intellectual Property & Technology
City Rolls Out “LEED for Broadband” Certification Program for NYC Office Buildings
By Stephen Del Percio on October 6, 2013 in Intellectual Property & Technology, New York City, WiredNYC
New York City has unveiled what officials are calling “LEED for Broadband,” a new certification program that will eventually rate the broadband and connectivity infrastructure of 500 Gotham commercial office buildings.
City of Dreams: Finalists Announced for 2014 Governors Island Pavilion Design Competition
Design concepts from five finalists have been selected for FIGMENT’s City of Dreams 2013-14 Pavilion Design Competition, which charged entrants with creating a prototype for “a new, truly sustainable way of thinking about design and construction” that will be installed next summer on Governors Island.
Downtown Download: Data Center Provider Signs Lease at 375 Pearl Street
By Stephen Del Percio on September 12, 2013 in Intellectual Property & Technology, Leases, Manhattan, New York City, Software, Transactions
In an 11,000-square-foot deal for up to 1 megawatt of power, the Fortune 500 data center provider Windstream has signed a 15-year lease at 375 Pearl Street’s Intergate.Manhattan facility.
Netherlands-Based 3D Printer Doubles Park Avenue South Office Space
By Stephen Del Percio on July 25, 2013 in Intellectual Property & Technology, Leases, Manhattan, New York City, Silicon Alley, Transactions
After moving into New York City at the end of 2012, the 3D printer Shapeways is already expanding, doubling its offices at 419 Park Avenue South in the red-hot Midtown South submarket.
Green 2.0: NYC to Open Clean Tech Startup Incubator in Brooklyn Tech Triangle
By Stephen Del Percio on July 22, 2013 in Brooklyn, Finance, Intellectual Property & Technology, New York City
Calling digital products and services that leverage technology and data to improve the built environment “Green 2.0,” NYCEDC and NYU-Polytechnic are placing a new clean tech incubator in the Brooklyn Tech Triangle to try and replicate the start-up successes the tandem have already created through other incubator programs elsewhere in the city.
Hello, Silicon Triangle? Plan for Downtown Brooklyn Aims to Grow Borough’s $6B Tech Industry
By Stephen Del Percio on June 24, 2013 in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Dumbo, Intellectual Property & Technology, Market Analysis, New York City, Urban Planning, Zoning
The Brooklyn Tech Triangle coalition is making a push for major development and infrastructure changes to downtown Brooklyn in order to help grow the borough’s booming technology industry.
Times Square Tech Takeover Continues with New Yahoo! NYC Offices
By Stephen Del Percio on May 28, 2013 in Intellectual Property & Technology, Leases, Manhattan, Market Analysis, New York City, Times Square, Transactions
87 percent of the leasing transactions in the Times Square submarket over the past 18 months have been tech deals. Now Yahoo! is about to join the fray.
Cornell NYC Tech to Bring Net Zero, LEED Platinum to $2B Roosevelt Island Campus
By Stephen Del Percio on May 23, 2013 in Intellectual Property & Technology, LEED-NC, New York City, Urban Planning
After the City Council’s recent approval, an ambitious $2 billion plan to transform the southern end of Roosevelt Island into the Cornell NYC Tech engineering campus is a step closer to breaking ground.
Midtown South Buzz: Tech Firm Doubles Space in Move to 200 Fifth Avenue
By Stephen Del Percio on May 3, 2013 in Flatiron, Intellectual Property & Technology, Leases, LEED-CS, Manhattan, Market Analysis, New York City, Silicon Alley, Transactions
BuzzFeed is doubling its office footprint in Midtown South by subleasing nearly 58,000 square feet from Tiffany at the LEED for Core and Shell Gold-certified 200 Fifth Avenue.
