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By Tim Tresslar, Staff Writer 8:29 PM Saturday, November 21, 2009

DAYTON — The development of energy efficient, environmentally friendly homes is moving ahead in two spots in the city.

Litehouse Development Group has sold the townhouse model in its Canal Block development, located at Patterson Boulevard and Ice Avenue in downtown, as well as three others that haven’t been built.

All told, plans call for the $6 million Canal Block redevelopment to include 41 townhomes, said Barry Buckman, a partner in the group.

In addition, Litehouse has sold a single-family home in the Fairgrounds neighborhood, said Buckman, also a principal with Rogero Buckman Architects. That project will include construction of 15 single-family homes and townhouses scattered throughout the neighborhood, he said.

The homes include solar-reflective roofing, efficient heaters, paints and cabinets that do not emit toxic fumes, flooring made from cork and plant resin and rainwater-collection systems.

Buckman said fabrication of the Canal Block development’s first townhome was expected to begin Friday, Nov. 20, at Unibilt Industries’ factory in Vandalia. It should take three weeks to finish. Once crews transport a home to the lot, it takes another two months of work before it is ready to be occupied, he said.

Partners in Litehouse Development include Buckman; Mary Rogero, a professor at Miami University of Oxford; Irvin Moscowitz, chief executive of Burhill Financial Services; and Kenneth Botts, principal of Visual Marketing Associates Inc. The city of Dayton has provided land and site-development funds, while CityWide Development, Dayton’s development arm, has provided a loan, Buckman said.

Staff writer Tim Tresslar covers commercial and residential real estate for Dayton Daily News. His Real Estate Notebook appears every Sunday. He can be reached at (937) 225-7317 or via e-mail at ttresslar@coxohio.com.

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