Sendero Verde
Sendero Verde opened in 2024 as the largest fully affordable Passive House building in the world.
AKRF served as CEQR environmental consultant for the East Harlem project developed by L+M Development and Jonathan Rose Companies and designed by Handel Architects. Sendero Verde contains 709 residential units and resident amenities, including community facilities for Union Settlement Association, retail spaces, gardens, and a public courtyard.
The project was financed through HPD and HDC’s ELLA (Extremely Low and Low-Income Affordability) Program, and 36 units will be set aside for formerly homeless families, who will have access to social services programs provided by Promesa.
Photo by Albert Vecerka/Esto
Industry Honors
2021 The Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
2019 NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence Winner
2019 The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award
