Finally – after 4 years of negotiating and arranging financing – this beleaguered building is in the hands of Evergreen Housing Associates of Scarborough, Maine – a national leader in senior citizen’s housing. The deal was just inked last week and it is still too soon for a lot of details about the changes, but…
The path is now cleared for Evergreen Housing to buy the Briarcliff Summit at Ponce and N. Highland. This project has big public safety aspects for the neighborhood and together with Ponce City Market serves as a beacon of progress along Ponce.
Evergreen Housing was finally successful in their attempts to win needed state tax credits thru the Department of Community Affairs in order to make the numbers work to not only purchase this building, but to launch a huge restoration and rehab project. Evergreen’s plans call for restoring the facade of this building to its original…
Virginia Highland Scores A Win!! Recently I was contacted by an APD Officer who wanted to perform some extra patrol time as a volunteer, giving back to his city. We are the winner, as he selected us for his generous offer!! His name is Officer Terence Alexander, and you will recognize him walking our streets,…