Housing For All, in a collaboration with Visionary Ventures, Cordogan Clark & Associates and JTE Real Estate Services, has chosen McShane Construction Company to construct Fox Valley Apartments in Aurora, Illinois, US.
McShane will be responsible for transforming two historic school buildings and constructing one new building to offer 47 housing units at affordable rate.
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McShane will convert the 25,000 ft2 Mary A. Todd School into 11 apartment units and a health clinic to cater to families with low-income.
Located at 641 S. Lake Street, the Mary A. Todd School building was constructed in the early 1900s.
Most recently, this building was used for early childhood programmes of West Aurora School District. In 2019, the programmes were shifted to a new facility.
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McShane will also transform the 39,000ft2 Lincoln Elementary School to offer 14 apartment units.
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By GlobalDataLocated at 641 S. Lake Street, this school was built in the late 1800s and has been closed since 2007 due to low enrolment.
Furthermore, McShane will build a new two-story, 28,000ft2 building comprising 22 apartment units on the site.
McShane director of multi-family Susan Uhlarik said: “This project is a unique opportunity to take two historic school buildings that served the community well and convert them into housing to better support the community moving forward.
“We look forward to preserving the schools’ histories on these sites while repurposing them into developments that will fulfill current needs of the community.”
The renovations will feature addition of historical elements from the school buildings including trim, flooring, chalkboards, windows and doors..
The apartment units will come in one- to three-bedroom floorplans.
At least 30 % of the units will be allocated for renters with a 30% of area median income.
The buildings will offer amenities, such as shared laundry room, a community room, a computer lab and tenant storage.
The project, which is aiming to attain NGBS Silver Certification, is anticipated to be completed by October next year.
Cordogan Clark & Associates is serving as the architect for this project.
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Image: The project is anticipated to complete by October next year. Credit: McShane Construction Company .
