360 State Street

360 State Street is a 300-foot (91 m) residential skyscraper completed in 2010 in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the second-tallest building in the city, and the largest apartment building in the state.[5][6] DeSimone Consulting Engineers were the structural engineers on the building and it won the 2009 New York Construction - Top Project of the Year.[7]

360 State Street
Former namesShartenberg Site Tower I
General information
StatusComplete
TypeRental apartments
Location360 State Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates41.3047°N 72.9230°W / 41.3047; -72.9230
Construction startedDecember 1, 2008
Topped-outDecember 11, 2009 [1]
Completed2010
CostUS$180 million
Height
Roof91.4 m (300 ft)
Technical details
Floor count31
Floor area700,000 sq ft (65,000 m2)
Design and construction
ArchitectBecker + Becker Associates
Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron
DeveloperBecker + Becker Associates
Structural engineerDeSimone Consulting Engineers
Main contractorSuffolk Construction Co.
References
[2][3][4]

Features

The mixed-use modernist building, includes 500 luxury apartments and 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m2) of retail space. Designated a "green" building by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), it is the first residential building in Connecticut to gain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum status and includes a rooftop garden as well as a corner "pocket park" that may be developed as a day care center in the future.[8][9] A full-scale food co-op occupies the building's ground floor.[10] 360 State was constructed on the site where Shartenberg's Department Store stood from 1915 to 1962.[11]

Green living
  • Connecticut's first residence targeting LEED Platinum Certification
  • 1/2 the carbon footprint and utility bill of a conventional apartment
  • Energy-use web page with remote programming for each apartment
  • 400 kW fuel cell on site to produce clean, renewable power [12]
  • Elevators that recapture their own energy
  • Electric-car charging stations
  • Zipcars available
  • Convenient first-floor storage for your bicycle
  • Recycled and local construction materials
  • Recycling room on each floor
  • Real-time building performance data available
  • Half-acre green roof with rainwater harvesting and irrigation system
  • Building-wide high-efficiency lighting and occupancy sensors
  • Demand-control ventilation
  • Exhaust-heat energy recovery
  • Walk to over 30 Zagat-rated restaurants
  • Next to State Street train station with direct access to New York. Near Union Station for travel to Boston, Hartford and Washington, DC
  • This clean energy project was made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund
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References
  1. Galvan, Eva (11 December 2009). "360 State celebrates construction benchmark". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  2. "360 State Street". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  3. 360 State Street at Emporis
  4. "360 State Street". SkyscraperPage.
  5. "360 State Street". New York Construction. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  6. Bass, Paul (1 December 2008). "Dig Out That Downturn". New Haven Independent. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  7. "360 State Street - DeSimone". www.de-simone.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  8. Bruce Becker (15 March 2010). "Leading the Way in Green Design, Connecticut's First LEED Platinum Apartment Building". PRNewswire. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  9. "Design New Haven: 500-unit Shartenberg Mixed-Use Development Progresses". Downtown New Haven. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  10. "New Haven Apartment Tower: $4,700-A-Month Penthouse". Hartford Courant. 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  11. "360 State Street, New Haven, U.S.A." Emporis. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  12. 360 State Street gets 'green' fuel cell News8 Wtnh Retrieved Friday, 28 May 2010
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