We have a project that is being built by a developer with a single tenant in mind. The developer will own the building, and the tenant will initially occupy half of the building, with the intent of occupying the other half in 5-10 years. Per the client's wishes to have the building be LEED Silver, the Core & Shell rating system is showing the best opportunity to do so. However, since the client is involved in decisionmaking, many aspects of the tenant improvement are up for discussion and the client would like to know if they should pursue these.

So the question: is it possible/acceptable for a C&S submission to take advantage of tenant improvement activities? For example, could we get an innovation credit for low-emitting furniture or tenant-provided green cleaning? And is this complicated by the fact that only half the TI work will fall under the initial scope?

I'm having a hard time figuring out how GBCI would respond, would appreciate any insight.

Thanks!