Archive for the 'Arterra' Category

Light LEED Opens at Arterra SF

With new owners set to move into the the LEED light Arterra we thought that we’d pay a visit to San Fran’s newest LEED certified condo. Arriving on bikes, we discovered that no bike racks exist for those wishing to inspect the demo models. Thus we had to pull out bikes into into the sales […]

Green Mission Corridor

With all the Green condo hoopla focusing on the Arterra in South Beach, it would be easy to overlook the Green Valencia corridor. On 22nd and Valencia, the Lorax guys have quietly erected a darker green building. The carbon imprint of this mixed use project should be much lower than the highly marketed Arterra. Don’t […]

Green design in cyberspace

Designer Jen Gadiel has thrown her green hat into the blog world with her new Green Design Bloggin’. Ms. Gadiel works on the interior design of the new Arterra and recently spoke on an environmental footprint panel at the San Francisco Design Center’s Winter Market. Maybe if you ask nicely she’ll get you a discount […]

Green Thinking at Winter Festival

Most of the people wandering around San Francisco’s Winter Market appeared only to be concerned with fashion, design and colors of the newest fabrics, furniture and living accessories but for a couple hours SF Green architects David Baker and Anne Fougeron, Green entrepreneur Jordan Harris, and interior designer Jennifer Gadiel discussed the Green aspect of […]

Arterra Green Penthouse

The Areterra isn’t even built yet but already one Green minded buyer is making some Green noise. One buyer purchased not just one condo but the entire top floor of one of the towers. Apparently she wants to have one giant Green penthouse. She’s working with noted San Francisco based Organic Architect Eric Corey Freed […]

The Green That Brings the Buyers

With the opening pre-sales event of the LEED certified Arterra in San Francisco coming up on Sept. 30th we’re not exactly convinced that perspective buyers are placing their deposits because of the LEED certification or even the whole “Green Lifestyle” that the Arterra continues to promote.
Apparently, the sales office has pre-sales reservations booked for Saturday, […]

Who’ll Stop the Rain?

With the Arterra, San Francisco’s first LEED certified San Francisco condos, just about ready to go into pre-sales it’s no surprise that some visitors in the sales office appear from curious to confused.
Some prospective buyers who drifted around the sales office came for the Green factor but others don’t know green from pink. The salesroom […]



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