Last month, the Argonaut, the landmarked turn-of-the-century building at 225 West 57th Street, achieved something very few 100-year-old buildings have been able to achieve: LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. James Dempsey, a managing director at Colliers International, spoke to The Commercial Observer about the many complexities of bringing the building into the Read More
The Observer is constantly buffetted with press releases about the latest LEED-certified apartment building/restaurant/hair salon/dog kennel. On the one hand, it is great news that "green" design has become so mainstream, even if it is as much a marketing scheme as an earth-saving one. On the other hand, though, there are so many releases, and Read More
New York's golden landmark has gone green.
The Helmsley Building may glitter in the sun, but until recently it was producing a dark cloud of carbon emissions. Now, thanks to a $100 million renovation that included double-paned windows, a high-tech system to monitor energy use, and better cleaning and trash disposal practices, Monday Properties has received Read More
Around 10:30 this morning, when the opening ceremony for the Times Square InterContinental Hotel was supposed to have started, Peter Kohlman rearranged six pairs of pruning shears on a silver tray. Mr. Kohlmann, president of PeKo, which organized the event at the hotel's 300 West 44th Street entrance, released the shears' safety latches and placed Read More
CB Richard Ellis has been chosen as the exclusive leasing agent at 545 Madison Avenue, a gut-renovated, LEED Gold-certified tower in the Plaza District.
CBRE will take over leasing on June 25. Previously, a Jones Lang LaSalle team was in charge of leasing the office space.
Robert Flippin, Howard Fiddle, Sloane Rhulen, Gregg Rothkin, Paul Milunec, Rima Read More
According to city records, Howard Michaels, the fearsome head of the real estate investment concern the Carlton Group, recently invested some of his own money—$9,367,900 to be exact—in a seven-bedroom combined unit at The Lucida, the Upper East Side's brand-spanking new, first ever LEED-certified condominium gargantua at 150 East 86th Street.
The 110-unit, 20 story high-rise looks Read More
On Tuesday, Jonathan Rose Companies broke ground on the first affordable housing and mixed-income apartment building in East Harlem developed to LEED Silver standards. Called Tapestry, the 12-story, 185-unit building, with 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, will rise at 124th Street and Second Avenue, at the base of what's becoming today officially the Robert Read More
The Rafael-Vinoly-designed addition to the Crown Heights insititution will, Read More
This October, Soho nightlife is turning green. Jon Bakhshi, impresario of meatpacking district hot spots Home and Guest House, is set to open his third club: a new eco-friendly space called Greenhouse. Mr. Bakhshi, known as “Jon B.” along club row, envisions an environmentally friendly venue with guests dancing on flooring made from recyclable Read More
