Plans for a $500-million luxury condominium project in Beverly Hills involving celebrity architects, and an environmentally friendly design are unveiled by developer, New Pacific Realty.
"The long-awaited proposal for the Robinsons-May site near the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards calls for two 12-story buildings, a two-story building containing town houses and two four-story loft buildings situated around landscaped gardens.
...New York architect Richard Meier, one of the nation's best-known building designers, described the style envisioned for the Beverly Hills project as modern.
...New Pacific hopes to garner endorsements from environmental groups and has received a nod from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Ashok Gupta of the resources council said he hoped that a successful development built to gold rating standards would encourage other developers to pursue green building practices."
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