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February 10, 2013
Third & Bond
Located at the intersection of the Carroll Gardens and Gowanus neighborhoods in Brownstone Brooklyn, Third & Bond is a modern adaptation of the traditional townhouse featuring 44 luxury residential condominiums. Designed by Rogers Marvel Architects, Third & Bond will offer high quality and beautiful finishes suitable for families and young professionals who seek “green” living in a friendly and convenient neighborhood.Third & Bond is expected to be LEED-Gold and ENERGY STAR labeled to certify that it has met stringent requirements for energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. Currently it is on target to be one of the first residential projects in Brooklyn to receive both green building accolades.
Third & Bond is featured weekly on the real estate blog, Brownstoner. Each week, postings describe a different part of the development process from acquisition to design to selection of finishes to offering plans and more.
Tompkins Park North Homes
The three Willoughby units are part of a 9 unit cluster of affordable housing. The gut rehabilitation features cellulose insulation, extensive air sealing, continuous controlled ventilation and a heating system with thermostats in every room.The Silhouette
The Silhouette, a condominium building located at 272 21st Street in Brooklyn’s Park Slope, is slated to become the first low-rise new construction condominium building in New York City to attain both LEED Platinum and Energy Star certifications, once completed. The Silhouette’s advanced green features, such as its state-of-the-art garden roof, solar panel array and new urban “community connectivity” make it among the most eco-friendly residential buildings in America.Via Verde / The Green Way
The award-winning design is inspired by the integration of nature and city. At the heart of the project is a dynamic garden and series of green roofs that serve as the organizing architectural element and identity for the community. As the building steps up from 3-story townhouses at the south to a 20-story tower at the north, there are a series of green roofs and south facing solar panels. The facade features aluminum, cement, and wood panels with panoramic windows, sunshades, and courtyard balconies.Tribeca Green
The building is the 2nd residential “Green” building in NYC. There are 274 apartments. The building has a 2 story Limestone base and brick and glass exterior facade. The building will file for a LEED GOLD rating in 2005.The Nonprofit and Philanthropy and Thoreau Center for Sustainability New York
The Nonprofit and Philanthropy Center and Thoreau Center for Sustainability New York is a green interior renovated, 90,000 sq. ft., multi-tenant nonprofit office building, which provides quality work and program space for 15 to 20 nonprofits. Located at 55 Exchange Place in the historic JP Morgan Building, across from the New York Stock Exchange, it is the first green community and conference space for nonprofits in Lower Manhattan. Developed by Tides Shared Spaces, Thoreau Centers for Sustainability, located in both New York and San Francisco are green nonprofit centers named after the writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, who believed in the importance of democracy and advocated living in harmony with nature. Awarded the LEED-CI Silver certification, Thoreau Center for Sustainability New York’s green renovation incorporates elements such as recycled building materials, non-toxic paints, and energy efficient mechanical systems.Urban Horizons II / Intervale Green
Urban Horizons II is a 160,000 square-foot mixed-use development that includes 6,800 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, a public sculpture garden and three-quarters of an acre of vegetation including parks and greenroofs.
Urban Horizons II is a project of WHEDCo, a nonprofit Bronx-based organization that, in 1997, opened Urban Horizons I, a successful mixed-use economic development center that provides low-income rental apartments as well as social services, youth education, Head Start, adult job training, microenterprise and a commercial kitchen business incubator. This development, which has won multiple national awards, restored what was the abandoned Morrisania Hospital, closed by the City in 1976 and shuttered for over twenty years. WHEDCo is again raising the bar by demonstrating that affordable housing can be beautiful, must be healthy, and should be wired for high-speed Internet access.
The design of Urban Horizons II recalls a historic Bronx building, while at the same time incorporating 21st century features like high-speed Internet in each apartment and the latest in green building technologies. In a community where asthma rates double the city’s average.
Urban Horizons II offers one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom apartments, along with some studios. The project is underwritten so that applicants must earn at or below 60% of area median income, or $42,450 for a family of four. Rents will be set at $660 for a one-bedroom, $794 for a two-bedroom, and $921 for a three-bedroom.
WHEDCo assembled $45 million in financing from various public and private sources. $19.6 million comes from the sale of tax-exempt bonds issued by New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), for which Citibank Community Development issued a Letter of Credit. Additional financing came from: New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Mixed Income Rental Program ($7.5 million); and, federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits ($16.8 million), syndicated by Richman Housing Resources, Inc. An addition $7 million was provided from HPD’s Supportive Housing Loan Program and additional tax credits. Green building grants come from the Energy Star Multifamily Program through New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), as well as The Enterprise Foundation’s Green Communities initiative, The Home Depot Foundation, and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Jr., through his Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment. The project has also been awarded a $1.5 million capital appropriation from the New York City Council.