Will today mark the beginning of the next big big-box? Only time will tell.
Green Depot, a warehouse specializing in environmentally friendly home and building products, today opened its first Long Island showroom in the North Fork village of Greenport.
The Brooklyn-based company already has four other showrooms.
Much like a Home Depot or Lowe’s, Green Depot will work with customers to design rooms and purchase materials, only these designs and materials are intended to be a bit kinder to Mother Earth.
LIBN will have to make a visit out east.
From the statement:
The store’s general manager is Jim Holiber, who oversees all five Green Depot retail stores. He will oversee the six Green Depot staff members at Greenport, who all have extensive knowledge in eco-friendly building and environmental supplies such as those that will be on display in the showroom.Green Depot offers environmentally sound and healthy home products and alternatives including zero-VOC paint, soy foam insulation and eco-friendly cleaning supplies. Green Depot is proud to feature products such as AFM Safecoat paints and finishes, FSC-certified lumber, UltraTouch natural cotton insulation and Moldex, to name a few. Green Depot also offers customers access to its 360 Network of qualified green experts and LEED accredited professionals.Through their “Flip It Green” program, the Green Depot team works one-on-one with builders to take conventional blueprint specs and re-work them to offer better, healthier and greener alternatives on any project.
