360 State Street Explained

360 State Street
Former Name:	Shartenberg Site Tower I
Coordinates:	41.3047°N -72.923°W
Status:	Complete
Roof:	91.4m (299.9feet)
Floor Count:	31
Building Type:	Rental apartments
Cost:	US$180 million
Start Date:	December 1, 2008
Topped Out Date:	December 11, 2009 ^[1]
Completion Date:	2010
Floor Area:	700000square feet
Developer:	Becker + Becker Associates
Architect:	Becker + Becker Associates Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron
Main Contractor:	Suffolk Construction Co.
Structural Engineer:	DeSimone Consulting Engineers
References:	^[2]

360 State Street is a 300feet 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.^{[3] [4]} DeSimone Consulting Engineers were the structural engineers on the building and it won the 2009 New York Construction – Top Project of the Year.^[5]

Features

The mixed-use modernist building, includes 500 luxury apartments and 25000square feet 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.^{[6] [7]} A full-scale food co-op occupies the building's ground floor.^[8] 360 State was constructed on the site where Shartenberg's Department Store stood from 1915 to 1962.^[9] 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 ^[10]
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Galvan . Eva . 360 State celebrates construction benchmark . Yale Daily News . 11 December 2009 . 3 April 2013.
2. Web site: Emporis building ID 281722 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306014608/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/281722 . dead . March 6, 2016 . Emporis.
3. Web site: 360 State Street . New York Construction . 4 June 2011.
4. Web site: Bass . Paul . Dig Out That Downturn . New Haven Independent . 1 December 2008 . 2011-04-06.
5. Web site: 360 State Street - DeSimone. www.de-simone.com. 2015-12-16.
6. Web site: Bruce Becker . Leading the Way in Green Design, Connecticut's First LEED Platinum Apartment Building . PRNewswire . 15 March 2010 . 3 April 2013.
7. Web site: Design New Haven: 500-unit Shartenberg Mixed-Use Development Progresses . Downtown New Haven . 2009-10-21 . 3 April 2013.
8. Web site: New Haven Apartment Tower: $4,700-A-Month Penthouse . Hartford Courant . 2010-03-09 . 2011-04-06.
9. Web site: Emporis . 360 State Street, New Haven, U.S.A. . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604233145/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=shartenbergsitetower-newhavenuen-ct-usa . dead . June 4, 2011 . 3 April 2013.
10. http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/New-Haven-360-state-street-gets-'green'-fuel-cell 360 State Street gets 'green' fuel cell