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
StatusCompleted
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
Architect(s)Becker + 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 and a pool 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] The building allows pets except for the common areas of the 6th floor.

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

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. "Emporis building ID 281722". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  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. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  12. 360 State Street gets 'green' fuel cell News8 Wtnh Retrieved Friday, 28 May 2010
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