CHICAGO—Joseph J. Duffy Co., a Chicago-based firm, has just started construction of a 24-unit building for senior citizens at 6145 S. Sangamon Terrace in the South Side neighborhood of Englewood. The four-story, precast concrete structure will provide another affordable housing option for the area and tenants will share staff support with the adjacent Bethel Terrace senior apartment complex via a ground-level corridor.
Evergreen Real Estate Services, LLC serves as the developer and building manager of the project, with Harley Ellis Devereaux as the architects. Working with Steve Rappin, president of Evergreen, Duffy officials developed a fixed price cost for the project.
Each of the 24 apartments has one bedroom and its own kitchen. Common amenities include a community room and laundry facilities. As part of the site redevelopment, there will be new landscaping, a large terrace and green areas for the tenants to enjoy. The lobby and common areas of Bethel Terrace will undergo renovation as well. The facility will provide affordable housing for the independent elderly who earn up to 50% of the area's median income.
HUD's Section 202 Supportive Housing Development Program, which helps finance the construction of affordable housing with services for seniors, partially funds the construction of Sangamon Terrace. The developer estimates that they will complete the project by fall 2015.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
