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CRE Green Lease Leaders Unveiled by IMT, DOE Better Buildings Alliance

The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Alliance revealed the 2019 Green Lease Leaders at the BOMA International Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City, UT. Launched in 2014, the industry recognition program shines a light on forward-thinking real estate companies and practitioners each year who effectively modernize their leases to spur collaborative action on energy efficiency and sustainability in buildings.

This year’s Green Lease Leaders represent portfolios totaling 501 million square feet, and comprise a diverse range of buildings from large and small commercial offices to industrial buildings to data centers. For the first time, a city and a shared workspace company received the recognition.

DOE and Director of the Better Buildings Initiative’s Maria T. Vargas says, “Green Lease Leaders play a critical role in the high-performance building transformation happening across the real estate industry. These real estate professionals are leading the way by demonstrating how smart leases enable landlords and tenants to work together to keep costs down, while ensuring energy efficiency and workplace comfort.”

The 2019 Green Lease Leaders are:

Landlord – Gold Recognition

  • AEW Capital Management
  • Ivanhoe Cambridge
  • Jamestown L.P.
  • LaSalle Investment Management
  • LBA Realty | LBA Logistics
  • USAA Real Estate

Landlord – Silver Recognition

  • DWS Group
  • Hudson Pacific Properties
  • MAN Holdings | Yosemite Properties
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Nuveen Real Estate
  • Office Properties Income Trust
  • Rexford Industrial Realty
  • Sabey Data Center Properties
  • Shorenstein Realty Services
  • SITE Centers
  • STAG Industrial

Tenant – Silver Recognition

  • City of Cleveland
  • Salesforce

Team Transaction Recognition

  • Kilroy Realty Corporation with WeWork, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, and Allen Matkins

Connect Bay Area is coming up July 18, 2019 at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco. Get more information, and register to attend on this link.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.