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Chicago’s Bank of America Tower completes, opens

BD+C

At 56 stories, Bank of America Tower is the tallest commercial building to be added to the Chicago skyline in the last 30 years. . Designed by Goettsch Partners, the 1,770,000-sf tower includes a stepped center core, which allows for a 45-foot lease span on each side.

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Phase l Assessments for Tenants are the Hottest Environmental Issue in 2020

Green Building Law Update

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale. . § 9601 et seq.,

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6 must reads for the AEC industry today: October 15, 2020

BD+C

Chicago’s Bank of America Tower completes, opens (BD+C) . Designed by Goettsch Partners, the 1,770,000-sf tower includes a stepped center core, which allows for a 45-foot lease span on each side. Interior space planning is enhanced by the five-foot setbacks along the river, providing the equivalent of 14 corner offices.".

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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year

Green Building Law Update

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale. . § 9601 et seq.,

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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

Green Building Law Update

Department of Energy''s Better Buildings Alliance as an inaugural Green Lease Leader, leading the market by incorporating lease clauses that help overcome market barriers and align tenant and property owner interests to save energy in commercial buildings. In November 2013, Bank of America issued the first ever U.S.

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Heery International Names Rich Driggs Director of Construction Management

Construction Superintendent Magazine

He comes to Heery from Lend Lease Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and head of Integrated Projects—Americas. He previously served as managing director for Bovis Lend Lease’s multi-site group, which included national/international projects for clients in the oil, banking, hospitality and restaurant sectors.

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Commercial Real Estate Recovery To Accelerate In 2014

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The firm’s top researchers believe the “global real estate disconnect” between buoyant investment markets and more cautious leasing markets that existed during 2013, is narrowing in the United States as the nation’s recovery broadly diversifies ahead of many of its global counterparts.