Development

Report: Santa Clara City Council Approves New Yahoo! Complex

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that the Santa Clara City Council has given the nod to an enormous new Yahoo campus.

Perkins+Will Tapped as Master Planner for Walter Reed Campus

Global interdisciplinary design firm Perkins+Will has been selected as the master planner for the 62-acre Walter Reed Army Medical Center Campus.

With Receiver at the Helm, Construction Resumes on $180M D.C. Office Project

Less than a year after Rockville, Md.-based developer Opus East L.L.C’s bankruptcy filing put the brakes on construction of the 400,000-square-foot office building at 1015 Half Street in Washington, D.C., San Diego-headquartered court-appointed receiver Douglas Wilson Companies (DWC) has gotten the approximately $180 million project million project back on track.

Canon Kicks Off $636M Development of HQ on Long Island

After three years of planning, Canon U.S.A. Inc. has just broken ground on its new 1.2-billion-square-foot headquarters in Melville, N.Y.

Turner Construction Commences Work on $93M Hospital Research Center in Ohio

With Turner Construction at the helm, ground has just broken on Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s (NCH) $93 million Research Building III in Columbus, Ohio. Turner is on track to complete construction of the 225,000-square-foot facility in 2012.

Welcome to the Neighborhood–USGBC Introduces New LEED Rating for Communities

The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council’s internationally recognized official stamp of sustainability has been awarded to millions of buildings around the world, but with the organization’s introduction of the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system, entire communities can now achieve LEED certification.

Lowe Names Newman President of Real Estate Group

Real estate investment, development and management firm Lowe Enterprises, Inc., has named Richard Newman, Jr., President of the firm’s Real Estate Group.

Design Completion Paves Way for Start of San Francisco’s $4B Transbay Transit Center

The San Francisco Transbay Joint Powers Authority’s (TJPA) development of the city’s new state-of-the-art Transbay Transit Center and Park is right on track. Now that Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects has submitted the final design report for the $4 billion downtown project, there is nothing stopping the first phase from getting underway this August.

New Partnership to Develop Affordable Housing Across the Globe

The affordable housing problem extends far beyond U.S. borders, and Indianapolis-based 3D Global Solutions has just formed a new partnership in an effort to address the problem. The Indianapolis-based consulting firm entered into a Joint Development Agreement with Toronto’s Innovative Composites International Inc. for the creation of affordable housing and temporary shelters around the world.

Healthcare Reform to Boost Healthcare Real Estate Industry

Healthcare real estate, having managed to fare better than most commercial real estate sectors during the industry’s downturn, is now positioned to blossom as a result of the recent passage of the highly contentious Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.