Development Activity & Portfolio

Current Activities

Buchanan’s Crossing Subdivision

A 40-unit duplex development serving families in Kansas City, Kansas. The total cost of this three-phase project is $11.0 million. This mixed income project, targeting families between 50% and 120% of area median income, is financed with a mixture of conventional debt, conventional equity, and tax credit equity. Construction commenced in 2016. Phase 1 and 2 are complete. Construction of Phase 3 is planned for late 2023.

Davidson’s Landing

A 115-unit garden apartment community serving families in Kansas City, Kansas. The cost of this project was $26 million. This workforce housing development project, which targets families between 30% and 80% of area median income, was financed with tax-exempt bonds. Construction commenced in 2021 during COVID and the global supply chain crisis. The project was completed ahead of schedule and below budget in early 2023.

Johnston Farms

A proposed 120-unit apartment community serving families in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The estimated cost of this project is $35 million. This workforce housing development project, which targets families between 50% and 100% of area median income, is proposed to be financed with tax-exempt bonds. Construction to begin in 2023.

Previous Activities

  • Dunbar Place - A proposed 100-unit apartment community serving families in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The estimated cost of this project is $25 million. This workforce housing development project, which targets families between 50% and 80% of area median income, is proposed to be financed with LIHTCs and tax-exempt bonds. The Corporation, acting as co-developer, assisted in securing the entitlements for this project and initiated the bond inducement process. The development was sold to a large Charlotte-based non-profit in 2021. 
  • McLelland Village - A proposed 96-unit garden apartment community serving families in Mooresville, North Carolina. The estimated cost of this project is $25 million. This workforce housing development project, which targets families between 50% and 80% of area median income, is proposed to be financed with LIHTCs and tax-exempt bonds. The Corporation, acting as co-developer, assisted in securing the entitlements for this project and initiated the bond inducement process. The development was sold to a large Charlotte-based non-profit in 2021.

Recent Posts

Don’t Kill Your Own Project

Here’s a lesson I learned a long time ago: Never ask for special permission on an affordable or workforce housing rezoning request. It opens the door to killing your entire project.

From the piece:

“A group of Manassas City Council members is looking to kill a proposal for workforce housing, saying the project would be too dense for the surrounding area and that it would change the neighborhood’s character….

[T]he property would need a rezoning to the B-3.5 mixed-use, city center designation. Bringing the 2.62-acre parcel to 60 total units would exceed the allowable density on the site, but in return, Elm Street is proposing to set 12 of the renovated Manassas Arms units aside as affordable housing, specifically targeting city and city schools employees.”

A link to the piece is found here

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