Grunberg Realty News Feeds http://www.grunbergrealty.com/ Businesses are buzzing about ENERGY STAR. Whether they're retrofitting existing office space or designing a new structure, companies from coast to coast are seeking out the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR label, the national symbol of energy efficiency. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-41.html Not too long ago I had the good fortune of spending time with expertsin the Middle East and listened to the sobering truth of how our nationdepends on foreign oil production specifically from that region. Ourpetrol dollars can be translated as energy expenditures here at home. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-40.html Making its first acquisition in the Phoenix market, a company formed byGrunberg Realty in New York City has paid $54 million or $215 per sf tobuy Scottsdale Executive Office Park, a 251,588-sf complex. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-39.html A company formed by Grunberg Realty in New York City (Michael Grunberg,principal) paid $54 million ($214.64 per foot) to buy a251,588-square-foot office project at 8655 E. Via de Ventura and 7975N. Hayden Road in Scottsdale. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-38.html LAWRENCE R. GOTTESDIENER is a glass-half-full kind of guy. Ten yearsago, with a recession hanging like smog over the city's downtown, hesaw opportunity. "I came in with the impression that this was themostundervalued market in the country," he said. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-37.html Beginning by month's end, downtown and Asylum Hill property owners willexpect a big bang for the 1 percent tax surcharge they are paying tofund improvements in a newly formed business improvement district. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-36.html The same day Hartford learned it might lose a major downtown employerto the suburbs, another big company renewed its lease in the centralbusiness district, keeping more than 800 employees in the city. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-35.html Hudson 38 Holdings LLC has purchased a 16-story Garment District commercial building for $51 million. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-34.html Michael Grunberg has proved a master at creating sizzle, with thered-hot developer's latest plans to turn the form Bank of Americabuilding at 777 Main St. into chic condominiums. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-33.html The panoramas are stunning. The 26th floor of the Bank ofAmerica building features a bird's-eye view of Hartford likefew others. And soon, those views can be yours. http://www.grunbergrealty.com/News-more-32.html