For Immediate Release
Contact: Chris Anderson, Jason Lott, 505-452-2600   Melanie J. Majors, APR, 505-266-5637

SOUTHWEST CONTRACTORS PICK MESA DEL SOL’S INNOVATION PARK BUILDING 2 AT BEST OF 2009
Second award for Mesa del Sol Office Building

Albuquerque, NM – October 6, 2006 – Forest City Covington, developer of Mesa del Sol, has received its second award in as many weeks for its Innovation Park Building 2, the office building now occupied by Fidelity Investments.  The building was one of many honored by the Southwest Contractor in its Best of 2009 contest. The construction team will be honored on Tuesday, Dec. 8th at a special award ceremony.

“This building is fantastic and this latest award is a great way to confirm that Mesa del Sol is an innovative, mixed-use, master-planned community with great potential,” said Michael Daly, president of Mesa del Sol.  “ We congratulate everyone who had a part in this project, our architect, the general contractor, all of the sub contractors, out staff and of course, Fidelity Investments, our tenant.”

The building is now eligible to compete in the national Best of 2009 competition which will be announced later this year in Engineering News-Record, part of the McGraw-Hill networks of regional construction publications.

Applicants were judged on a number of criteria including teamwork, safety, innovation and aesthetics.  Economic and social benefits to the community were often the deciding factors in close contests.

Designed by the Albuquerque-based firm of Dekker Perich Sabatini, Klinger Constructors LLC is the general contractor. Other Albuquerque companies that worked on the design or the construction include: Bohannan Huston, Allied Engineering and Design, CCI Engineering, Robin Hendrickson, Hanna Plumbing, TI Architect / BHDP and Chaparral Electric.

The building was designed to achieve LEED “Silver” certification, but is now anticipated to reach Gold certification and it is expected to be the first LEED Gold Office Building at Mesa del Sol.  

The award-winning building was designed and built for tenant Fidelity Investments. It is a two-story, 217,892 square foot office building.  Phase I of the office campus was completed in December 2008 and employees began moving in to the building that month. Phase II of the project was completed in March 2009.

The building includes use of construction materials, including concrete and steel; items selected based on their post-industrial and post-consumer recycled content, reducing the strain on energy resources. High-efficiency fixtures were used throughout the entire building, resulting in a 30 percent savings in water.  A chilled water system with cooling towers supplies the air conditioning.  By not using harmful chemicals, occupants are protected from the harmful effects of off gassing. When fully operational, the building is expected to use 28 percent less energy than a typical building of similar size.

In addition, Mesa del Sol’s Aperture Center received an honorable mention in the contest.
For more information go to mesadelsolnm.com.

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About Mesa del Sol
Mesa del Sol is a 12,900-acre mixed-use district located on Albuquerque’s south mesa.  By combining job creation and sustainable urban community planning, Mesa del Sol will reflect a balance of environmental resources, economic objectives and social amenities in a community that is forward-looking with a highly defined sense of place.  

Mesa del Sol is a true public/private partnership.  In addition to Forest City Covington, NM, LLC, Mesa del Sol is being developed in conjunction with other partners, including the New Mexico State Land Office, the University of New Mexico, with the support of the City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County and the State of New Mexico.

About Forest City Covington
Forest City Covington NM, LLC is a joint venture between Forest City NM. LLC and Covington NM, LLC.  Forest City NM, LLC is a subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises, Inc., is an $11.7 billion NYSE-listed national real estate company. The Company is principally engaged in the ownership, development, management and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate and land throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.forestcity.net.   Covington NM, LLC is an affiliate company of Covington Capital Corporate, a major real estate development and investment company. Covington Capital and its affiliate companies currently own more than 13 million square feet of commercial/industrial space and are actively developing more than 17,000 acres of land in the western United States.