Do Smart Building Certifications Measure Up?

The advent of certifications brings new opportunity and new questions for operators. COVID has underscored the value of connected buildings. Lightning-quick Internet, top-notch cell phone reception and digitally enabled tools […]
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Bright Employee: Jessica Esposito, Vice President, National

We’re proud of the intelligent, passionate, and hardworking people that make up the Bright Power team. Each month, you’ll get a chance to meet one of them, understand how they […]
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First two rentals open at huge South Bronx housing complex La Central

The first two rentals at the five-building South Bronx complex La Central officially opened on Wednesday. The mixed-use towers, located at 556 and 600 Bergen Street in the borough’s Melrose neighborhood, […]
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The Lois: design duo’s new rental complex opens in NY

The $105m, 227,000 sq ft project was developed by The Hudson Companies and designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and NV5 Landscape Architecture, with Wells Fargo serving as the project’s construction lender […]
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Mixed-use development tops out in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood

Vital Brookdale, a new mixed-use residential development in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, has topped out. The project includes 160 affordable housing units and approximately 25,000-sf of health-focused community space. The project […]
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Gov. Cuomo names Empire Building Challenge partnerships

Albany, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo named 10 real estate groups as partners in the state’s $50 million Empire Building Challenge, to establish public-private partnerships and usher in the next generation of […]
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200 Ways (and Counting!) Biden-Harris Can Combat Climate Change and Create Jobs–The Clean Economy Employment Now (CLEEN) Project Builds Momentum and Will Accelerate Thematic Releases of Best Ideas

The CLEEN Project is our nation’s first co-operative database of actionable federal ideas to combat climate change, create jobs, and advance climate justice. It was created through a collective of […]
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Green Communities Feature: BIPOC-Led TA Providers & Developers

We’re proud to support the integration of climate action and affordable housing every day. It takes systemic change and individual actions to slow the speed of climate change and ensure that good […]
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Omni New York LLC Partners with Bright Power in Their Commitment to the Empire Building Challenge Administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Goal to Turn 195-Unit Affordable Housing Building Carbon Neutral Omni New York LLC announced today that they are an Empire Building Partner through the Empire Building Challenge, a $50 million […]
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