Affordable Housing

New George Floyd Square, Trellis plans to convert church into affordable housing 660 371 UrbanWorks Architecture

New George Floyd Square, Trellis plans to convert church into affordable housing

via Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Trellis Co., in partnership with Calvary Lutheran Church, is planning to convert part of the South Minneapolis church into affordable housing. Read More

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Construction Work Begins on Peregrine Housing in Minnesota, USA 768 432 UrbanWorks Architecture

Construction Work Begins on Peregrine Housing in Minnesota, USA

via Construction Review Online Schafer Richardson, a Minnesota-based real estate business, has begun work on the Peregrine housing project, which will bring 163 units of affordable housing to Minneapolis’ Hawthorne neighbourhood. The project site, which was formerly occupied by a single-story commercial structure and a surface parking lot, is located on the Mississippi River at…

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New Life for Plymouth Mall Site 620 330 UrbanWorks Architecture

New Life for Plymouth Mall Site

via Finance and Commerce At the southwest corner of Highway 169 and Rockford Road in Plymouth, an empty mall sits atop more than a decade of scrapped plans. Plymouth’s Four Seasons Mall has a long history of proposals that led to dead ends, but Wellington Management Inc.’s most recent sketch is gaining steam. The city…

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Spotlight on Interior Design in Affordable Housing 6226 3350 UrbanWorks Architecture

Spotlight on Interior Design in Affordable Housing

Strategies on Making Affordable Housing a Home We are proud to work with clients that create affordable homes for members of our community. Our interior design team works closely with the developers, architects, contractors, management teams, and end-users to deliver a beautiful, cohesive design for each building. Regardless of the project type, any challenges presented…

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Schafer Richardson to build seven-story multifamily housing property in Minneapolis 768 432 UrbanWorks Architecture

Schafer Richardson to build seven-story multifamily housing property in Minneapolis

via RE Journals Minneapolis-based real estate company Schafer Richardson has acquired 2025 West River Road N in Minneapolis, a site that was previously home to a single-story commercial building and a surface parking lot. Located along the Mississippi River in the Hawthorne neighborhood of Minneapolis, the new development, named Peregrine, will consist of a new-construction seven-story multifamily…

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Aeon opens $54.3M affordable housing development 620 330 UrbanWorks Architecture

Aeon opens $54.3M affordable housing development

via Finance and Commerce The city of Bloomington’s affordable housing stock just went up with the completion of a $54 million, 172-unit development in the city. Nonprofit housing developer Aeon announced the grand opening this week of its Blooming Meadows North development, which is next to Aeon’s existing Blooming Meadows South at 1930 E. 86th…

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Spotlight on Affordable Housing 2560 1377 UrbanWorks Architecture

Spotlight on Affordable Housing

Designing for Impact In the cities where we work, we help drive growth, foster positive change, and build community. And, for the people who use our buildings, we create beautiful, satisfying environments for living, working, and growing. As a part of this commitment, we are dedicated to working with nonprofit organizations and multifamily housing developers…

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Architecture and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits 2560 1377 UrbanWorks Architecture

Architecture and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

Each spring and summer UrbanWorks Architecture works alongside our partners to submit applications for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits through Minnesota Housing. These policy driven tax incentives allow new developments to create affordable housing for local communities. What are Low-Income Housing Tax Credits? Organized by Minnesota Housing, Low-Income Housing Tax credits are part of the federal…

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Construction to begin on apartments at former Flyte Tyme Studios site in Edina 2186 1229 UrbanWorks Architecture

Construction to begin on apartments at former Flyte Tyme Studios site in Edina

via Star Tribune The nonprofit developer Aeon will begin building a 70 unit affordable apartment complex this week in Edina, at the former location of the famed Flyte Tyme Studios, once run by Grammy Award Winners Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The $23 million project is expected to open in 2022. It will be called…

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After riots, St. Paul’s Midway works to turn blight to bright 788 495 UrbanWorks Architecture

After riots, St. Paul’s Midway works to turn blight to bright

via Star Tribune A 4-mile stretch of University Avenue in St. Paul has a slate of housing and retail projects aimed at recovery.  More housing is coming. Friday, a wrecking ball readied to topple the vandalized former U.S. Bank branch that Kraus-Anderson bought at University and Raymond. The $64 million effort is KA’s latest on…

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