Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
New Markets Tax Credits (NMTCs) can make a big difference in bolstering rural development and preventing manufacturers from fleeing to greener pastures.
Mark Olshaker • 9 min read
Journalists and social commentators often decry the shame of homelessness by ironically invoking the image of people living on the street in this land of plenty within sight of the Washington Monument, or the Empire State Building, the Space Needle or the TransAmerica Pyramid.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
The people at the Special Olympics of Georgia obviously expect their $5.6 million new facility, financed with the help of New Markets Tax Credits, to last. They are planning to fill a time capsule to be opened there 50 years from now.
Mark Olshaker • 8 min read
On August 15, 2017, in the presence of government leaders, financing partners and local residents, the community health organization, CrescentCare, broke ground on its new health campus at 1631 Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans.
Mark Fogarty • 8 min read
The revitalization of Downtown Toledo was one of the big aims of ProMedica’s $60 million revamp of an old steam plant there, a project which received both State and Federal Historic Tax Credits. It seems to be working, as apartments in the district now have become the hottest ticket in the city.
Mark Olshaker • 7 min read
“Given the need for more Affordable Assisted Living, Wallick Communities decided to bring its 50 years of affordable housing expertise together with its 30 years of assisted living experience to create The Ashford: our Affordable Assisted Living community.”
Mark Olshaker • 7 min read
“There are things that are planned, and then there are the calls in the middle of the night,” is the way Kevin Rose describes his role as director of asset management for the Wishrock Group, the Portland, ME-based company that specializes in preserving affordable and workforce housing apartment complexes.
Mark Olshaker • 11 min read
On the morning of Friday, November 15, 2013, a 150-person combined force of the Detroit Police Department and SWAT team, Michigan State Police, the state department of corrections, the FBI and ATF executed a raid on the Colony and Fisher Arms Apartments at 9303 East Jefferson Avenue, on Detroit’s east side.
Bendix Anderson • 7 min read
There’s a reason the Arcade Building stood empty for more than 30 years. Bringing the landmark back to life took more than a dozen separate funding sources.
Bendix Anderson • 5 min read
In April 2015, Brian Swanton got a message from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Federal officials questioned whether his plan to redevelop public housing in Maricopa County, Ariz., would violate the Fair Housing law by concentrating poverty in a low-income neighborhood.
Glenn Petherick • 4 min read
Boston-based WinnCompanies has cut its electric bill for common areas by 25% at Loft 27, a 173-unit apartment building, as the result of efficiency retrofit and solar projects completed in 2012. The apartment development was created from the adaptive re-use of an historic former mill.
Glenn Petherick • 5 min read
R Street Apartments, a collection of 130 apartment units in five historic low-rise buildings, is an example of a situation where an initial green retrofit project doesn’t have to be the end-all and be-all. Rather, new upgrades a few years later can reap additional utility cost savings.