Gaedeke Partners With Park Tree Trust and Rain Forest Rescue® Program

DALLAS, TX – Gaedeke Group LLC is putting its "green" to work to further strengthen its impact as a steward of the environment, making significant capital contributions to the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation's tree trust and the Arbor Day Foundation's Rain Forest Rescue® program.

Gaedeke is pledging $25,000 to the Park Tree Trust, with part of the donation earmarked for the planting of a brilliantly foliaged Shumard Red Oak in The Groves, a 25 foot-wide band of trees along the perimeter of the southern and eastern sides of the Woodall Rodgers Park (middle left photo), where 5.2 acres of shared public green space has been built atop the Woodall Rodgers Freeway in Dallas.

Gaedeke's contribution to the Rain Forest Rescue® program is protecting approximately 3 million square feet of rain forest land – equal to the size of its office portfolio in Texas, Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and Germany.  More than 1,000 farm families grow coffee in the rain forest, and receive fair wages for their labor through the Fair Trade-certified program. In the past 19 years, this program has helped to preserve more than 2 billion square feet of rain forest canopies and ecosystems.

Since its inception in 1995, the Dallas-based investment firm has had a positive impact on the built environment and is continually seeking innovative ways to promote sustainability, such as its strategies for landscaping and irrigation relative to the climates of its properties and installation of electric car charging stations as a tenant perk.

Gaedeke's portfolio is a testament to its green commitment, with over 90% of the portfolio of the class A office space earning Energy Star designations. One McKinney Plaza in Uptown Dallas is Leadership for Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified by the U.S. Green Building Council and Energy Star rated.

"Conservation and environmental responsibility has always been a cornerstone of our investment policy," says Sabine Gaedeke Stener (top right photo), CEO of Gaedeke Group.

Gaedeke's on-going initiatives have proven the value-add benefits that can be derived from a strong commitment to green stewardship, with building performance, the environment and its investors sharing in the rewards today, tomorrow and far into the future.

                                                          

Gaedeke Group LLC's primary mission is to create high-quality office environments by investing new capital and sound management principles in well-built, class A office properties across the country.

Our constant focus is to make pride of ownership obvious-to our tenants, their representatives and everyday observers. The result is a level of commitment to quality that makes Gaedeke Group as unique as its name.

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