The Alaska Contractor - Summer 2008
The Alaska Contractor - Summer 2008
The Alaska Contractor - Summer 2008
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Anchorage residents and visitors can’t help but notice the<br />
new JL Tower – 3800 Centerpoint Drive – especially at<br />
night.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new, 14-story building, owned by developer JL<br />
Properties, stands out from other Anchorage office complexes<br />
as the first, multi-story commercial “green” building<br />
in <strong>Alaska</strong>.<br />
Leonard Hyde, JL Properties partner, said the idea was to<br />
build a large LEED-certified project to show that building to<br />
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards<br />
makes economic sense for <strong>Alaska</strong>’s private sector.<br />
Hyde said the company has used LEED standards on<br />
other projects, such as the National Park Service <strong>Alaska</strong> Region<br />
building downtown, but this is the first time it has had<br />
New JL Tower<br />
lights the night<br />
By Ginger Cooley<br />
a private sector project and had it LEED certified.<br />
“Our projects need to make economic sense,” he said.<br />
“We’ve shown through this project that it is possible.”<br />
Tenants also were willing to pay a slight premium to<br />
lease commercial space in JL Tower, Hyde said. <strong>The</strong> building<br />
was fully leased before it opened, he said.<br />
“From an aesthetic and an environmental standard we<br />
tried to go beyond what is typical in Anchorage,” Hyde said.<br />
Inside, visitors will see that commitment in the form of<br />
$300,000 in public art, he said.<br />
Outside, it’s the approximately 150 LED lights that<br />
bathe the building’s top four floors in color that catch<br />
the eye and make it a new landmark in the Anchorage<br />
skyline.