Green Buildings

NEW YORK CITY-Bomee Jung, senior program director of Enterprise’s green program, tells GlobeSt.com’s Jacqueline Hlavenka about how the organization is helping to transform low-income properties into high-performance buildings.

Competition is its own incentive. That’s just one of the messages the association has for Capitol Hill.

HAMILTON, NJ-Solis Partners has installed a 198-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic system at Princetel’s manufacturing facility, formerly a brownfield site.

BATON ROUGE, LA-Domain Cos. moves dirt on the 198-unit Residences at High Grove, near the 1.6-million-square-foot Mall of Louisiana. Also included: 25,000 square feet of retail space.

LINCOLNWOOD, IL-North Capital, which had purchased the note on most of the property, bought the entire hotel and land at an auction for $8.3 million. Plus more Midwest news.

CLIFTON, NJ-The 215,000-square-foot center, Telx's third in New Jersey, will house computer-networked data management in customized spaces.

PALM BEACH, FL-The buyer plans to build a Walgreens store and two banks on the site, including a TD Bank branch.

SANTA ROSA, CA-The foundation and steel framework have been started on the new, 182,300-square-foot Sutter Medical Center, which is replacing the facility originally built in 1938.

NEW YORK CITY-According to New York Post stories today, the Empire State Building will get a new light show while the former John Hancock could see new windows, apartments and a hotel.

MIAMI-Additional distressed properties, especially assets purchased at the height of the market, will continue to emerge for purchase.

FLORHAM PARK, NJ-The Rockefeller Group completes development of 325,000 square feet, looks to build more.

NEW YORK CITY-Panelists at the 2012 Buildings NY conference discussed how building managers could facilitate wireless technology to improve their properties--and happiness of employees.

NEW YORK CITY-Participants during the Finance & Incentives panel discussion at the 2012 Buildings NY conference addressed how the industry can obtain monies at the federal, state and local level for office, industrial and multifamily properties. Follow @GlobeStLIVE all day for tips and tweets from the show.

NEW YORK CITY-The utility company headlined its 2012 Energy Efficiency Summit with rock-and-roller Robin Crow, and shared how to make commercial and industrial properties more efficient.

Seeking to improve financial performance and retain customers, companies are learning that their green commitment must be more than skin-deep

LOS ANGELES-McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. and HDR Architecture are on pace to complete the project in July 2013, ahead of the contractual completion date.

NEW YORK CITY-After the Time & Life building got LEED-EB certified by the United States Green Buildings Council, the Rockefeller Group’s Blaise Cresciullo tells GlobeSt.com that the block is now the most energy efficient in the city.

HOUSTON-With space dwindling in the Energy Corridor submarket, the partners will spend more than $150 million on the first phase of a spec project to eventually total 1.5 million square feet.

LA JOLLA, CA-Design and construction of the 500,000-square-foot campus are being run by a board of directors overseeing six distinct teams.

NEW YORK CITY-The Manhattan-based start-up unveiled its new Flatiron District headquarters at 35 East 21st Street against the backdrop of the city’s solar energy benchmark goals, as announced by Mayor Bloomberg.