HARBOR POINT RECEIVES PRESTIGOUS LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development) GOLD CERTIFICATION.

Building and Land Technology's Stamford Project is the Only One in the State and One of Just 48 in the World to be Honored.



Stamford, CT -- (January 28, 2010) -- One of the nation's largest developments, Harbor Point, was recently acknowledged as one of the most progressive by achieving LEED-ND Gold certification. This special recognition was accorded because of the 80-acre project's environmentally sound design, planning and construction.

Harbor Point is actually a series of neighborhoods, each centered on a prominent park. All of the tree-lined streets are designed to be pedestrian-friendly with wide sidewalks, ground-floor retail, accessible building entrances and bike lanes. The buildings are designed to reduce water use, save energy, incorporate structured parking and employ green construction practices.

Each detail, down to the direction the building faces, has been designed with energy conservation in mind. High r-value materials will retain heat in the winter and air-conditioning in the summer. Energy-efficient HVAC systems are being installed in all of the buildings.

Furthermore, Harbor Point is recycling and salvaging over 90% of the demolition debris created onsite and rehabilitating nearly 300,000 square feet of historic buildings. This saves tens of thousands of tons of material from landfills, while reducing the amount of new construction material required.

Beyond the buildings, Harbor Point is ensuring that its streets are energy efficient with LED traffic lights, providing a 15% reduction in energy use. In addition, streetlights are lower to the ground and more frequent, requiring less energy and reducing light pollution.

Just a few minutes' walk from CT's busiest train station, Harbor Point is a transit-oriented development that makes mass transit a viable alternative. A FREE jitney system provides mobility to the downtown and nearby train station as well as connecting the entire community of neighborhoods. "All of us working on this development feel that it defines 'Green and Smart Growth'," stated BLT President and CEO, Carl R. Kuehner, III, "and we are pleased and honored to have received this important recognition from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

A pioneering project, Harbor Point is creating a range of housing opportunities and choices with 4,000 residential units, 400 of which are affordable workforce housing. In addition, there is office and retail space, a marina, 11 acres of new parkland plus a waterfront promenade.

About BLT
A second-generation real estate development company, Connecticut-based Building and Land Technology www.BLToffice.com has completed ventures worth more than $3 billion including over 4 million square feet of commercial development and 4,500+ residential units. BLT trophy properties host the headquarters for Gen Re, GE Commercial Finance, Diageo, GE Real Estate, Xerox, GE Energy Financial Services, IMS Health and Hewitt. Their numerous office parks, apartment complexes, single family subdivisions, common interest communities and adaptive reuse projects total in excess of 8,000,000 square feet of development throughout Fairfield County.

For additional information please contact Lisa Randazzo, 203.846.1900 x 1510, lisa@BLToffice.com.