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 […]
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, […]
As the first commercial development to use low-carbon concrete bricks in Hong Kong and mainland China, Westlake 66 is taking an important step forward for sustainability. The 2.1 million-square-foot (194,100 sq m) mixed-use development—including five office towers, a hotel, and a retail podium—is ocated in Hangzhou, China, a rapidly growing tech hub, home to online […]
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 […]
Community-Serving Park and Comprehensive Neighborhood Investment at the Schuylkill Yards Development At Schuylkill Yards, Brandywine Realty Trust—a national, fully integrated REIT—went beyond bricks and mortar to respond to the needs of the West Philadelphia community in the long-term master plan for the 14-acre site. The team has prioritized health and social equity with a $16.4 […]
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Conceived as a new destination for the West End, 105 Victoria Street is a mixed-use development that will pioneer innovations in sustainability, provide spaces that enhance wellbeing and reinstate a sense of community in London’s Victoria. This development’s world-class office accommodation has been designed to be flexible and long-life to accommodate rapidly evolving ways of […]
Executive Summary HopeWorks Station North is a net zero–ready development at which affordable housing, workforce development, and job training combine with innovative sustainability elements to improve the life of residents and help the planet. Owned by HopeWorks and Housing Hope, the mixed-use retail and multifamily housing development provides comprehensive housing, social services, and job reentry […]