Major Community Impact

Compass Veterans Center – Renton
Renton, Washington

This project, developed by Compass Housing Alliance of Seattle, provides 59 units of supportive service housing for former veterans and their families in Renton, Washington. It is one of the first in the nation to embrace VA supportive service housing with units and program areas specifically targeted to returning Veterans with dependent children. The new facility has already been recognized as a national model.

Development Team: Compass Housing Alliance, Shelter Resources, Baylis Architects, Synergy Construction, Veterans Administration, King County Community Development, CTED Washington State Housing Trust Fund, Federal Home Loan Bank, Washington Community Reinvestment Association and NW Lutheran Synod.

 

Rosa Parks Apartments
Chicago, Illinois

This multi-million dollar project, developed by Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp., was funded in part by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Illinois Housing Development Authority and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Its 94 units in eight buildings are scattered across 21 city lots in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Its multi-tiered rent structure serves families earning 0 to 50 percent of AMI.

Development Team: Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp., Landon Bone Architects, Humboldt Construction Co., J. Katrakis & Associates and West Humboldt Park Development Council.

 

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Honorable Mention

The Muses Apartment Homes,
New Orleans, Louisiana

The Muses Apartment Homes in New Orleans, is located on the edge of the low‐income Central City National Historic District. The Muses Apartments is a 263‐unit, mixed‐income LIHTC development that transforms nearly five acres of abandoned, urban infill property into a neighborhood hub and a bridge to the economic activity along St. Charles Avenue and the Garden District. A two-phase development, Phase 1 completed in September 2010; and Phase 2 (52 units) is under construction, with completion targeted for spring 2012.

Development Team: LDG Development, Gulf Coast Housing Partnership, Mathes-Brierre and Weber Group, associated architects, and general contractor White-Spunner.