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ç Indeed Tower, the recently completed Class AA office tower in Downtown Austin, has been awarded LEED v4 Core & Shell (CS) Platinum Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The property is the second largest LEED v4 CS project in the United States and the fifth largest in the world. Indeed Tower (Austin’s tallest office building) was developed by Trammell Crow Company and Principal Real Estate Investors, with Page serving as the architect, interior designer, and sustainability consultant and DPR Construction serving as general contractor. Los Angeles-based Kilroy purchased the property from Trammell Crow Company and Principal Real Estate Investors in July.

é We prefer to write about good news – nice things – awards, honors, accomplishments, etc. in this column but this is so horrific that we bring it to you, so that you know, and in the hope that (collectively) we care enough to do something about. WalletHub whose impartial surveys and analyses have often been cited in this column, particularly when a Texas city is among the ‘best of’ or ‘the best place to…’ recently ran a study of all 50 states and the District of Columbia— and Texas scored horribly. The third least vaccinated state (not just Covid – ALL vaccines!). And 51st out of 51 (that’s last, folks!) in the Best States for Children’s Health. See the results HERE. And, fellow Texans, we are 50th out of 50 in the percentages of children and adults who are not insured! Check it out! We don’t have to be the best at everything, but these are not areas where we should be scraping the bottom of the barrel n