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SEYFARTH'S GOLD
March 9, 2011
| If only they had LEED certification in 1849, it would've saved a lot of people the trouble of heading west for gold. Bisnow got a personal tour with Seyfarth Shaw partner Lynn Holliday of the firm's new space at 12th and Midtown now that it's achieved LEED Gold for its new space build-out. | |
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| We stopped at one of Seyfarth's meeting rooms, featuring darkenedwooden slats that allow people to see out and not in, while still allowing sunlight into the room, Lynn says. And Lynn and others at the firm say the 83k SF offices at 1075 Peachtree are night and day compared to its older digs at One Peachtree Pointe. Features that helped it achieve LEED—low flow water fixtures, lots of natural lighting, open floor plan, and controlled HVAC temperature ranges. But Lynn says many of its LEED initiatives are ?invisible," like all the things its contractor Skanska did during construction, such as using recycled materials and buying those materials locally. | |
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| The offices have acoustic ceiling tiles that dampen sound to control noise in the open floor plan. Lynn says the firm polled the staff prior to designing the space to see what people wanted. They incorporated many suggestions—from doors on workstations, same-sized attorney offices, bike racks, and even an office shower and a mother's roomfor those employees who may be nursing. ?Using LEED methodology wasn't so much a money saving endeavor, but, and it sounds kind of corny, it was the right thing to do,? she says. | |
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| Seyfarth's regional marketing manager Trina Bazarte and partnerAnna Palmer (who handles many construction clients, including Skanska and Winter Construction) both say the offices are vastly improved from its previous one. ?The physical space is so muchlighter than the previous space,? Anna says. Their previous space declined to comment, mainly because it's a building and can't talk. |
