Key Facts • Multifamily complex • 321,000 square feet • $100 million invested • Opened fall 2020 • Mid-rise, six stories • VRF heat pump systems Second + Delaware is a residential market-rate multifamily community in Kansas City, Missouri, developed by the Arnold Development Group. This 276-unit project includes a below-grade garage and 117 rooftop […]
Key Facts • 12 mixed-use, commercial, and multifamily buildings • 426,000 square feet • $252 million invested • Design begun in 2016, delivered in phases between 2017 and 2024 • Mid-rise, four stories • VRF heat pump systems throughout The founder of Morgan Creek Ventures, Andy Bush, has been implementing heat pumps in new construction […]
Key Facts •Eight-story, mixed-use mid-rise new construction in midtown Sacramento •111 units (one-bedrooms and studios) •Estimated savings of $200,000–$300,000 in labor and materials avoided by not installing individual gas lines to the units •One air-source mini-split heat pump per apartment •Delivered in June 2022 In the design phase of 17 Central in 2020, D&S Development […]
505 First is a 288,000-square-foot class A office building that is on track to become the first existing building to obtain Core Green Building certification (Core) from the International Living Future Institute. In a world where most green building certification schemes are usually only attainable for new developments, 505 First demonstrates the power of existing […]
The Othello Square Affordable Homeownership Building demonstrates that equitable affordable homeownership can be good for both the well-being of people and the planet. Developed by Seattle-based nonprofit housing developer HomeSight, the project aims to improve the health of communities affected by generational barriers to holistic wellness and economic stability. The project will include 68 permanently […]
Designed in accordance with the world’s most rigorous sustainability standards, the PAE Living Building in Portland, Oregon, is the first developer-driven and largest commercial urban Living Building in the world. Constructed with mass timber and nontoxic, bio-based materials, the building sequesters carbon while delivering health and economic benefits to its occupants and owners. The five-story, […]
1550 on the Green, a 28-story, 387,000-squarefoot office tower developed by Skanska USA Commercial Development, is on track to become one of the most sustainable buildings in Houston. In addition to targeting WELL and LEED Platinum certifications, the development aims to reduce embodied carbon by 60 percent compared to baseline. Located adjacent to Discovery Green, […]
Commercial tenant selection is a critical piece of expanding access to high-performing net zero buildings, while also boosting social equity outcomes. L+M Development Partners in New York’s tristate area exemplifies this practice. Committed to “fostering economically diverse communities by developing mixed-income and mixed-use buildings,” L+M has also gone all in on sustainability. Its portfolio includes […]
Veridian at County Farm is a collaboration between THRIVE Collaborative (a building, development, design, and consulting firm based in Detroit and Ann Arbor) and Avalon Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer. Transforming the site of a former juvenile detention facility in Ann Arbor, the Veridian neighborhood aims to be a model for low-carbon, climate-resilient, socially […]
Pittsburgh’s Bridging the Gap Development (BTG), led by chief executive officer Derrick Tillman, is pushing the boundaries of what an energy-efficient redevelopment in an underinvested area can accomplish. Its Fifth and Dinwiddie project, a $66 million mix of new construction and existing building rehabilitation, will provide 171 new apartments—20 percent of which will be affordable—alongside […]