A new "green" condominium apartment tower is under construction in the southern end of Battery Park City.

The environmentally sensitive project is called Millennium Tower Residences. It is a 35-story, red-brick tower with 236 units at 30 West Street at the intersection of Little West Street, one block north of Millennium Point, which contains a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, apartments and the Skyscraper Museum, at the southernmost end of Battery Park City overlooking the harbor and the Statue of Liberty.

The new building is being developed by Millennium Partners, which also erected Millennium Point.

Ground was broken for this development in May and the developers then said they had more than a 1,000 names of potential buyers on the waiting list for apartments.

Handel Associates is the architect of the building that is expected to be about 25 percent more efficient than current New York State standards. It will have solar rooftop panels and it will "rely heavily" on recyclable construction materials including steel, wood and even concrete drawn primarily from local sources. Each unit will receive fresh ducted air that has been adjusted for desired year-round humidity levels and has been filtered to remove 85 percent of all outside particulates, soot and airborne toxins. The building is also expected to use 33 percent less water than a comparable non-green building as it will have on-site recycling of waster water to supply flush water for toilets.

Apartments will have Brazilian cherry floors, 9-foot ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. The building will have valet parking, a kid's club, a fitness center and doorman and a concierge. Initial prices range from 875-sq.ft. one-bedroom units starting at $705,000 to 2,400-sq.ft. four-bedroom apartments starting at $1.8 million.