Engel & Völkers Real Estate Opens in Punta del Este, Uruguay
Engel & Vôlkers North Mallorca and Menorca, Spain opens their first real estate office in Punta del Este, Uruguay. In this major strategic move, E&V are expressing their confidence in the international real estate market which continues to recover from economic downturn, with an increasing number of people seeking their place in the sun. Since the early 1960’s, Punta del Este has made its mark on the international “jet set”...
CertainTeed WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding for Mid-Atlantic’s First Carbon-Neutral Home
Carbon-neutral home building is a new and growing trend in sustainability, where more efficient building design, innovative technology and strategic locations can be combined to reduce carbon emissions — the leading cause of greenhouse gases. A significant part of achieving this goal in the construction of such homes is ensuring that each building product installed has the maximum amount of sustainable attributes. Such is the case with the Carbon...
Loloma 5 Live / Work by Will Bruder Architects
Loloma 5 – A completely modern Live/Work solution at a new level of urban experience and architectural design. Showcasing a fabulous palette of materials designed and conceived by Architect Will Bruder. Every unit offers commercial office space, 2 bedrooms, roof terrace, and a view patio aligned with Camelback Mountain. This was the first development in the Loloma Arts District which offers easy access to the very best of historic downtown Scottsdale,...
Next Century Associates Announces $2 Billion Vision for Century City
Next Century Associates, LLC, a partnership between Los Angeles based real estate investor Michael Rosenfeld and an entity in the D.E. Shaw Group, today unveiled plans for a $2 billion mixed-use project on the 5.75 acre Century Plaza hotel site. The project will feature two soaring towers rising from a grand plaza with a 240 room Five Star hotel and 163 hotel residences, 130 luxury residential condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office, 106,000 square...
W Hollywood Hotel & Residences Celebrates Topping out with Dramatic Public Ceremony
Today, luminaries of Los Angeles politics, entertainment and business gathered to celebrate the rise of Hollywood’s newest star at the iconic corner of Hollywood & Vine: the W Hollywood Hotel & Residences. The “topping out” ceremony offered a dramatic preview of the property in true Hollywood style; complete with aerial acrobats, streaming banners, plenty of cameras and a clear message: Get ready for the excitement coming in November...
Fluor Announces Plan to Relocate UK Operations Centre
Fluor Corporation announced today that it signed a contract to relocate its current UK headquarters and operations centre to SEGRO’s IQ Farnborough development in Hampshire. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The real estate contract with SEGRO is to build a new company headquarters with a state-of-the art, four-building complex comprising approximately 210,000 square feet. The new headquarters will consist of one building of...
Credit Market Condition Not Likely to Affect Plans to Build Green Buildings, Say 75% of Commercial Real Estate Executives Surveyed by Turner Construction Company
Despite the concerns about the availability of credit, 75% of the commercial real estate executives surveyed said they would not be any less likely to construct “green” buildings. Green buildings are designed to be more efficient in their use of energy, water and other resources and to create better environments for occupants. In total, 754 commercial real estate executives were surveyed for Turner Construction Company’s 2008 Green...
Solidere International Takes Ajman’s Al Zorah to MIPIM Asia
Solidere International, one of the most prominent master and urban developers in the region, will bring its unique development initiatives to MIPIM Asia, the international property exhibition taking place at the Hong Kong International Convention & Exhibition Centre from November 19th to 21st. MIPIM Asia provides an exclusive platform for local developers to network with regional and international investors looking for opportunities in the Asia-Pacific...
LEEDing the Charge: Downtown Seattles 901 Fifth Avenue Building Achieves LEED-EB SilverTM Certification
RREEF Real Estate and Kennedy Wilson today announced that 901 Fifth Avenue in Seattle, WA, a 41-story 558,607 sq. ft office tower has achieved LEED-EB™ (existing building) Silver certification. The certification marks the completion of one of the largest environmental retrofits in the industry for an existing property and Seattle’s first full city block targeting LEED certification. The new ownership and management of Seattle’s 901 Fifth Avenue...
South Korea’s Songdo International Business District Sets Global Standard as ‘Eco-City’
New international standards are being set by Gale International in sustainable building design, systems engineering, and urban infrastructure and planning with Songdo International Business District (IBD), a new city currently under construction off Incheon, South Korea, on the Yellow Sea. Songdo IBD is a joint venture between Gale International and Posco Engineering & Construction and is the largest private development in the world. Songdo IBD,...
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