Sustainability is Now the Asset--Desirable space is no longer just about marble foyers, location and cosmetic appeal

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Your Editor was taken with the real importance for the future of the Australian Construction Industry of the message that sustainability puts dollars on the bottom line in the terrific address that follows: "A convergence of recent legislative drivers, commodity pricing and tenant demand for 'green' is resulting in real change in the commercial property industry, which in turn necessitates reviewing existing assets against the market's expectations of energy and carbon usage." This is according to Christine Bartlett, Australian Chief Executive Officer of global commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle, who recently addressed members of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce.