Title
Resolution to Transfer Ownership of 121 E. Catherine to the Ann Arbor Housing Development Corporation ($1.00) (8 Vot
es R
equir
ed)
M
emorandum
The Ann Arbor Housing Commission (AAHC) is r
equ
esting City Council approval
to transfer ownership of 121 E Catherine to the Ann Arbor Housing Development Corporation (AAHDC), a 501(c)(3) nonpr
ofit
corporation cr
eat
ed by
the AAHC, for $1.00.
In 2019, City Council approv
ed a
resolution (R-19-514), dir
ecting
the AAHC
to d
evelop
121 E. Catherine as affordabl
e housing.
The AAHC conduct
ed s
everal y
ears
of community
engag
ement with SmithGroup and YMJ & Associat
es; issu
ed a R
equ
est for Proposal for a co-d
evelop
er and s
elect
ed Avalon
Housing; hir
ed Landon, Bon
e, Bak
er archit
ects; Macon
engin
eering; O'N
eal construction as
the g
eneral contrac
tor;
Elevat
e as
the gr
een d
esign consultant and DMC R
eal
Estat
e S
ervic
es as a
development consultant.
The AAHC has conduct
ed sit
e du
e dilig
enc
e including a surv
ey, titl
e s
earch, g
eo-t
ech, mark
et surv
ey and
environm
ental t
esting. A sit
e plan has b
een submitt
ed to City P
anning S
ervic
es and will b
e submitt
ed to the Pl
anning Commission aft
er the staff r
evi
ew is compl
eted.
The proj
ect includ
es a ~64,000 squar
e foot L-shap
ed, 6-s
tory mix
ed-us
e building that includ
es approximat
ely 62 1-b
edroom apartm
ents and 1 2-b
edroom apartm
ent with t
enant community spac
e, staff
offic
es, and shar
ed laundry. All
the r
esid
ential units will b
e affordabl
e to hous
eholds with incom
es at or b
elow 60%
of Ar
ea M
edian Incom
e (AMI). Half
of the apartm
ents (32) will b
e targ
eted as supportiv
e housing for hous
eholds with incom
es at or b
elow 50% AMI. Avalon
Housing will b
e the on-sit
e s
ervic
e provid
er and will collaborat
e with o
ther community s
ervic
es provid
ers.
The r
emaining apartm
ents will includ
e a pr
eferenc
e for low-incom
e p
eopl
e who ar
e involv
ed in artistic or lit
erary activiti
es, which is sp
ecifically allow
ed as a pr
eferenc
e und
er the Low-Incom
e Housing Tax Cr
edit Program. ArtSpac
e, a national organization that d
evelop...
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