Old Pasadena’s Historic Chamber of Commerce Building Renews LEED Gold Certification

October 12, 2023

Pasadena, CA - The historic Chamber of Commerce building, an iconic building located in Old Pasadena, has renewed its LEED E-B Gold Certification from the Green Building Council.

The certification recognizes the landmark historic building uses current best practices to consume less energy, water and natural resources, to improve the indoor environment for its occupants, and to continue to uncover and reduce operating inefficiencies.

“We are extremely proud of renewing our Gold Certification,” noted Pete Kutzer, Managing Partner of Edgewood Realty Partners. “It is one of only a few LEED® Gold buildings in the area, and the only privately-owned, Class A historic landmark office building. Environmental sustainability is a core value of our partners and tenants, and our management and engineering team worked diligently to move us up to our Gold certification for the first time in 2020.”

The LEED Green Building Rating System (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) was developed by the USGBC and is the internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings.

Edgewood Realty Partners is the asset manager for the Chamber of Commerce Building, and The Kutzer Company serves as property manager.

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About the Chamber of Commerce Building: The Chamber of Commerce Building is owned by a joint venture between Edgewood Realty Partners and CenterSquare Investment Management. The building was designed by the acclaimed architects Parkinson & Bergstrom in 1904 and was the first steel-frame “high rise” built in Pasadena. It is one of the oldest buildings in the Los Angeles area to earn the LEED certification.

About Edgewood Realty Partners: Edgewood is a private real estate investment firm which acquires, invests in, develops, and manages high-quality commercial and mixed-use investment properties in the western United States, frequently focused on innovative design and collaborative place-making. Over the past 35 years, Edgewood and its partners have developed extensive experience in adaptive re-use projects, including those with historic components and settings.

About CenterSquare Investment Management: CenterSquare is an independent, employee-owned real asset manager focused on listed real estate, private equity real estate and private real estate debt. As a trusted fiduciary, our success is firmly rooted in aligning our interests with those of our clients, partners and employees. CenterSquare is headquartered in suburban Philadelphia, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Singapore. With $13 billion in assets under management (August 2023), CenterSquare and its affiliates are proud to manage investments on behalf of some of the world’s most well-known institutional and private investors.