Square Feet | Spotlight: âGreenâ Buildings Donât Have to Be New
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The vast stock of older buildings presents a much bigger opportunity to cut down on energy consumption and carbon emissions.
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The realty space is being disrupted.
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On H Street Northeast, there are hipster bars that draw weekend crowds large enough to rival those of U Street. There is a dance studio that teaches ballroom, ballet and Afro-Caribbean. A massive red-brick luxury condo building is rising on the western end, touting the slogan "DC's next great qua...
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Builders responded to new demands for houses built to accommodate their owner's technolust. They built lots of homes and packed them with every new gewgaw a potential buyer might dream of. And then they built some more. Now, thanks to the housing bust, virgin homes and condos sit unoccupied in cities like Las Vegas, Phoenix, Miami, and, yes, Orlando.
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Kevin McCall worked in investment management at AEW Capital Management LP and was a partner at Spaulding &amp; Slye before founding real estate firm Paradigm Properties of Boston 10 years ago, which now owns or manages almost 4 million square feet. McCall, 53, spoke this week with Globe reporter Thomas C. Palmer Jr. about Paradigm's focus on clients and the ...
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After decades of constructing hermetically sealed buildings, developers are incorporating a new amenity into their designs: windows that open.
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ASK many homeowners what they would like to change about their home, and more often than not, they want more space.  No matter how eager we are to strive for the minimalist look, daily life seems to lead to an accumulation of more and more ... well, stuff.
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We consume more every year, and the building industry is no exception. But more complex buildings are creating bigger problems when it comes to dealing with waste.
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Arts & entertainment: Some of the most radical buildings ever made owe their existence to Cecil Balmond. Jonathan Glancey salutes the engineer who defies belief.
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After centuries of guesswork, architects have a high-tech way to hear the acoustics of buildings they haven't yet built.
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Long Island City, Queens, has nearly a million square feet of commercial office space coming out of the ground within the next year.
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Suggested changes to planning law means hundreds of new stores possible, say lobbyists
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As environmentally friendly buildings grow in popularity, it is no surprise that the architecture firms that build these edifices have the greenest offices of all.
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Better Life Technology has created unique garage flooring which beautifies in minutes and protects floors for years. Sizes 10&#39; wide are available. Prevents concrete stains and deterioration.
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New Yorkers have long used roofs and balconies to rise above the din. But in many older buildings, the humble fire escape has always been the next best thing.
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WOBURN -- Few developers could build a commercial property empire of 74 debt-free office, industrial, retail, and research buildings valued at about $800 million. Even fewer would then give most of it away.
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By ALICIA CHANG LOS ANGELES - To the untrained eye, the sleek, airy building constructed atop a decommissioned nuclear reactor at the University of California, Los Angeles could pass for high-tech office space.