Class A Office building. Example of a project that I managed and helped get approved and Entitled

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PerFormance
2000 Avenue of the StArS

2. 2000 Avenue of the Stars is a redevelopment of the former
ABC Entertainment Center complex in Century City, and consists
of 720,000 square feet of class A office space, 45,000 square feet
of restaurant and amenity retail, a 10,000-square-foot cultural
program, and a four-acre open park space. The entire development
is located above a six-level subterranean parking garage and is
part of a super block that includes the Minoru Yamasaki-designed
Century Plaza Towers. The redeveloped property connects the
site with Century City—the Century City Mall, the Century Plaza
Hotel, and nearby office buildings—in a way it never has before.
In keeping with the progressive vision for the project, an
important mandate for the building design was to incorporate
energy-saving features and mitigate any environmental impacts.
The team performed an energy consumption analysis in
coordination with the developer and the environmental agencies
to evaluate potential environmental impact. The studies compared
the projected utility usage for the new building against the history
of utility consumption of the old buildings, demonstrating an
energy savings of 16%. The building utilizes water saving features
that will provide 20% savings in annual water consumption.
Although the client chose not to pursue LEED certification, the
2000 Avenue of the Stars building envelope is, without a doubt,
the most energy-efficient design in the Century City area due to
double-glazed, low-E glass with a shading coefficient of 0.34.
A 30-foot grade difference between the base of the new building
and the Century Plaza Towers provided space for the four-acre
Centerpiece Park. The park slopes down from 2000 Avenue
of the Stars to Century Plaza Towers, but the final grade is 5
percent, which provides a comfortable transition that meets ADA
compliance. The new green space is an inviting destination for the
professionals who work in the surrounding office buildings, their
visitors and the community at large. A project goal from start was
to create a community asset, not simply an outdoor cafeteria.
The area has proven successful, packed at lunchtime with
workers from all three projects on the block, as well as those
throughout Century City and Beverly Hills.

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