Mark Fogarty • 5 min read
Belongó. It’s an evocative term, containing not only the English word “belong” but a Cuban one meaning to cast a spell.
Mark Fogarty • 5 min read
Faith-based affordable housing development is on the rise, and a good example of it can be found in Tacoma, WA where Shiloh Baptist Church is turning two parcels of land it owns into 60 units of housing for vulnerable populations.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Since the Briscoe School in Beverly, MA was a functioning educational facility as recently as 2018, it is likely that at least some of the seniors soon to be living in its adaptive reuse as housing will have memories of learning the Three Rs there (reading, wRiting and aRithmetic).
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
For those in affordable housing considering their legacies, there is the example of Philip Freelon to consider.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
Charles Dickens’ character Scrooge defined British attitudes towards housing the poor in the 19th century with a dismissive “Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
There’s a brave new world of opportunities for “green” multifamily affordable housing renovation and development coming with the ever-quickening ascendancy of green buildings.
Mark Fogarty • 5 min read
Sustainability has become a key concept for affordable housing, charging to the forefront of the industry in recent years, and it’s not just because climate change is mandating the most efficient energy usage at projects.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
A project under construction now in Denver will provide 56 affordable apartments for formerly homeless young adults aged 18 to 24, as well as those “aging out” of foster care.
Mark Fogarty • 8 min read
Converting an old school into apartments isn’t easy.
Mark Fogarty • 5 min read
Many affordable and workforce housing projects have bucolic names referring to picturesque surroundings, like the Stone Mill or Smith Ranch Apartments.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
One of the curious things about the enormous Butler Brothers warehouse in St. Louis is that the first world chess championship was held on its site in 1886, about 20 years before the 735,000-square-foot block-long building was built and became one of the largest storage spaces ever constructed in America.