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Christine Dunn Journal Staff Writer ChristineMDunn PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor on Thursday morning lauded a vote by the Rhode Island Housing Board of Commissioners to approve final financing for the Lippitt Mill Apartments development in West Warwick. The mill, the second-oldest in Rhode Island, will be reused as 65 apartments, including 28 affordable units , Eric Shorter of Rhode Island Housing told the board. The total project cost is $15.9 million, including $2.3 million in Rebuild RI tax credits . Developer Kristopher Shaw said there will be a groundbreaking this fall, and he hopes construction will be completed by next summer. Board member Kevin Orth said that in addition to providing needed mixed - income housing , the project includes the preservation of a site with "historical and cultural significance," and it will also accomplish environmental remediation of the property. Currently vacant and uninhabitable, the site requires freq...

In a split vote, the Riverhead Town Board approved both the site plan and the special permit application for Georgica Green Ventures’ proposed 116-unit mixed-use apartment complex Tuesday night . The board also approved an environmental study submitted by the applicant and stated that the project will have “no significant adverse environmental impacts .” The vote was three in favor, one opposed and one abstaining. Councilman Tim Hubbard cast the no vote, and Councilwoman Jodi Giglio abstained . “There’s a lot of issues with this project that I’m concerned about,” Mr. Hubbard said, citing parking, a proposed 30- year Industrial Development Agency tax abatement , and the impact the apartments might have on school enrollment. Ms. Giglio said she asked the town ethics board for an opinion on whether she should abstain, since she is an owner of the Summerwind Square apartments downtown , and they recommended she abstain. The five-story project, Riverview Lofts , is on the southwest co...

Release date- 18082017 - Pinnacle Bank Place , a new Urban Living Project designed to bring more affordable and medium- income rental housing to downtown Fort Worth , has just won the Award of Merit in ENR Texas & Louisiana's 2017 Best Projectscompetition in the Residential/Hospitality category. Pinnacle Bank Place features 130 luxury apartments on the top four floors, ranging in size from 612 square feet to 1,302 square feet. Anchoring the 25, 064 gross square feet of the retail component on the first floor is the namesake, Pinnacle Bank. Adjacent to the Pinnacle Bank Place main structure is a 170,360-square- foot parking garage with 453 spaces. The garage was purposely designed with more than twice the required resident parking capacity , which provides a revenue source that offsets higher rents . Luxury apartments at affordable prices. Jordan Foster worked alongside the architect, structural engineer , City of Fort Worth's City Manager's Office and the Urba...

Two Santa Ynez Valley projects and another in Gaviota affecting a wide area of the county are slated for public hearings Thursday before the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission . The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in Room 17 of the Engineering Building, 123 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Commissioners are scheduled to hear a request to revise the development plan for the Golden Inn and Village in Santa Ynez, which is strongly opposed by neighbors, and a request to subdivide an existing 860- acre parcel north of Buellton into four parcels. The commission will also hear a request from the county to amend the overlay designation for the Tajiguas Landfill in Gaviota, determine the revised Tajiguas Resource and Recovery Project conforms to the comprehensive plan and adopt an addendum, revision letter and errata to the environmental impact report . The Golden Inn and Village hearing involves three applications filed in May and August to approve changes to the parking ...

Motorists who use North Main Street to travel between downtown Fort Worth and the Stockyards should be prepared to use a detour — for roughly the next three years. Starting at 3 a.m. Saturday, North Main Street will be closed in both directions between Northeast Seventh and 11th streets — not far from LaGrave Field and the Coyote Drive-In theater. Traffic will be detoured to Commerce Street and delays for drivers are expected to be minimal. The reason? Workers will be building a new bridge as part of the nearly $ 1 billion Panther Island project that will eventually carry North Main Street traffic over a re-routed portion of the Trinity River. The bridge will be built over dry land so that when the money is available to re-route the river, the road will already be in place. The closure of the four-block stretch of North Main Street is expected to last until some time in 2020, officials said. “Access to local businesses on North Main Street will be maintained, and the detour w...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - There's still a lot of concrete to be poured and drywall to be painted, but progress is being made on two of the city's largest apartment construction projects . Rockford Construction Co. and Wolverine Building Group handed out hardhats and safety vests to reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 23, so they could show off the progress they are making on projects along Market Avenue SW and in the Midtown Neighborhood along the Medical Mile.. At 234 Market Avenue SW , Rockford Construction is past the halfway point in building an apartment complex that will include 235 rental units , a 300- car parking ramp and ground floor retail space The property sits just west of a $60 million expansion of Founders Brewing Co. and across Market Avenue from 19 acres of riverfront property used by city public works departments . The city-owned land is on the market as a prime site for future development. Project manager Dan Korcek said they are on schedule to complete the $44 mil...

includes 12 units , 1100- hundred square feet , two bedrooms and one bath. One unit is compliant to disability-access rules./Photos by Teresa Mitchell, Two Rivers Tribune." width="400" height="225" /> There are three buildings as part of the apartment complex. It includes 12 units , 1100- hundred square feet , two bedrooms and one bath. One unit is compliant to disability-access rules./Photos by Teresa Mitchell, Two Rivers Tribune . By LESLIE LOLLICH, Two Rivers Tribune Contributing Writer Published February 2, 2016 in Volume 22, Issue 5 As many as 48 Hoopa residents could have new housing by the end of March. The Timber Ridge Apartments project is nearly complete. As part of the Campbell Field Expansion Project , the apartments are getting the finishing touches and it’s expected all of the work will be done by the end of March. There are three buildings as part of the apartment complex. It includes 12 units , 1100- hundred square feet , two bedrooms and ...

When Mayor de Blasio held a press conference in May 2014 to debut his new affordable housing plan , his full- color presentation touted a project called Spring Creek in Brooklyn. Spring Creek was flagged as a “case study” partnership between the city and developers to “create a strong, vibrant and self-sustaining neighborhood.” But on Friday, the bulk of that project remained a big, ugly vacant field of weeds and abandoned roadway in East New York. More than 1,500 of 1, 803 planned affordable units are now in a bureaucratic Twilight Zone — and may become less affordable as a result. “There is no progress from the progressive mayor ,” said the Rev. David Brawley, a leader of East Brooklyn Congregations , one of the groups sponsoring Spring Creek . Brawley said the delays to Spring Creek caused by the de Blasio administration are particularly ironic given that the mayor cited the project in his promise to build or preserve 200, 00...

A new Kroger supermarket on the edge of Dallas' Arts District will offer more than groceries. The supermarket chain plans for its new store to be part of a mixed-use development that includes hundreds of new apartments. Kroger last year purchased a block of land on Hall Street between Ross Avenue and North Central Expressway . It's just across the highway from downtown and in an area that's seeing rapid redevelopment. Early this year Kroger filed plans with the City of Dallas to build just a supermarket and surface parking on the site. But now the grocery giant has teamed up with a local apartment builder and wants to include 375 apartments with the project. The development designed by Dallas architect GFF would have four stories of rental units on top of a 2- level Kroger store , plans for the project show. Dallas- based apartment builder Trinsic Residential Group would build the rental units on top of the grocery store and parking garage at Hall and Flora streets. ...

Frasers Property Australia , Citta Property Group and Mission Australia have won the tender for the $2. 2 billion redevelopment of the Ivanhoe public housing estate in Macquarie Park, in north-east Sydney. The project is set to achieve high sustainability outcomes , such as carbon neutral operation , but while the news has been welcomed by many in the property industry , it has also raised questions about just how replicable this model of public housing funding is. The master plan for the 8.2 hectare site will see 259 existing low - density public housing dwellings demolished and replaced with more than 3000 dwellings built by the Aspire consortium, including at least 950 new social housing apartments and 128 affordable rental apartments . A non-government co- educational vertical high school , two 75- place childcare centres , a 120- bed aged care facility , 141 social housing independent living units and 132 private independent living units are also in the plans. Community f...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ booming economy is bringing with it a downside for those looking to rent an apartment or buy a home in the state: soaring housing costs , particularly in the greater Boston area . The problem isn’t new, but it’s more acute in places where the economy has taken off, spurred by a surge in the life sciences sector and the arrival of top companies like General Electric to the state. That upward pressure is one reason why Beacon Hill leaders are continuing to look for ways to create new affordable housing units while preserving existing units . Gov. Charlie Baker this week announced $72 million in housing subsidy funds and additional state and federal tax credits to 25 projects across the state. The goal is to help create, refurbish and preserve 1, 970 housing units , including units reserved for low- income families and families making their way out of homelessness. Advertisement “Safe and affordable housing is a cornerstone to the success of our commo...