Though Mandatory, LEED Gold-Hopeful 51 Astor Place Close to Landing First Tenant
Edward Minskoff’s Fumihiko Maki-designed 51 Astor Place is close to landing its first tenant: Hult International Business School is in discussions to lease the entire second floor of the 12-story, 400,000-square-foot tower in what would be a 55,000-square-foot deal. Asking rents would start in the $60s/square foot, escalating to the $100s by More...
Under Construction: One World Trade Center Progress Photos From May 11, 2012
Some progress photos we shot around the World Trade Center site on Friday, May 11, 2012. More...
gbNYC First Quarter 2012 Green Real Estate Report Now Available
We’re pleased to announce that a long-standing project of ours – a quarterly summary of what’s happening in the world of green real estate in white paper format – is now a reality. gbNYC’s More...
J.C. Penney Inks Full-Building Lease at Historic 200 Lafayette Street
A couple of months ago, we noted the $50 million Kushner-CIM Group joint venture acquistion of 200 Lafayette Street and the JV’s plans for a $20 million, LEED-certified upgrade for the 1900s-era, 7-story More...
630 Third Avenue Earns New York City’s 38th LEED-EB Certification
Dating from 1958 and owned and managed by ATCO Properties, the 23-story 630 Third Avenue recently earned a LEED for Existing Buildings (OM 2009) Silver certification from USGBC. The project is the 38th in New More...
Just South of Columbus Circle, Random House Renews Lease at NYC’s Second LEED-EB Building
Earlier this week, Random House announced that it has renewed the 360,000-square-foot lease for its corporate headquarters on floors 2 through 13 at SL Green’s 1745 Broadway through the middle of 2023. When More...
West Side, Sixth Avenue Setting the Pace in NYC’s LEED-EB Race
With the recent LEED-EB Silver certification of the Rockefeller Group’s 1271 Avenue of the Americas, Sixth Avenue has jumped past Park Avenue for the most LEED-EB-certified office buildings in Manhattan. More...
Long Island City’s Historic LEED Silver Brewster Building Lands JetBlue
Brewster Building in Long Island City Built in 1911, the Brewster Building in Long Island City already had a strong connection with the aviation industry even before JetBlue signed a sublease with its anchor tenant, More...
New York City Ranked Sixth in List of Cities Earning Energy Stars in 2011
For the fourth consecutive year, Los Angeles has topped the list of cities with the most commercial buildings earning the Environmental Protection Association’s Energy Star award. With 659 buildings receiving More...
Port Authority & Durst Unveil (London-Developed) Logo for 1 World Trade Center
It will stand at a symbolic final height of 1776 feet and was once known as the Freedom Tower. But when it came time to brand 1 World Trade Center, the Port Authority and the Durst Organization turned to the London-based More...