Designed by Barry Rice Architects, Greystone Property Development’s 180 East 93rd Street broke ground last week and joins a growing crop of green condo projects on the Upper East Side (including the Laurel, Lucida, and Observatory Place). The condominiums will feature a number of green design features, including a geothermal heating and cooling system. The nine-unit development will rise on the south side of East 93rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues, though it’s unclear whether the team will seek any sort of third-party certification for its efforts.
Featuring 129 condominium residences and standing thirty-one stories tall, The Laurel at 400 East 67th Street will seek an unspecified level of LEED certification from USGBC. The tower features a design by Costas Kondylis (Trump Parc Stamford) and is being developed by the Alexico Group, which is aiming for occupancy late next year. Sustainable project features include bicycle racks and storage for residents, various recycled and locally-sourced materials, water efficient landscaping, non-ozone depleting refrigerants, and a construction waste management program.
The Laurel joins both The Brompton and The Lucida (which we’ve yet to profile here at gbNYC) as residential projects seeking LEED certification that are currently under construction on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. From Battery Park City to the new towers planned for the World Trade Center site, no Manhattan neighborhood is immune to green design.
