NEW YORK CITY — Lendlease has begun preleasing and revealed new renderings for The Riverie, an 834-unit apartment development in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project is slated to open in October. Of the total unit count, 30 percent are designated as affordable housing. The development will also feature 13,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, state-of-the-art amenities and new public greenspace. Spanning an entire city block along the East River, The Riverie features two towers rising 37 and 20 stories, as well as a mid-rise podium with frontages along India, West and Java streets. Residences range from studios to three bedrooms, including select penthouses and townhomes. Marvel was the project architect. INC Architecture & Design handled the interior design, while Crème designed the townhomes. At the core of The Riverie’s sustainability strategy is its vertical closed-loop geothermal system, comprised of 320 boreholes beneath the site. This feature makes it the largest geothermal residential building in New York state and is believed to be the largest high-rise geoexchange system in the country, according to Lendlease. Combined with its fully electric design, The Riverie is expected to reduce annual carbon emissions from heating and cooling by 53 percent when …
