Tag: building-envelope-facade-access-featured

Skanska Begins Construction of Prudential’s Newark Office Tower

Prudential Financial Inc. has hired Skanska to build the first two phases of a three phase office tower development in Newark, New Jersey. The contract value is $117 Million, though Prudential has estimated the entire project will cost about $444 million.

The first phase of the project calls for a 20-story high-rise office tower, with a total area of about 732,000 square feet. The second phase is an adjoining 1,400-space parking structure with 50,000 square-feet of retail space on the ground level. The project aims to achieve LEED Gold certification.

San Jose Cuts High-Rise Development Tax by 50%, 23-Story Tower Breaks Ground

Construction commenced this week on a 23-story high-rise residential building called One South Market in downtown San Jose, California. The tower, being developed by Essex Property Trust, Inc., will contain 312 homes and approximately 6,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The Company expects the project to cost approximately $145 million and will begin leasing in the spring of 2015.

Groundbreaking for Pair of San Francisco High-Rises Now Known as ‘Lumina’

A ceremonial groundbreaking for Tishman Speyer’s 655-unit pair of high-rises at 201 Folsom Street in San Francisco takes place today. Construction officially began earlier this week.

201 Folsom Street is located on the south side of Folsom Street between Main and Beale Streets, two blocks from the Embarcadero waterfront. Entitled for up to 725 units, the development will comprise two towers, 350 feet and 400 feet in height (38 and 43 stories), respectively, and two mid-rise podium buildings, all arranged around a landscaped central courtyard.

Twin Residential Towers Break Ground at Coconut Grove Miami

Construction is underway for Grove at Grand Bay, a new luxury residence project located in the epicenter of historic Coconut Grove at 2675 South Bayshore Dr. The twin spiraling towers will rise above the lush flora and fauna for which The Grove is known, offering pristine waterfront views of Sailboat Bay and the marina. Removed from the busy pace of South Beach and Downtown Miami, yet still minutes away by car, this microcosm will be within walking distance of the village’s charming restaurants, boutiques and entertainment venues.…

Ground is Broken for Luxury Cambridge Residential High-Rise ‘TWENTY|20’

A groundbreaking was held this week for ‘TWENTY|20’, a 20-floor, 355-unit luxury apartment high-rise at the burgeoning 5.2-million-square-foot mixed use neighborhood in East Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The first of more than 500 steel-reinforced concrete pilings were driven for the start of the first new building of 18 that will form Cambridge’s newest neighborhood over the next several years at NorthPoint.