Dallas Real Estate: Contain Yourself In a Max Levy Green High Rise
As SweetCharity tells it, the Turtle Creek Association sure knows how to hold a home association meeting. We are not talking casseroles and cookies from Sam’s; try the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek and every Who’s Who in town. Then the man who has brought us more hangers, cubicles and containers than we really know what to do with speaks. That would be Garrett Boone,co-founder and chairman emeritus of The Container Store. Boone was talking about clean air, which we all love and want dearly, but most vitally for us, he also talked real estate. Thanks to Glenn Hunter, I got notes.
I had heard that Garrett and Cecelia, who are the best neighbors folks could ever have, were going high-rise and moving to The Centrum. Boone said he’d hoped to be an official Turtle Creek “neighbor” by now, but a “six-month construction delay” has kept them out of their unit at the Centrum Tower and in their sprawling ranch home not too far from yours truly. (Boone’s co-founder, William “Kip” Tindell, also lives nearby since he bought Caroline Minnis’s $ 5 millionish sleek contemporary home on Northaven at Ricks Circle.) The Boones have a penthouse on the 14th floor of the Centrum, which he said they love because of the unique, sleek architectural component of the building, the spectacular views and yet still neighborhood-y feel.
But here’s what’s really cool: The Boones have hired architect Max Levy to create a contemporary but uber green showcase home up there. To wit, three sides will be made of sustainable, recycled glass; hidden LED lights mean no more lightbulbs; a complete rainwater recapturing system even way up there, and native, not-so-thirsty Buffalo grasses on the terrace. The Boones say they will be one of the the first Platinum LEED certified penthouses in Dallas.
Despite the delays, Boone says he’s sure to be moving into the new space by April 2010; a palm reader in New York told him so, saying, “You will have a big move in your life in April of 2010.”
“In terms of construction timing,” says Boone, ” a palm reader is as good as anyone!”
No kidding!
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So excited about this project. Hope to use some of these ideas for our revitalization projects. Can’t wait to see how it works out.
Great story!
Thanks for featuring a green home story. There are already 3 USGBC LEED Platinum homes in Dallas (2 Alan Hoffman & 1 Urban Edge) as of 10/20. I have it on good authority that there’s about to be a 4th certified within the next week (designed by Dallas architect, Kelly Mitchell, and part of the Dallas AIA Home Tour on November 7 & 8).
The Max Levy project referenced in this story will definitely be the first penthouse in Dallas. Excellent!