ZGF Architects

ZGF Joins First Movers Coalition to Accelerate Market for Net-Zero Building Materials

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

FMC members leverage their collective specification and purchasing power to scale up critical emerging technologies essential for the net-zero transition.

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  • FMC members leverage their collective specification and purchasing power to scale up critical emerging technologies essential for the net-zero transition.
  • "ZGF has a long history of enabling market demand for innovative materials, including low-carbon concrete," stated ZGF Managing Partner Ted Hyman.
  • "Joining First Movers and working together to accelerate the uptake of net-zero materials is an important next step in our mission to design a sustainable future."
  • "We are thrilled to welcome ZGF as members of the First Movers Coalition," expressed Nancy Gillis, Programme Head for the First Movers Coalition.

2 PMB Projects Named 2022 HREI Insights™ Award Winners

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Friday, March 3, 2023

SAN DIEGO, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two PMB-developed healthcare projects have been named as Winners in Healthcare Real Estate Insights (HREI) magazine's annual, national awards program. The leading national healthcare real estate (HCRE) developer and owner, which is headquartered in San Diego, developed the facilities in Sacramento, Calif.; and Vancouver, Wash.

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  • Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ magazine's national awards program honors 2 healthcare projects that PMB developed in 2022.
  • SAN DIEGO, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two PMB-developed healthcare projects have been named as Winners in Healthcare Real Estate Insights (HREI) magazine's annual, national awards program.
  • PMB has had 13 Finalists, seven of which went on to be named Winners in the previous eight years of the awards program.
  • The awards are presented by HREI, the first and only national magazine entirely devoted to covering HRE development, financing and investment.

ZGF Team Wins Global Laboratory Design Competition for Research Center at Historic Barcelona Site

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A jury has selected ZGF Architects with its Barcelona-based teammates MIRAG/Double Twist as the architectural competition winner for the design of a net-positive research center whose visionary transdisciplinary research is anticipated to foster new fields of knowledge and approaches to planetary well-being. The new laboratory, the Mercat del Peix Research Center, will unite global experts in the experimental sciences, social sciences, and humanities to address the world's most complex and vexing challenges related to the future of our planet, including biodiversity loss and climate change economics and governance.

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  • "Together with our partners at MIRAG/Double Twist, ZGF brings our expertise in sustainable laboratory design to create a net-positive home for the world's most impactful planetary-health research," said Ted Hyman, Managing Partner of ZGF.
  • "As a competition team, our expertise combines an understanding of the culturally important site and the complexities of building sustainable laboratories.
  • The caliber of research and knowledge transfer anticipated for this world-class hub drew a remarkable number of participants to the design competition.
  • In this manner, the research center interprets and extends the province of the park, and the nature of the park flourishes within the building.

PMB Announces Grand Opening of Healthcare Facility in Vancouver, WA

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

VANCOUVER, Wash. and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Joint venture partners PMB, a leading, purpose-driven healthcare real estate developer across the continuum of care, and Vancouver Clinic, announced the grand opening of a $75 million, 80,225 square-foot clinic in Vancouver, WA. A special Grand Opening event was held on Friday, November 4 to commemorate the new facility.  

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  • A special Grand Opening event was held on Friday, November 4 to commemorate the new facility.
  • PMB Announces Grand Opening of Healthcare Facility in Vancouver, WA
    "PMB's mission to is to elevate the healthcare experience by developing and managing healing spaces that make a positive difference in people's live and we believe that this facility reflects those values beautifully," says Pietro Martinez, VP of Architecture and Construction at PMB.
  • "We know that the new clinic will be a valued healthcare destination to the community, the medical professionals who work there and more."
  • "Vancouver Clinic has planned a significant advance in value-based healthcare delivery with a new state of the art surgery center and advanced urgent care.

The World's First Developer-Driven Living Building Opens in Portland

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

PORTLAND, Ore., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The PAE Living Building, designed to meet the world's most rigorous sustainability standards, has opened its doors in Portland, Oregon. The five-story, 58,000 SF mixed-use building, located in the city's historic Old Town / Skidmore district, is the first developer-driven and largest commercial urban Living Building in the world.

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  • The five-story, 58,000 SF mixed-use building is the first developer-driven and largest commercial urban Living Building in the world.
  • PORTLAND, Ore., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The PAE Living Building, designed to meet the world's most rigorous sustainability standards, has opened its doors in Portland, Oregon.
  • Created in 2006, the Living Building Challenge (LBC) is the most stringent green building certification process that exists today.
  • For more information on the PAE Living Building, The PAE Living Building: Developer-Led, Nature-Inspired book is available from Ecotone Publishing Company: https://store.living-future.org/product/the-pae-living-building-develope... .

Pacific Cascade Corporation Named Exclusive Manufacturer and Distributor of PICTOFORM's ParkLine® Modular Sign System for US & Canada

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

In 2006, PICTOFORM developed a parking industry first a modular sign system for parking facilities.

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  • In 2006, PICTOFORM developed a parking industry first a modular sign system for parking facilities.
  • The ParkLine Modular Sign System has been manufactured and installed in over 250 parking garages within the US and Canada.
  • "Today we are pleased to pass the baton to another industry leader, Pacific Cascade Corporation, as exclusive manufacturers and distributors of the ParkLine Modular Sign System!"
  • The ParkLine Modular Sign System has been installed at Arizona State University, University of British Columbia parking garages, and Airport parking facilities of Vancouver International Airport and Edmonton International Airport in Canada.

JBG SMITH Announces Sale of 500 L’Enfant Plaza

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

JBG SMITH (NYSE: JBGS), a leading owner and developer of high-quality, mixed-use properties in the Washington, DC market, today announced the sale of 500 LEnfant Plaza, a 215,000 square foot asset owned through partnership between JBG SMITH (49%) and Landmark Partners, an Ares Company (51%), for $167 million.

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  • JBG SMITH (NYSE: JBGS), a leading owner and developer of high-quality, mixed-use properties in the Washington, DC market, today announced the sale of 500 LEnfant Plaza, a 215,000 square foot asset owned through partnership between JBG SMITH (49%) and Landmark Partners, an Ares Company (51%), for $167 million.
  • Delivered in 2019 and designed by ZGF Architects, 500 LEnfant Plaza is a LEED Gold asset, 96% leased to seven tenants at the time of the sale.
  • Jim Meisel and Matt Nicholson of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc., (JLL), exclusively represented JBG SMITH in the sale.
  • Consequently, the future results of JBG SMITH Properties ("JBG SMITH") may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements.