The promise of green office space near mass transit has already helped the partners to attract a new environmentally conscious tenant: the Connecticut office of the Nature Conservancy signed a lease this month for the office building's third floor.
Apartment buildings are also expected to offer Level 2 capability as a perk to attract eco-conscious tenants, though providing more than a few chargers per building may prove to be a challenge.
That demand has squeezed out more cost-conscious tenants like Greenwich Hospital, which had to go outside the town to find affordable office space for about 75 nonclinical employees who work in financing and purchasing.
As tenants become cost-conscious, more are choosing to renew their leases rather than look for new space and spend a lot to refurbish it.
It will soon install solar panels, offer loaner bicycles, build a rooftop garden and open a space where its tenants and other eco-conscious retailers can sell their merchandise, said Uri Zucker, the office manager.
Q. Are you seeing any new leasing trends this year? A. Tenants are again becoming very conscious of the cost of their space and how it makes a major impact on their business.
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