Erika Morphyis co-editor of Debt and Equity Journal, from whichthis article is excerpted.

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Bozeman, MT–The Washington, DC-based U.S. GreenBuilding Council released the specs this month for its newLEED-Neighborhood Development certification program, which extendsthe Green Building Rating System to include neighborhood design.Despite the short time the document has been available todevelopers, Kath Williams, president of World Green BuildingCouncil, principal of Kath Williams & Associates anda member of the locally based Story Mill project team, is certainUSGBC will be inundated with pilot projects. One of theapplications will be for the Bozeman-based Story Mill project, shesays.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.