REthink is the developer and LEED design and certification expert on a 22,000 SF mixed use building in Hollywood. The building will likely be the highest rated mixed use green building in the U.S. Beyond the advanced green measures the building also integrates and honors the significant musical and Hollywood history of Cherokee Studios, MGM Studios, and Republic Pictures before it along with the artists that recorded 300 Gold and Platinum on site including David Bowie, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Michael Jackson, etc. Cherokee Studios represents the premier in green design, form and function, in the epicenter of the entertainment capital of the world.
- LEED Platinum at around a 1% cost premium
- Integrated musical and entertainment history
- Form meets Function in multiple ways
- 47% more energy efficient, 30% more water efficient
- Cost of Ownership savings over 6%, $42 psf value
- Solar array 12% IRR
- Award winning:
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REthink is the developer and LEED design and certification expert on a 63,000 SF office building project in the popular creative office district of Culver City the ‘Hayden Tract’. The building will consist of two separate structures connected by a common core and a green courtyard. It will be radiantly heated and cooled with a solar absorption plant. The building will be designed to reduce operating costs while increasing the productivity of workers through smart green design ultimately striving for a LEED-Core & Shell Gold or Platinum Certification. The project site is the former Selznick Studios and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s Desilu Studios where Gone with the Wind’s Tara Farm was located among many other notable productions. This history will be creatively integrated into the first green creative office development in Southern California.
- 1/3 mile away from Light Rail
- 1/3 a mile away from Downtown Culver City
- 55% more energy efficient
- Solar Absorption Power Plant
- Constant Temperature Building
- 9% NOI increase, $50 psf value
- Green Office Ownership opportunity
Presentation of Green Culver City Office Space Available →
LA Times Article on Cuningham Group and The Plant →
REthink is the developer and LEED design and certification expert on an approximately 75,000 SF multi-use development including a boutique hotel on the highly popular street Abbot Kinney in Venice, CA. The project includes building a new boutique hotel, retrofitting existing restaurants, office and retail space all around a popular community garden. The new construction elements will target a LEED Gold or Platinum rating. This project will be the first LEED Gold or Platinum Certified hotel and mixed-use development in the Venice area. The result will be a more efficient, distinct, healthy and profitable development that caters to the creative people and artistic culture that make up this dynamic neighborhood. Using an integrated design approach while paying close attention to the neighborhood’s roots, the new development will combine the charm from the old with green building practices and innovative design making it one of the most sought-after locales on the Westside.
REthink is currently in the process of retrofitting a dilapidated building into two prime green restaurant spaces in the heart of downtown Culver City. The restaurant space is intended to be split into Washington Blvd-facing and Culver Blvd-facing spaces. The retrofit will take the building down to its bones with new systems installed. It will feature operable window walls that will open up to the 40 foot sidewalk while allowing for breezes and natural daylight to wash the space. It will also feature skylights and vent systems over each dining room to assisting ventilation and bring in additional daylight. The retrofit will also enable the addition of a full second and third story of green high performance pre-fab office space to be quickly added when appropriate. The development will be creatively tied in with the history of the adjacent Kirk Douglas Theatre, Sony Studios (formerly MGM), and Culver City itself giving it a unique perspective as well.
Downtown Culver City Restaurant Space Available →
REthink’s demonstration project took an underperforming property and built the first of its kind Green detached duplex in Culver City. The home demonstrates that green building and high design can be achieved within standard budgets. The home was recognized in the LA Times Magazine as one of three top examples of green building in Los Angeles County and featured in the September 2006 issue of Dwell Magazine and on HGTV’s World’s Greenest Homes.
