Green Roofs Failing to Sprout on City’s Co-ops and Condos

Since then, according to the Department of Buildings, exactly 11 buildings have applied for the property-tax credit through April, Crain’s reports. The cost of retrofitting a brownstone or townhouse building with a relatively small roof starts at $65 per square foot, Burchell says, and can easily go beyond $90 per square foot. Despite the daunting […]