NAIOP 2009 National Sustainable Development Award for Innovation Park Building 2 at Mesa del Sol

D/P/S’ green design of Mesa Del Sol’s Innovation Park Building 2 anticipates LEED Gold certification, for which NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development National Association, will award developer Forest City Covington its 2009 National Sustainable Development Award at the NAIOP National Conference in Chicago on October 15th.

Mesa del Sol Innovation Park Building 2 is a 217,842 square foot office building on 24.8 acres on the north end of Mesa del Sol Innovation Park. The office building houses back-office functions for a large financial services company, initially employing about 600 people, and is expected to accommodate up to 1,250 employees at full occupancy. Mesa del Sol is an innovative mixed-use community located on Albuquerque’s south mesa. It is being developed by Forest City Covington NM LLC.

The building was designed by D/P/S to be LEED Silver, but it is anticipating Gold certification. This will be the first LEED Gold office building at Mesa del Sol. When fully operational, the building’s sustainable features will include Energy Star –rated appliances and landscaping with Native plants, many of which are grown at local greenhouses in Albuquerque. Innovation Park Building 2’s anticipated LEED Gold certification will be due in part to its energy and environmental benefits—28 percent less energy than a typical building of similar size, 49 percent less water usage indoors, and an impressive 94 percent of all shell construction waste material recycled. The 217,000 square foot building was required to be designed and built within a nine month schedule-- as a result of a Design-Build-Assist collaborative process, D/P/S and its partners exceeded the schedule and completed the building two months early.

Location: Albuquerque, NM
Size: 217,000sf
LEED status: LEED Gold anticipated

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