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The Green Building Council of Australia has officially awarded “Aspect” at Delfin Lend Lease’s Varsity Lakes a 4 Star Green Star – Office Design v2 Certified Rating which represents ‘best practice’ in environmentally sustainable design.
One of the Gold Coast’s first ‘green’ buildings, “Aspect”, a three-level commercial office building in the heart of Varsity Central is the fourth commercial building developed by Delfin Lend Lease in Varsity Lakes.
Varsity Lakes Senior Project Director and General Manager-Delfin Town Centres, Carl Bruhn, said the completion of Aspect is a great milestone for the community.
“Delfin Lend Lease worked in collaboration with the owner of Aspect, the Brisbane-based boutique property fund manager Opus Capital Group, to achieve a market driven building that represents where the future of commercial developments is headed,” Mr Bruhn said.
Green Star is a comprehensive, voluntary environmental rating system that evaluates the environmental design and construction of buildings and, with 11 per cent of Australia's CBD commercial office buildings Green Star certified, building green is now a business imperative.
Aspect offers upwards of 4,000 square metres of commercial office space fronting Varsity Central’s main thoroughfare Varsity Parade.
Full-floor tenancies ranging in size from 1,262sqm to 1,370sqm are available, with smaller suites also on offer subject to negotiation. Aspect also provides a fully secured basement and on grade parking facilities with an excess of 137 onsite car parks.
By achieving the accreditation with Green Star the following elements now enhance the building; fully operable Building Management System, lock up bike storage, male & female showers with lockers, double glazed windows for additional insulation, a 30,000L rain water tank, T5 energy efficient lighting and performance tinting to windows which has resulted in a reduction in mechanical services cooling capacity and electrical load.
Together with a comprehensive Environmental Management Plan considered the most stringent in the country, the production of Aspect also included construction waste recycling close to 90%, a reduction in the percentage of materials used containing Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), the use of Forestry Stewardship Council certified timbers, a reduction in light spillage externally by use of feature lighting and the use of recycled materials in the structure of the project.
Delfin Lend Lease is overseeing the leasing of Aspect via sole coordinating agents, Tania Moore and Daniel Fenech from CBRE.
Varsity Central continues to expand with the completion of new commercial buildings, a hotel, the opening of its own community bank and the arrival of new retail and dining within the vibrant Market Square.
Anchored by the nearby Bond University and close to Robina Town Centre, Varsity Central has attracted a who’s who of business leaders including Telstra, IBM, AAPT, Minter Ellison, gotalk, AON Insurance and Gold Coast City Council Engineering Services Division.
Upon projected completion in 2011 Varsity Lakes will comprise 4,500 homes and up to 100,000-square metres of commercial space in town centre Varsity Central. It will become home to more than 8,000 residents and more than 5,000 employees.
Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, Varsity Lakes is being developed by Delfin Lend Lease, Australia’s largest developer of master planned communities, with 25 projects nationally.
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BBS – 07 3221 6711
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Delfin Lend Lease – 5501 8254 / 0409 471 457
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