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Anatomy of a Grant (Part 2): The Courtship Between a Donor and an Owner
The first time Barry Berlin heard of the Bullitt Center was when Diana Blank called him with an idea: How could the Kendeda Fund go about creating a Living Building on a similar scale in Atlanta? It was May 2013.
“She’s telling me about this wonderful building, and I’m pulling it up on Google just so I can see what she’s talking about,” says Berlin, longtime financial advisor and strategist to the philanthropy founded by Blank. “I asked her, ‘So you want me to see if we can build one of these here?’ And she said, ‘Do you think we can?’ And I said, ‘We’ll never know until we try.’ ”
GALLERY: Georgia Tech’s High-Performance Buildings
Georgia Tech has put together an impressive portfolio of high-performing buildings. Here’s a look at the four campus buildings that have attained Platinum, LEED’s highest certification level.
Anatomy of a Grant (Part 1): A Living Building to Transform Southern Construction
Even big foundations think long and hard before they give away $30 million. So it’s not surprising that The Kendeda Fund took a while to figure out that its largest grant ever would go toward a single building on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus.