MetLife Awarded LEED Certification for Three Office Buildings Within Waterford at Blue Lagoon in Miami

MIAMI — MetLife Real Estate has secured LEED certification for three of its office buildings within Waterford at Blue Lagoon, a Class A office park in Miami. The assets include 6505 Waterford, a 166,996-square-foot property built in 1996; 6100 Waterford, a 162,878-square-foot building developed in 1991; and 6303 Waterford, a 165,996-square-foot building developed in 1993. The buildings earned the designations following MetLife Real Estate’s five-year, $3.5 million capital improvement campaign, which included restroom renovations, new marble lobby floors, Energy Star-rated roof replacements, new LED light fixtures in the atriums and the parking garage, resurfacing of the parking garage deck and a new fitness center. The U.S. Green Building Council awarded 6505 Waterford LEED Gold v4 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings and LEED Silver v4 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings for both 6100 Waterford and 6303 Waterford. Cushman & Wakefield’s asset services team of Peter Romero, Danny Wong, Jacky Hernandez and Maria Meyer, as well as engineers Rafael Lopez, Carlos Padilla and Javier Castro, collaborated with MetLife Real Estate in procuring the LEED designations.