Sales Open for NYC Green Condo Tower

The offering plan for New York’s newest green residential tower has been accepted and filed with the New York State Attorney General’s office, enabling the opening of sales on March 1. The 35-story, 251-unit condominium tower, called The Visionaire, is under construction on the last developable residential site in the south neighborhood of Battery Park City, at 70 Little West Street, directly overlooking Manhattan harbor.

The Visionaire is the third green luxury residence developed by Albanese Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Albanese Organization, Iand designed by Rafael Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli. Starwood Capital Group Global, LLC is partnering with the Albanese Organization to bring the development to market.

The amenity-rich building will be a striking glass and terracotta tower featuring streamlined contours in a unique curved facade that optimizes natural light and allows generous river and city views from all exposures. Features include filtered fresh air and water, natural materials and finishes, and generous, open floor plans. There’s also a skylit indoor swimming pool and hot tub; two landscaped roof gardens with private cabanas; a rooftop entertainment area featuring built-in grills and wetbar, a state-of-the-art fitness center and spa; a screening room/lounge with fireplace; a private dining area; a children’s playroom and a parking garage.

The Visionaire meets the U.S. Green Building Council’s platinum standard under its LEED certification program. Chief among the building’s many environmental features will be an HVAC system that conditions, filters, and supplies fresh air into each apartment, and various technologies that will yield 35% energy savings over code- compliant buildings. The building will harvest approximately 5% of its electric load through building-integrated solar panels.

35% of the building’s electric energy will be purchased from energy providers employing wind and other renewable energy sources. Natural gas will power the residential cooling systems and contribute to a substantially lower peak electric demand on New York City’s grid.

The building will have high efficiency air filtration systems to optimize indoor air quality (IAQ) and an air humidification system in winter months. A four-pipe fan coil system controlled by digital programmable thermostats will provide year-round climate control in each residence. Building materials contain no or low volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

A water conservation system will recycle water from bathrooms and kitchens to re-supply toilets and provide make-up water for the HVAC system cooling tower. The building will also harvest rainwater and store 10,000 gallons of recycled water for irrigation of a rooftop garden, which itself will provide an important layer of insulation for the building.

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