Developers dig deep to transform brownfield sites into vibrant properties

Even the most seasoned of developers can be scared of brownfield sites. Why? They know cleaning up the contaminants and debris on the grounds of an abandoned manufacturing site or vacant gas station is the easy part of the redevelopment process. It’s what’s underneath that poses the greatest threats.

Seal of Approval: Rose Cos relies on three green certification systems.

Jonathan Rose has created an informational PowerPoint presentation on just about everything relating to green building. He whips out his laptop to show one of his favorite slides highlighting an energy usage computer modeling program offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program.

Green Guru: Jonathan Rose

SPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES WITH Jonathan Rose and you quickly forget you are talking to a high-powered executive on the 23rd floor of his firm’s swanky Fifth Avenue headquarters in the heart of Manhattan. The city’s frequent police sirens and blaring horns fade into the distance as Rose leads you on a spiritual quest of contemplation and reflection.

Power Player - David Nahai demands environmental accountability at the nation’s largest municipal utility.

David Nahai heads up the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), but he knows a thing or two
about development. Before assuming his post in December 2007, he spent 30 years as an L.A. real estate attorney. But Nahai, a lifelong environmentalist, divested all interest in his successful law firm for a chance to promote energy and water conservation as CEO and general manager of the country’s largest municipal utility company, which serves more than 3.9 million L.A. residents.

NMHC Green Practices: Advertising Supplement

Here is another treatment of the print version of this special advertising supplement that appeared in the August 2008 Issue of Multifamily Executive.

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