Office N Illinois Passive house, massive scale Building commercial properties with sustainability in mind has the capacity to drastically improve a city’s carbon footprint and mitigate the effects of climate change. One of the strongest green building standards around is Passive House; marrying that with commercial construction can lead to epic results.
CRE N Illinois Design-build sustainability consultant John Mlade joins Wight & Company Chicago-based integrated design and delivery firm Wight & Company has hired sustainability expert John Mlade, LFA (Living Future Accredited), WELL AP and LEED Fellow, as senior project manager, sustainable and healthy environments.
Office N Illinois Largest Passive House office building in the U.S. headed to Chicago’s West Loop The largest office building in the U.S. to achieve Passive House certification will go up at 310 N. Sangamon Street in Chicago. Located around the corner from Google’s new headquarters in the city’s West Loop, the building will offer 268,000 square feet of office space and 7,800 square feet of ground-floor retail.
Finance V Michigan Cohen Financial provides $40 million in financing for Detroit-area regional HQ building Cathy Bronkema, managing director in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, office of Cohen Financial, recently secured more than $40.1 million for American Commerce Center. This single-tenant, build-to-suit regional headquarters is located in Southfield, Michigan.
Retail N Illinois Construction on Lincoln Common on Chicago's North Side Co-developers Hines and McCaffery Interests broke ground on The Lincoln Common, a mixed-use development on the former Children's Memorial Hospital site.
Multifamily V Michigan A risk that paid off: Paul Davis and Affordable Housing Advisors on pace for a big year Paul Davis founded Southfield, Michigan-based Affordable Housing Advisors in 1987. Today, the company, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represents for-profit and nonprofit owners of government-subsidized multi-family housing who are selling one or more of their properties. The company’s goal for 2015 is a big one: Davis says that Affordabl…
CRE p Tennessee Crowdfunding company Realty Mogul likes what it sees in Kansas, Tennessee Not too many commercial real estate companies can say they've been featured in TechCrunch, the techhiest of all tech Web sites. But Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Realty Mogul has, thanks to its unique idea of allowing investors to pool their money online to buy shares of pre-vetted commercial real estate investments. The founders of Realty Mo…
CRE Midwest Construction starts for Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center The design and construction team of SmithGroupJJR, KJWW Engineering, Thornton Tomasetti and Turner Construction broke ground on a new, $109 million outpatient facility for Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.