Via Verde, in the South Bronx, will have 201 apartment units and will be a green building with solar panels, rainwater systems, and residential vegetable gardens. The project is part of Mayor Bloomberg's goal of achieving 165,000 affordable housing units by 2014. Via Verde marks the 100,000th unit towards this achievement.

The winner of New Housing New York, a design competition to create an affordable and sustainable, is a design which incorporates over two hundred residential units as well as retail shops and green space. The buildings designs also include gardens, and outdoor recreational space. The project will be LEED certified, with many leading sustainable design elements including green roofs and features...