Hey, what’s happening to those fancy solar-powered recycled shipping containers on the corner of Hyde Park and Waugh, meant to attract eco-minded buyers to the $400K+ condo units in the Mirabeau B.?
Up and away they go! Did the Mirabeau B. meet its sales target? Nope . . . but it’s time for construction anyway, developer Joey Romano tells Swamplot:
Our financing is in place and we have signed our contract with Mission Constructors who have commenced work on the site. If all goes to plan at the City, the building work will begin in the next few weeks.
How’d that happen? With a little switch: to rental. But Romano says none of the project’s “green” features will be changed:
We’ll still plant our green roof; our 15 KW solar PV system will still power all common areas; and our rainwater retention system will still irrigate our native Gulf Coast plants. Our units will be large, open, and spacious, offering unique, high-grade finishes, high-end energy efficient appliances, and natural light in every bedroom.
So where are the shipping containers headed?
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To this space: A new shop owned by Campo Sheet Metal . . .
. . . where they’ll await their next assignment.
- Moving day for Mirabeau B Sales Center [Metalab]
- The Solar Powered Shipping Container Sales Center for the Mirabeau B. [Swamplot]
- Green Sales Offices for Sale: Solar Powered Shipping Containers for Everyone [Swamplot]
- Cisterns and Balcony Bikes: What You’ll See at the Mirabeau B. [Swamplot]
Photos: Metalab
A second container dwelling is going up (literally, it’s on stilts) on the lot next to the Brookesmith Shipping-Container House.