NEW YORK: The hundred and seventy-fifth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.
The new Sage on Prospect is a 34-apartment multigenerational complex that has every imaginable green feature.
Dominion Properties’ building benefited from its re-use of a vacant lot, its low indoor emissions, its geothermal heat, green roof and solar array, among other factors, including the use of repurposed gymnasium floors in the units. The project’s walkability [Walkscore 91] was also a factor in the off-the-charts rating. But then, its developers had promised it might be the greenest building ever built.
