Green Condos

4 star rating

March 14, 2008

Cris B. 360 reviews Send Message | Add to Friends

Takes a lot of Green to live Green...

...but worth it, if the space is adequate and the cost per square foot is within your budget. I can't find out the square footage of these live/work lofts and penthouses, but they let us know that they start around $290K for a ? sq. ft. one-bedroom and $400K for a ? sq. ft. two-bedroom. The most exciting part of this sustainable development for me is the use of local resources. I love what the MacNaughton Group is doing, but I'd have to win a lottery to buy one of their lofty green spaces in urban Portlandia! I look forward to the day when green housing is affordable for the middle-class, blue collar worker too.

Cris B.'s keywords: urban housing, green, sustainable, LEED, Portland, Oregon, condo, penthouses, lofts

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5 star rating

March 14, 2008

Bill J. 1 review Send Message | Add to Friends

PORTLAND CONDO PROJECT TAKES GREEN TO THE EXTREME!

Designed for LEED Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council Mississippi Avenue Lofts is a sustainable new mixed-use development located in Portland Oregon's Mississippi Historic District featuring 32 lofts, secure parking and locally owned retail stores including European style market Pastaworks.

Inside and out every detail has been considered in this transit oriented development, from a hybrid Zipcar and efficient use of space that includes bicycle parking at each front door, to the exposed timber beamed ceilings, polished concrete floors and high level of finishes including low flow bath fixtures and KitchenAid Energy Star stainless steel appliances. Connecting residents and guests with the surrounding outdoors, Mississippi Avenue Lofts offers views, an abundant amount of natural daylight with cross-ventilation, large balconies and a bamboo landscaped open-air courtyard.

Mississippi Avenue Lofts features a state of the art Mitsubishi HVAC system designed to exchange energy to hot and cool areas of the building and exceed a 25% reduction in energy use. Other features include an environmentally friendly KONE EcoSpace elevator and regionally produced Jeld-Wen Energy Star Rated Low E window and door systems. Plumbing fixtures include TOTO and Hansgrohe low flow faucets and dual flush toilets designed to exceed 30% water use reduction. Regionally produced 100% pre-consumer recycled SkyBlend particleboard cores are used in alder finished cabinets and built-ins.

The building is constructed using 350,000lbs of 98% post consumer recycled rebar that travels less than 300 miles round trip from the mill to the jobsite, 180,000lbs of 95% post consumer recycled structural steel fabricated regionally, 100,000 board feet of FSC Certified timber from a local supplier and 3000 tons of regional concrete.

Live Green. Live Well.

www.mississippiavenuelofts.com

Bill J.'s keywords: LEED, Portland, Oregon, green, sustainable, condos, lofts, recycle

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