Captain Planet Approved

Overlooked recently among all attention to Antares redevelopment of 80 acres of brown fields in the South End into a mixed use community is the Metro Green development set to spring up below the tracks. Metro Green is a residential/ office development that will include a 17 story, 250ft office tower facing the tracks (seen left in what looks inexplicably like a ghostly apparition) and a 238 unit residential development to the south. The first phase of the entire project broke ground yesterday, a 50 unit affordable townhouse development on Henry St between Atlantic & Washington. That’s double what the developer was required to provide under Stamford’s mandate to make 10% of all residential development affordable.

Besides the fact the entire development is in walking distance of the Metro North there’s a number of other eco-features baked in.

The development will include a rainwater harvesting system, a high-performance building envelop with a roof that reduces the heat-island effect, energy-efficient mechanical systems and a high-performance roof and insulation system. Additionally, the project will offer a parking garage with a green roof.

Here are some looks at the designs of the affordable housing component from Jonathan Rose Companies.







By the way, life looks great in architectural renderings. Nice weather, everything’s always in bloom, people just doing nothing but walking around and riding bikes. It's like college brochures where everyone is just playing acoustic guitar under some trees.