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Paseo Verde in Philadelphia is nation’s first LEED Platinum neighborhood development

Paseo Verde in Philadelphia is nation’s first LEED Platinum neighborhood development

The eco-friendly, transit-focused project features a fitness center, community rooms, a technology center, gardening plots, and green roofs.


By BD+C Staff | January 2, 2014

Paseo Verde, a mixed-use, mixed-income community hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony last month.

The complex is the country's first Platinum LEED-certified Neighborhood Development, a distinction that it earned by creating an eco-friendly, transit-focused project.

Amenities include a fitness center, community rooms, a technology center, gardening plots, and green roofs.

(http://philly.curbed.com/archives/2013/12/03/the-very-first-platinum-leed-neighborhood-development-is-located-in-philly-dedicated-today.php)

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