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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Brooklyn Named to List of Top 10 Green Roof Cities
In good news for green building across Kings County, Brooklyn has placed fourth on a recent list of cities ranked by square footage of green roofs.
LEED Gold Office Space Flying Off Shelf at 7 WTC
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.
Stop & Shop Selected as Sole Supermarket Participant in LEED Portfolio Pilot Program
Stop & Shop Supermarket Company (Quincy, MA) announced last week that it is the first and only supermarket chain in the country that’s been accepted into USGBC’s LEED Portfolio Pilot Program, which is now closed and should launch officially sometime in early 2008. Along with its sister company Giant Food (Landover, MD), Stop & Shop […]
Gang Green Goes Green: New York Jets Announce Naming Rights Agreement for LEED-Certified Florham Park Training Facility
The New York Jets today announced a twelve-year naming rights agreement with Atlantic Health, a Northern New Jersey health care provider, for the team’s new $75 million training facility that’s currently under construction in Florham Park. Hunter Roberts Construction Group is managing the project, which broke ground back in April and was designed by David […]
“White Hot” 2007-09 NYC Construction Forecast Bodes Well for Green Building
At an industry breakfast forum held on Tuesday in Midtown, the New York Building Congress released its three-year outlook for construction activity in the New York City metropolitan area. Richard T. Anderson, President of the Building Congress, introduced the report and emphasized the robust figures across all sectors of the industry. $83 billion in construction […]