Jamestown, L.P. is one of 14 companies to earn the inaugural Green Lease Leaders designation, created by IMT and the U.S.Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Alliance. A national, vertically-integrated real estate management company, Jamestown owns over $7 billion in assets. So when it decided to develop a green leasing program to achieve its sustainability goals, the Atlanta-based firm … Continued
The Retail Green Lease Primer is a two-page document that helps guide retailers and retail owners to improving the efficiency of their facilities. The goal of the document is to educate real estate and leasing agents on the specific retail lease provisions necessary for achieving reductions in energy, waste, and water use—and cost. When it comes to … Continued
Brandywine Realty Trust is one of the largest full-service integrated real estate companies in the nation, with properties across seven states and the District of Columbia. The company strives to be a leader in sustainability and energy efficiency, achieving an ENERGY STAR label at 83 buildings (15.1 million square feet) in 2012. Brandywine utilizes two … Continued
Pyramid Companies, based in upstate New York, is the largest privately owned developer of shopping centers in the Northeast. The company owns and operates more than 17 million square feet of retail, entertainment, and restaurant property across New York and Massachusetts. Pyramid recently expanded its Carousel Center retail complex to include Destiny USA, a 1.3-million-square-foot … Continued
Part two in a series about finding and negotiating our new office space.
A special kind of utility is helping reduce energy use in Washington, DC.
We need new office space, so it's time to practice what we preach…
IMT joins U.S. DOE, BOMA, NRDC, others to launch green lease website.
Federal agency updates leasing requirements for energy and water efficiency improvements.
IMT and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA have partnered to create a toolkit of 11 policies and programs that local governments can implement today as part of a of multi-policy approach. The toolkit highlights successful local programs and best practices that governments can use to establish their own policy and program mix, based on local … Continued