Green Depot to Start Work on Green Living Manhattan Flagship Store May 1; Unique Showroom Experience to Open Late 2008: In the Heart of the Bowery,

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Business Wire EON) April 23, 2008 -- The showroom, Green Depot's sixth and largest, will boast more than 3,000 square feet of retail space and will serve Manhattan's vast consumer population interested in green living and in easier access to green products and building materials, housewares and sustainable living concepts. The space will also accommodate Green Depot's significant professional and commercial customer base in the borough and will include a resource and design center where Green Depot staff will work with customers to find green building materials that are cost-efficient and easily adaptable into their construction or renovation projects. Green Depot has enlisted the architecture and design services of Mapos LLC to re-fashion the space at 222 Bowery and anticipates LEED-platinum or gold certification for this exciting new green living experience space.

"Green Depot Manhattan marks a significant expansion for our company as well as a fundamental recognition of the growing effort amongst customers to make healthier and more eco-friendly living choices," explained Green Depot founder and CEO Sarah Beatty. "Green Depot is proud and poised to provide green living solutions that are easy, accessible, affordable and gratifying."

GREEN DEPOT AT GO GREEN EXPO 2008:

Green Depot will enjoy a large presence at this year's Go Green Expo at the Hilton New York on Apr. 26 and 27. Sarah Beatty, founder and CEO, as well as other key Green Depot executives will be available for interviews and photo opportunities. Please contact Christian-Philippe Quilici at the number below with any such requests.

ABOUT GREEN DEPOT

Founded in November 2005, Green Depot is a leading supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products, services and solutions. Its primary goal is to facilitate green living and building in communities so that it is easy, worthwhile and gratifying. Green Depot has showrooms in Brooklyn, Newark, Philadelphia, Boston, Greenport, N.Y. (opening summer 2008) and Manhattan (opening fall 2008), as well as 10 additional distribution centers spanning the East Coast. For more information, please visit www.greendepot.com.

Release Summary:

Green Depot today announced it begins construction on a new flagship consumer showroom in Manhattan's Bowery on May 1. Green Depot's new green living experience will offer green products and building materials.

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