A Tour of Jolly Green Monster One Bryant Park as It (Officially) Opens
43 Years in the Making The recently completed Bank of America tower (a.k.a. One Bryant Park) will have its official grand opening gala Thursday night—complete with scheduled appearances by Mayor Bloomberg and tenant Al Gore—with the owners throwing the celebration now that some final touch-up work is finally completed and the scaffolding has been taken down. (The building opened to tenants in 2008.)
Date 2010-05-20
Author Eliot Brown
New York City's two tallest skyscrapers are going green
The Bank of America Tower, the second-tallest building, became its first commercial high-righ last week to win the top or platinum rating from the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council, according to Reuters.
Date 2010-05-04
Author Wendy Koch
In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again
At the height of the boom, the Dursts, the Rudins, the Roses, the LeFraks and other members of New York’s royal real estate families were treated like slow-moving dinosaurs on the verge of extinction.
Date 2010-02-08
Author Charles V. Bagli
The Insurgents of 2010- Helena Durst, 32: Vice President, The Durst Organization
It began with falling in love. Helena Durst interned for the Hudson River Park Trust; became enamored of parkland; and brought that ardor to her family’s real estate concern, the Durst Organization.
Date 2009-12-30
Building Green
A green building is an efficient building. It uses energy, water and natural resources efficiently in its design, construction and operation. Most importantly, it is an efficient place for people to work. We don’t build buildings with too few elevators and inadequate air-conditioning. Why would we build buildings that waste energy while depriving occupants of fresh, clean air and daylight? A green building provides a better work environment, and a more pleasant place to work makes for more productive and happier employees.
Date 2009-11-10
Author Douglas Durst