BofA tower gets top green-building rating
950-foot tower earns first LEED-Platinum honor; tower designed to use two-thirds less power, save 7.7M gallons of water and please more tenants.
Date 2010-05-20
Author James Comtois
Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is First Commerical Skyscraper in U.S. to Acheive LEED Platinum
The Durst Organization and Bank of America Recognized for Exemplary Environmental Design and Construction by the U.S. Green Building Council
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
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