HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Pasquale Kuritzky Architecture Inc. has received the certificate of occupancy for Pinnacle at Peacefield, an affordable seniors housing community in Hollywood, approximately 18 miles north of downtown Miami. The community, named after the ancestral home of John Adams, is part of a redevelopment of the South Dixie Highway corridor on land assembled by the City of Hollywood and its Community Redevelopment Agency. The community features 120 units consisting of one- and two-bedroom residences across three buildings. Pinnacle at Peacefield is the seventh project that Pasquale Kuritzky Architecture …
Affordable Housing
Pennrose Receives Tax Credits to Expand Stoneridge Villas Affordable Community in Huntsville, Alabama
by Jeff Shaw
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Pennrose and the Huntsville Housing Authority (HHA) have been awarded low-income housing tax credits from the Alabama Housing Finance Authority for the Phase II expansion of Stoneridge Villas in Huntsville. The project will add 65 units to the affordable seniors housing community, bringing Stoneridge Villas to a total of 145 apartments. Five of the new units will be wheelchair accessible and two will be outfitted for residents with hearing or vision impairments. Envolve Client Services operates the community. HHA and Pennrose previously partnered on Stoneridge Villas Phase …
CINCINNATI — Gardner Capital has completed Roselawn Gardens, a LEED-certified seniors housing community in Cincinnati. The property features 50 apartments for seniors earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. Construction was partially funded through the Low-Incoming Housing Tax Credit affordable housing program. Development partners included the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Fifth Third Bank and Stratford Capital. Arco Construction served as the general contractor for the project. Wallick Communities is the operator.
PHILADELPHIA — Pennrose, a Philadelphia-based multifamily developer that often works on affordable seniors housing properties, has promoted Shannon Mowery to vice president of supportive services. Mowery has been with Pennrose Management Co. since 2002 and has been a leader of the supportive services team. In 2015, she was promoted to director of supportive services. Mowery is responsible for new program design and implementation, developing and managing community partnerships for all future developments, and ensuring that every site within the 148-property portfolio meets the individual program obligations that were a part …
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Oldham Goodwin Group has opened The Huntington at College Station, a 120-unit affordable seniors housing community in Central Texas. The property spans five acres and offers proximity to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center and the newly developed Midtown City Center mixed-use destination, as well as Texas A&M University. Units are reserved for persons over age 62, with income restrictions for 92 of the apartments. Construction began in June 2019. Alpha-Barnes Real Estate Services manages the community.
WICHITA, Kan. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided an $11.3 million tax-exempt construction and permanent bond loan for the acquisition of Somerset Tower Plaza in Wichita. Steele Properties plans to renovate the 100-unit affordable seniors housing community. The city of Wichita issued the bonds, and the National Development Council provided $4.2 million of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity. Originally constructed in 1979, the seven-story Somerset Tower Plaza is located two miles from the Wichita Central Business District. The renovation will include exterior upgrades and life-safety improvements. …
VIERA, Fla. — ConcordRENTS has started construction of Venue at Viera Senior Living Apartments, a 145-unit affordable seniors housing community in Viera, a master planned community centrally located on Florida’s Space Coast near the City of Melbourne. Units are reserved for seniors making between 40 percent and 80 percent of the area median income. Development costs for the four-story building were estimated at $32 million. Funding for Venue at Viera Senior Living comes from $16.8 million in tax-exempt bonds issued by the Brevard County Housing Finance Authority and $11 million …
LAWRENCEVILLE and DACULA, Ga. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital (KBREC) has secured $50 million of fixed-rate Freddie Mac financing for Dominium, a developer and manager of affordable housing. The twin $25 million loans will be used for the construction of two affordable seniors housing communities — Grayson Ridge Apartments in Lawrenceville and The Preserve at Peachtree Shoals in Dacula, both suburbs of Atlanta. Both four-story, garden-style properties will each contain 240 units for residents age 55 and older. The unit mix for both will consist of 124 one-bedroom units, 100 …
Pennrose to Repurpose Historic Mary Stone School in Massachusetts as Affordable Seniors Housing
by Jeff Shaw
AUBURN, Mass. — Pennrose has closed on financing for the redevelopment of the Mary D. Stone school building in Auburn, a suburb of Worcester. The project will turn the three-story, 1920s-era property into a 55-unit affordable seniors housing community. Plans call for the renovation of the historic school, demolition of some later-built wings and construction of a new expansion. The property sits on 1.3 acres, and construction is set to begin before the end of the month. Comprising a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, 80 percent of the …
MAYWOOD, Ill. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has completed $7 million in renovations to Garden House of Maywood, a 144-unit affordable seniors housing community in the western Chicago suburb of Maywood. Housing and Human Development Corporation (HHDC) acquired the 10-story building in 2018 using tax credits to help fund capital improvements. Evergreen has managed since 2017, and Evergreen Construction Co. managed the nine-month project. The phased renovations allowed residents to remain in their homes during construction. All residential units were updated with new windows and window treatments. Sinks, cabinetry, countertops, …