Sustainability
Macerich’s Tysons Tower Signs Intelsat to 188 KSF Lease
Macerich, owner and master-developer of McLean, Va.-based Tysons Corner Center, has signed satellite service provider Intelsat to a 15-year, 188,000-square-foot lease to serve as the future office tower’s anchor tenant.
HOK to Design $269M Italian Biomed Hub
Global design firm HOK has been designated as the lead architect for the Ri.MED Biomedical Research and Biotechnology Center (BRBC) near Palermo, Sicily in Italy, selected among 13 other firms that entered the international design competition for the contract.
Dexus Property’s 1 Bligh St. in Sydney Recognized as World’s Most Innovative High-Rise
Deutsches Architekturmuseum, in association with DekaBank and Stadt Frankfurt am Main has awarded “The International High-rise Award 2012” to 1 Bligh St. in Sydney.
JLL’s Dan Probst Wins Next-Gen Buildings Award
Jones Lang LaSalle has garnered a new claim to fame in the sustainable development arena. Its very own Dan Probst, the commercial real estate services firm’s chairman of energy and sustainability services, just became the recipient of the very first VERGE 25 Award in the category of Next-Gen Buildings.
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.