Sustainability
344 KSF Masdar, International Renewable Energy Agency HQ Break Ground
Masdar City, the low-carbon, low-waste, emerging cleantech cluster and one of the most sustainable communities and mixed-use developments in the world continues its trailblazing development in United Arab Emirates.
Wood Partners Building Green Inspired M-F Complex in Colorado
Wood Partners, a national multi-family developer, has started construction on Alta Harvest Station Apartments, a planned 297-unit gated community in Broomfield, Col., which it hopes will achieve a LEED Silver rating by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Cassidy Turley Secures $181M Permanent Financing for Trophy Office Building in DC
Cassidy Turley secured a $181 million permanent financing loan for Washington, D.C.’s newest trophy office development, 1000 Connecticut Ave., a 12-story, 382,988-square-foot building located in the city’s CBD overlooking the White House.
TCC, Clarion, Rosewood Kick Off 1MSF Dallas Office Complex
The Dallas industrial market is about to get a lot bigger, courtesy of a 1 million-square-foot project by Trammell Crow Co., Clarion Partners and Rosewood Property Co.
Related Midwest Takes Long-Stalled Chicago Tower on New Course
Shovels are traditional for ground-breaking ceremonies, but Related Midwest’s restart last Thursday of another developer’s downtown Chicago high-rise, stagnant since 2008, reportedly used a sledgehammer instead.
C&W Sells Premier Savannah Shopping Center on Auction.com
Cushman & Wakefield’s Retail Investment Advisors, along with Auction.com, have facilitated the sale of Abercorn Common, a 185,244-square-foot community shopping center in Savannah, Ga.
JLL Secures 811 KSF Office Lease for ExxonMobil Subsidiary in Calgary
Imperial Oil, one of Calgary’s largest corporations and an ExxonMobil subsidiary, is moving its headquarters from downtown Calgary to a 20-acre site that will be developed in the Quarry Park submarket in the Canadian city’s southeast section.
CBRE Acquires 369 KSF of Dallas-Area Buildings
Everything’s bigger in the Lone Star State, and so goes a recent transaction between Equity Office Properties Trust and a CBRE Global Investors Fund, which bought two Class A office buildings in North Dallas totaling 369,000 square feet for an undisclosed amount.
Hines, Boston Properties, Kilroy to Build Two Office Towers Near San Francisco’s Transit Center Project
Hines has formed a JV with Boston Properties for the development of a 1.4 million-square-foot high-rise and Kilroy Realty Corp. just announced that it will build a 400,000-square-foot tower.
Miami Gets First LEED-Certified Hotel with 221-Room Hampton Inn & Suites
The Hampton Inn & Suites Miami just got the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, making it Miami’s first LEED-certified hotel.