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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL

— January 21-February 3, 2015

Property Management News

1800 Larimer receives triple LEED platinum certification

Westfield Co., along with

Invesco Real Estate, announced

that 1800 Larimer achieved the

U.S. Green Building Council’s

LEED for Existing Buildings:

Operations and Maintenance

Platinum certification.

LEED platinum is the highest

designation of certification. Out

of more than 24,000 LEED-certi-

fied commercial projects, fewer

than 10 percent have earned the

designation.

“We are extremely pleased

with 1800 Larimer’s newest

accolade,” said Kevin Johnson,

director asset management,

Invesco Real Estate. “Its cov-

eted LEED triple-platinum des-

ignation solidifies the asset as a

premier building among those

managed by Invesco Real Estate,

andwe appreciate the hardwork

and tenacity shown by West-

field Property Services and Lord

Green Real Estate Strategies.”

Currently owned by Inves-

co Real Estate, the 22-story,

495,500-square-foot building

originally was awarded LEED

for Core and Shell Platinum

certification in 2010. Build-

ing tenant Xcel Energy’s office

space received the LEED for

Commercial Interiors Platinum

certification in 2012, and ten-

ant McGraw-Hill added to these

accomplishments in September

with its LEED for Commercial

Interiors Gold certification.

“The LEED EBOM rating sys-

tem focuses on performance,

assessing tangible outcomes and

benchmarks for optimal opera-

tions and measured improve-

ments, so that buildings con-

tinue to save energy, water and

money year after year,” said Earl

Behnke, property manager for

1800 Larimer, at Westfield Prop-

erty Services. “Mychele Lord

and the Lord Green Real Estate

Strategies team’s efforts and 27

years of pioneering and ground-

breaking green experience were

instrumental in the platinum tri-

fecta achievement.”

The building’s achievements

include attaining a 43 percent

reduction in indoor plumbing

water use, maximizing the out-

door air ventilation rate, achiev-

ing views to the outdoors for

84 percent of occupied spaces,

having more than 75 percent of

the building’s commercial interi-

ors LEED certified, and earning

the Environmental Protection

Agency’s Energy Star certifica-

tion – ranking in the top tier in

energy efficiency among similar

buildings in the nation.

1800 Larimer was developed

by Westfield Co., and construc-

tion commenced in spring/sum-

mer 2008. Significant preleasing

commitments and leading-edge

sustainability attributes facili-

tated the closure of one of the

last, large commercial loans of

its kind in the country in May

2008, at the front of the economic

downturn.

“We strongly believed in the

The office tower was awarded the highest certification for operations

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