Vestar's goal is to secure LEED certification for all new retaildevelopments. Ryan Desmond, project manager of new development forthe Phoenix-based company, says Vestar has had a good introductionto sustainable building techniques with its 1.3-million-sf TempeMarketplace at 21001 N. Tatum Blvd. in Tempe, which was built onwhat was once a brownfield site.

Oro Valley Marketplace, rising at Tangerine and Oracles roads inOro Valley, also is being built in such a way to recreate anecosystem that was once destroyed, with the focus on reducingcarbon dioxide emissions and waste. The 77-acre project isscheduled to open in the fall.

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