CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle
Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals
industry, announced today it has been awarded the Carolinas
Community Design Award by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
for its headquarters expansion project in Charlotte, N.C.
Albemarle won this award in the
Interior Design and Construction category for the company's
sustainable, collaborative, and wellness-focused headquarters
expansion. This award comes on the heels of the company receiving a
LEED® Gold certification from the USGBC earlier this year for the
same project.
"At Albemarle, sustainability and collaboration are key areas of
focus in how we work and live," said John
Gifford, Albemarle Director
of Global Real Estate and Facilities. "To receive this award from
the USGBC, in addition to our LEED Gold certification, means they
recognize the importance we place on those critical attributes to
our employees' work environment. Thank you to our dedicated project
team and partners for bringing Albemarle's values to life."
The Albemarle headquarters
expansion project, completed in January
2019, features approximately 141,000 square feet of office
space spread over six floors of the North Tower building in the
Capitol Towers development located in Charlotte's SouthPark neighborhood. Partners
on the expansion project include Lincoln
Harris, property and project construction manager; Preferred
Office Properties Capitol Towers, property owner; LS3P,
architectural design; Tyler 2, building and construction services;
and Ecoimpact Consulting, LEED consultant.
About Albemarle
Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a global specialty
chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine and
refining catalysts. We think beyond business-as-usual to power the
potential of companies in many of the world's largest and most
critical industries, such as energy, electronics, and
transportation. We actively pursue a sustainable approach to
managing our diverse global footprint of world-class resources. In
conjunction with our highly experienced and talented global teams,
our deep-seated values, and our collaborative customer
relationships, we create value-added and performance-based
solutions that enable a safer and more sustainable future.
We regularly post information to www.albemarle.com, including
notification of events, news, financial performance, investor
presentations and webcasts, non-GAAP reconciliations, SEC filings
and other information regarding our company, its businesses and the
markets it serves.
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