Corporate Commons Three Rooftop Farm (Staten Island)
New York, United States · Operator: The Nicotra Group（運営: Brooklyn Grange）
Overview
A real-estate firm built a Brooklyn Grange-operated organic rooftop farm atop its office building for tenant employees — a flagship corporate (real-estate) branding rooftop farm.
Citizen participation
A real-estate firm commissioned Brooklyn Grange to design and run the rooftop farm, opened as an amenity to the building's hundreds of tenant employees.
Operating model
Real-estate developer branding/tenant engagement, outsourcing operation to a specialist rooftop-farm operator.
Impact
Demonstrated a model for commercial real estate adopting rooftop farming as a tenant amenity.
Land tenure
Developer-owned office rooftop, operated under contract by a specialist farm operator.
Crops
- vegetables
- herbs
Scale
3,700 m² — オフィスビル屋上 約40,000平方フィート（約3,700㎡）の有機農園。
Sources（1）
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