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Kansas City Office Building Announces New Art Display Downtown in Cooperation With the Urban Culture Project
KANSAS CITY, MO--(Marketwire - June 26, 2008) - City Center Square recently sponsored an installation art exhibit as part of the Urban Culture Project, to transform a window in the downtown office building, providing opportunities for local artists to contribute to the revitalization of downtown Kansas City.
City Center Square selected UMKC assistant professor, Kati Toivanen, through a public request for artist proposals from an extensive list of local artists provided by the Urban Culture Project. She will showcase her design "Commemorating the Everyday, Today." This postal-inspired collection will be on display in the window at 12th and Main at summer's end. "For me, the mail system is a beautiful metaphor for a private exchange trusted to a very public process," said Toivanen. "Postage stamps adorning letters and cards represent a communal celebration of people, places, and events. Because physically sending mail is an increasingly rare choice, sharing sentiments this way is becoming more precious."
See Toivanen's recent work entitled "Domestic Debris."
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Kansas City office building shrinks carbon footprint
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – City Center Square, a luxury high-rise office building located in the heart of downtown Kansas City, is one of 200 buildings owned by Time Equities Inc. participating in an environmental audit this year. Acting ahead of the curve, City Center Square’s management, Grubb and Ellis | The Winbury Group, initiated a number of improvements for the building long before the audit, including a new chiller and energy saving lighting enhancements.
Watch Valerie Jennings of Jennings Public Relations & Advertising talk about the green initiatives at City Center Square.
Alice Cook, director of sustainability for Time Equities Inc., said that City Center Square is well on its way to reducing its overall energy consumption. “The high-rise is taking proactive steps, including replacing all of the lighting in the building with energy efficient bulbs, transitioning to green cleaning products, introducing a recycling program and utilizing window film to reduce solar heat gain,” said Cook. “Roughly eighty percent of energy use can be attributed to behavior, while 20 percent can result from technology upgrades.”
According to Janet Ziegler, vice president of finance and administration for the Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association, tenants are embracing City Center Squares’ lead on implementing environmental measures. “We’ve taken steps to adapt behaviors as well as procedures. Styrofoam cups have been eliminated, replaced with washable cups. We are also focusing many of our mailing efforts online which saves the CVA over $60,000 annually in paper and postage,” said Ziegler. “City Center Square is a good partner for us in new recycling programs, using low waste paper products and sensor light initiatives. We are all lucky to be working in a building that recognizes the importance of taking environmental measures seriously.”
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The audit will provide a report summarizing options for making the building more energy efficient including operational changes, behavioral changes and technology upgrades.
City Center Square is an office retail building locally managed by Grubb & Ellis|The Winbury Group. Tenants range from the Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association to the Kansas City Business Journal. Office space is available and can be customized to accommodate tenants' needs. Prime location, parking availability and facility upgrades make City Center Square an optimal choice for businesses that want to be part of the new entertainment district. For more information, visit www.citycentersquare.com.
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