The world of green building is maturing from talk of wonky equipment and energy efficiency into the health of its occupants. In fact, the environmentally friendly bandwagon has rolled itself into the daily vernacular so much that for office tenants, sustainable features are now an expectation and not simply a question mark. “Environmental standards are still important to tenants. It is more of a given now than a topic of conversation,” says Bruce Mosler, chairman of global brokerage at Cushman & Wakefield. But these features have to be seamlessly embedded within an otherwise attractive building or it will prove a challenge to lease. Similarly, the president of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank,...
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