gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of November 23, 2008, including the opening of New York City’s first green nightclub, a merger for Brooklyn-based green building materials supplier Green Depot, more green affordable housing in the outer boroughs, and the opening of Cambodia’s first green building, designed pro bono by the New York office of Cook + Fox.
November 30th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "affordable housing"
Rose Companies’ Tapestry: First Mixed-Income Green Rental Building in Harlem
Developers Jonathan Rose of the Rose Companies and Gerard Lettire closed a couple of weeks ago on financing for the Tapestry, a 184-unit, affordable housing project 245 East 124th Street (at Second Avenue) in Harlem. The 12-story rental development will seek a LEED Silver rating from USGBC, meet the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, and participate in NYSERDA’s Multifamily Performance Program. Rose broke ground on the $65 million project yesterday and assembled financing from a dizzying number of sources- Enterprise tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, loans, and other grants. Mr. Rose told the New York Times last week that, even in the midst of the credit crunch, financing is still out there for developers who “have a good track record, and financial strength, and the project has to be well thought-out.”
November 19th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Magnusson Architects’ Melrose Commons Brings LEED-ND to South Bronx
Designed by Manhattan-based Magnusson Architecture and Planning, Melrose Commons is one of only six projects in the state of New York that is participating in USGBC’s LEED for Neighborhood Development (”LEED-ND”) Pilot Program. The 2000-unit, mixed-use and income development will set aside 50 percent of available units for households at or below 60 percent of HUD income limits. The city is currently soliciting developers for three individual parcels on East 162nd and East 163rd Streets between Courtlandt and Melrose Avenues in the South Bronx, and individual buildings will be required to comply with both NYSERDA’s Multifamily Performance Program and the Enterprise Green Communities rating criteria.
November 6th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
ML: Magnusson Architects’ 1070 Anderson Avenue in the Bronx
1070 Anderson Avenue, designed by Manhattan-based Magnusson Architects is an 8-story affordable housing development in the Highbridge section of the Bronx that will offer 41 units in a variety of studio and one-, two-, and three-bedroom configurations. The $12 million tower’s design is inspired by principles of Art Deco and rises as a south-facing L, increasing the reach of natural light into each apartment and also creating a 6000-square-foot courtyard for residents to enjoy. Green roofs grace the seventh- and eighth-floor setbacks, while low-E, Energy Star-certified windows, an efficient rooftop boiler, and continuous exterior insulation will aim to lower the building’s utility bills. Other green features include low-VOC paints and materials, dual flush toilets, CFLs, and Kone Ecospec elevators. The building’s lobby includes local plants and shrubbery that will receive water from a rainwater collection system. Developer New Destiny Housing is considering applying for a LEED Silver rating, but will participate in an NYSERDA incentive program.
September 8th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Intervale Green: Affordable, Sustainable, & Wired in the Bronx
Intervale Green is a $45 million, 127-unit affordable housing development under construction in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. Project sponsor WHEDC teamed with energy consultant Steven Winter Associates to reduce the building’s expected energy costs by 35 percent through numerous sustainable design elements, including the installation of EnergyStar appliances and light fixtures. Other green design features include two different green roofs, low-e windows, and non-toxic paints and sealants- important because the Morrisania neighborhood holds the unfortunate distinction of the highest asthma rate in the Bronx
July 2nd, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Serviam Gardens: Affordable Green Living for Bronx Seniors
Serviam Gardens will be a 240-unit housing development for low- to middle-income senior citizens when it opens in the last quarter of 2009. Developed by Bronx-based affordable housing developer Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation, the $66 million project is set to break ground tomorrow and will rise in a vacant lot behind Mount Saint Ursula’s convent and girls’ high school in Bedford Park in the Bronx. OCV Architects designed the two-tower project, which will incorporate a number of unspecified green design features pursuant to Enterprise Green Communities Criteria.
July 1st, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
LEED-H Works at Affordable Morrisania Homes in the Bronx
The February issue of Affordable Housing Finance magazine has a detailed article about the Morrisania Homes, certified Silver under the new LEED for Homes (”LEED-H”) standard. As gbNYC reported back in August, Morrisania is the first community in New York State certified under LEED-H. Made up of twenty-eight townhouses, the community’s developer, Blue Sea Development Company, signed on to use LEED for Homes during the standard’s Pilot Program phase (which is now closed). The project also checked in at #3 on gbNYC’s list of the top 5 New York City green buildings from 2007.
February 7th, 2008 | Meredith Taylor | 1 comment | Continued
Williamsburg’s Green Edge Stays on Silver Track, Seeks Retail Tenants
We briefly mentioned Brooklyn’s The Edge early last summer after it appeared at #12 on New York Construction’s list of the top twenty projects started in 2006-2007 (ranked by dollar value). Construction on the $390 million, mixed-used development along the East River waterfront at Kent Avenue between North Fifth and Seventh Streets in Williamsburg is [...]
January 8th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
Solar-Powered Hanukkah, Holland Tunnel LEDs, & Affordable Housing Green Fund
Clinton Climate Initiative announces partnership with Enterprise to create $30M Green Fund for affordable housing across New York State
Incident at LEED Gold hopeful Goldman Sachs Tower construction site injures one worker
Manhattan, Brooklyn synagogues install solar-powered lights for Hanukkah observations
Port Authority replaces fluorescent bulbs in Holland Tunnel with LEDs, expects to save $300K annually in energy [...]
Top 5 New York City Green Buildings: 2007
It might be a bit early to start looking back on what has been a truly watershed year for the green movement at large, and green building in particular, but here’s our stab at the top five green buildings in New York City that either received a LEED rating or were completed during the course [...]
December 4th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
The Lee: Silver Supportive Housing on the LES
By any definition, sustainability should be about more than just a carbon footprint. Strong communities that not only respect the natural environment but first offer residents affordable basic services are an indispensable foundation of the green movement and cannot be excluded from a consideration of what exactly is, or is not, sustainable.
That being said, last [...]