Sustainability
Jay Paul Breaks Ground on San Francisco’s 181 Fremont Tower
Jay Paul Co. broke ground on 181 Fremont St., a 54-story, 684,000-square-foot residential and office tower near the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco’s South of Market district.
TMT Development Restarts Portland Tower After 5-Year Hiatus
The $175 million Park Avenue West Tower will incorporate residential, office and retail components and is pre-certified LEED Platinum.
Lend Lease Breaks Ground on M-F Project in Australia’s Greenest District
The second phase in the Convesso Concavo waterfront luxury residential project in Melbourne has broken ground and is expected to complete in December 2015 or early 2016.
RFR to Give Manhattan’s 285 Madison a $65M Makeover
The 530,000-square-foot office tower is undergoing a $65 million repositioning that will convert the vacant property into a premier, state-of-the-art Midtown office destination that will add a little recreation to the workplace.
TIAA-CREF, Transwestern to Develop 600 KSF Class AA Office Tower in Houston
TIAA-CREF and Transwestern began construction this week on a 30-story Class AA office tower in Houston’s Galleria submarket that will house BHP Billiton’s growing petroleum business being fueled by its U.S. shale operation.
Mayer Brown Signs 187 KSF Lease in NYC’s Rockefeller Center
The Rockefeller Group has completed an 187,000-square-foot lease with Mayer Brown at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, a 50-story office tower anchoring the western border of Rockefeller Center between West 48th and West 49th streets.
GDS to Develop ‘Barely Visible’ Skyscraper in South Korea
GDS Architects got approved to build a skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea, that has been dubbed the Infinity Tower. Its design is said to create an optical illusion that makes the structure barely visible from certain angles.
Guest Column: How Much Environmental Due Diligence is Enough?
McCarter & English partner Jane Warren talks about how much environmental due diligence you need to perform in order to protect yourself against liabilities.
Mace Opens Johnnie Walker Student Housing in London
International construction company Mace purchased a former brewery-turned-whisky-warehouse from Johnnie Walker with joint venture partner Alternative Developments and turned it into a mixed-use luxury student housing project.
V&A Waterfront Gives South Africa’s Oldest Port a ‘Green’ Facelift
The rejuvenation of Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, South Africa’s oldest working port reached a poignant milestone with the completion of the project’s first phase, the No.1 Silo.