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360 State Street
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Former names Shartenberg Site Tower I
General information
Status Complete
Type Rental apartments
Location 360 State Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°18′17″N 72°55′23″W / 41.3047°N 72.9230°W / 41.3047; -72.9230
Construction started December 1, 2008
Topped-out December 11, 2009
Completed 2010
Cost US$180 million
Height
Roof 91.4 m (300 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 31
Floor area 700,000 sq ft (65,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Becker + Becker Associates
Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron
Developer Becker + Becker Associates
Structural engineer DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Main contractor Suffolk Construction Co.

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. DeSimone Consulting Engineers were the structural engineers on the building and it won the 2009 New York Construction - Top Project of the Year.

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. A full-scale food co-op occupies the building's ground floor. 360 State was constructed on the site where Shartenberg's Department Store stood from 1915 to 1962.

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
  • 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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