Prologis Evergreen, located near Toronto, Canada, is pioneering a new kind of industrial development—one that successfully integrates healthy and sustainable building materials. Built with mass timber certified by FSC, the 250,000-square-foot (23,200 sq m) warehouse demonstrates that industrial buildings can lead the industry in decarbonization. For Prologis, the building’s developer, the choice to build with […]
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 […]
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, […]
“T3 Collingwood is a groundbreaking, sustainable evolution of old-fashioned office buildings. The timber we use is rapidly renewable, sustainably sourced, cleaner to construct and helps keep carbon out of the atmosphere.” —Ray Lawler, CEO of Hines, Asia Pacific In 2019, Hines acquired a 22,819-square-foot (2,120 m2) corner site at 26-52 Wellington Street in Melbourne, Australia. […]
619 Ponce is a four-story mass timber loft office building at Ponce City Market in Atlanta, developed by real estate investment and management firm Jamestown. The building, which includes 87,000 square feet (8,080 m2) of office space and 27,000 square feet (2,508 m2) of retail space, is being constructed with local, Georgia-grown timber and targeting […]
Real estate developer Morgan Creek Ventures focuses on net-zero-energy design and other highlevel sustainability advancements in real estate development. To show how embodied carbon can be reduced for a potential project, Morgan Creek Ventures determined an over 40 percent reduction in embodied carbon by calculating the differences between a baseline building and a building with […]