METRO GREEN RESIDENCES BREAKS GROUND

STAMFORD, CONN. — Jonathan Rose Cos. and Malkin Properties have broken ground for the next phase of the Metro Green transit-oriented community. Metro Green Residences will consist of 50 mixed-income residences and ground-floor commercial space. Forty of the units will be reserved for reduced-income households. The project, which was designed by Perkins Eastman Architects, will be seeking LEED-Gold certification. Completion for the $27 million project is expected in 2011. At full build-out, Metro Green will contain 238 residences, a 350,000-square-foot office tower and ground-floor commercial space, all within walking distance of the Stamford Metro North Train Station. The project is seeking the Gold level of LEED for Neighborhood Development certification.