The project is a 1.5m SF retail/entertainment center. The developer is building the main shopping center over which he has direct control as a core and shell project. Certain anchor stores and a spa located at the extremities of the shopping center (but connected to the main shopping center) are being built by the individual store owners and not by the developer (this includes both the envelope and the interior) . The same is true of stores and businesses that will be located on pads at the perimeter of the parking lot (not connected to the main shopping center). There will also be a hotel connected to the shopping center which is being developed at some later point in time by a separate hotel owner. This CIR is to validate that only the portions that the developer controls and builds is subject to the LEED core and shell requirements and that buildings built by anyone other than the developer are not subject to LEED core and shell requirements.
The CIR is inquiring if separate structures within a multi building project can be excluded from the scope of the LEED-CS submittal. For the purposes of LEED certification, a project team may define the project boundary in any manner that is applicable to the project\'s scope. The boundary must be consistent across all credit submittals and exhibits. If portions of a project are to be built separately from the initial core and shell construction, they can be excluded from the certification submittal package only if the defined project and excluded portion have separate and independent structural and operating systems. Applicable Internationally.