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.
June 1st, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Observatory Place"
Observatory Place: East Harlem’s First Green Building Underway at 2021 First Avenue
Designed and developed by Gary Silver Architects, Observatory Place at 2021 First Avenue and East 104th Street is an 11-story luxury condominium project that will seek an unspecified level of LEED certification- the first such application in East Harlem. The mixed-use project offers 38 residential units with bamboo flooring and an 11th floor green roof, as well as a lobby with bike and Fresh Direct storage space. Silver told Multi-Housing News that the development is “geared to attracting young people who live in rental buildings in Harlem or other parts of the city and are ready to take that next step and purchase an apartment with a monthly mortgage comparable or even lower than paying rent. We had a clear focus of who our target buyer was and what they were looking for.”
February 8th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued