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CASE STUDY BY KATY TOMASULO INDIANAPOLIS ROWHOMES BRING MODERN STYLE, EFFICIENT LIVING, AND NEW LIFE TO URBAN REDEVELOPMENT. L ong before the Holy Cross neighborhood near downtown Indianapolis became a hot spot for community renewal a few years ago, Redevelopment Group (RDG) was converting abandoned infill lots into single-family homes. And long before sustainability became the buzzword of the building industry, the builder was implementing practices and products designed to achieve efficient, healthy homes. Still, Highland Stacks, completed last spring, was a departure fromRDG’s previous projects in the area: The three-story row-style condomini- ums are the company’s onlymultifamily project and were its first homes certified under the NAHB’sModel Green Home Building Guidelines, reaching Gold level. Built on an abandoned lot, the six attached PHOTO: AJ MAST/AURORA SELECT TUDY BY KATY TOMASULO INDIANAPOLIS ROWHOMES BRING MODERN STYLE, EFFICIENT LIVING, AND NEW LIFE TO URBAN REDEVELOPMENT. L ong before the Holy Cross neighborhood near downtown Indianapolis became a hot spot for community renewal a few years ago, Redevelopment Group (RDG) was converting abandoned infill lots into single-family homes. And long before sustainability became the buzzword of the building industry, the builder was implementing practices and products designed to achieve efficient, healthy homes. Still, Highland Stacks, completed last spring, was a departure fromRDG’s previous projects in the area: The three-story row-style condomini- ums are the company’s onlymultifamily project and were its first homes certified under the NAHB’sModel Green Home Building Guidelines, reaching Gold level. Built on an abandoned lot, the six attached PHOTO: AJ MAST/AURORA SELECT houses houses are 11 blocks fromIndianapolis’ center— the landmark Monument Circle—and are within walking distance of restaurants and retail. The rowhomes provide a structural transition between the community’s larger industrial buildings and its single-family homes, while their exterior design—a modern aesthetic softened by natural- feeling textures such as painted lap siding and slatted-wood entry surrounds—helps balance the ecohomemagazine.com 19 Rise On the
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