Environment News
Times Square Is at the Center of the Green Building Movement
The dramatic transformation of Times Square from a seedy district infamous for porn shops and massage parlors into a thriving retail and entertainment...
Report: CFOs See Green in Green Practices
Senior finance executives believe companies that reduce their impact on the environment can achieve significant financial benefits ranging from reduced operating costs to improved shareholder value and better employee retention....
Turning Brownfields into Goldfields
Across from the Manhattan skyline showcasing the nation's premier properties, for more than 30 years a sprawling parcel of land sat neglected and overgrown with weeds in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge. Once, silent film star Mary Pickford posed for close-ups in a film studio on the site. Nearly a century later, where others saw blight, developer John Johnson, president of Centuria Corp., saw possibility....
Environment Articles
Innovations Widen Spectrum of Sun-Powered Technologies
High energy prices this summer are turning up the heat on research and development to make solar power generation more effective and affordable. ...
Hines’ West Coast Tower Achieves the Silver
Hines’ 12-story, 266,605 sq. ft. office tower is the first building in California and on the West Coast to be certified for silver status by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Core & Shell program, according to the company. ...
Transwestern’s Larry Heard Makes the Case for Sustainability
Commercial real estate companies agree that sustainability is a business issue. We want to conserve energy and manage costs and do so with outstanding building operations management. ...
Q&A with Dara Kovel, regional director, Jonathan Rose Cos.
The most critical green decisions developers make are how and where, rather than what, they develop, according to Dara Kovel, director for the New England regional office of Jonathan Rose Cos....
Green Gains Clout With Commercial Lenders
In San Francisco, Houston and across the country, a handful of community banks and some of the nation's largest lenders are discovering fertile ground...
Banks Cultivate Green Loans
In San Francisco, Houston and across the country, a handful of community banks and even some of the nation’s largest lenders are discovering a growth area in construction loans and mortgages for sustainable commercial real estate. ...
Stirling Targets Logistics Center for LEED
Stirling Capital Investments has completed its fourth industrial building at the Southern California Logistics Centre (SCLC) in Victorville, Calif. ...
Q&A with Jon Ratner, Director of Sustainability, Forest City Enterprises
Over the past quarter century, Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB) has become known for its large, mixed-used projects that require working with communities to redevelop underutilized pieces of real estate....
Green Leases: A Matter for Debate
As companies stake their branding and corporate reputations on sustainability, office landlords and their tenants are exploring ways to hold one another accountable for green practices through lease provisions....
Construction Company Skanska Walks the Green Walk
Before Skanska USA Building moved its Southeast regional headquarters in Atlanta last October from an owned building to 1.5 floors of leased office space, the company built out the space with sustainability in mind. ...
