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Page 20 — COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL — January 21-February 3, 2015
Property Management News
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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