Apparently practicing what he preaches, Leonardo DiCaprio has just purchased a “green,” luxury apartment overlooking the Hudson river in “Riverhouse,” an eco-friendly development in the Battery City Complex.

The high-rise, designed by David Rockwell, will feature a media café, fitness center, and indoor fifteen meter lap pool and an extremely eco-friendly dog spa.

The building’s plans also call for a branch of the New York Public Library and the City Bakery. Christopher Daly, president of the Sheldrake organization confirmed the purchase late last week, although Mr. DiCaprio declined to comment.

The “green,” aspects of the building include filtered air and water, triple-layered windows and non-emitting carpets and paints. But the design has also come in for considerable criticism over the large footprint and lack of esthetics. Plus their artists’ renderings, which make the building appear to be a lone building out in the country – as opposed to one of many high-rises planned for the area.

Leonardo DiCaprio himself is a commited environmentalist, and has recieved praise for some of his choices, including the fact that he opts to use commercial flights instead of chartering a private jet, as many of his peers are wont to do.