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Developer outlines plan for 80-unit senior affordable housing at 910 North Shore Drive
Summary
Fairfield Homes told Lima City Council it plans an 80-unit, 55+ affordable apartment community at 910 North Shore Drive, using Low-Income Housing Tax Credit financing; the developer said the site will require brownfield remediation and that units will accept housing choice vouchers.
Fairfield Homes representative Joseph Wickham told the Lima City Council on Feb. 2 that his company is proposing an 80-unit senior (55+) affordable apartment development at 910 North Shore Drive.
Wickham, identified in the meeting as Fairfield Homes’ director of development, said the site is roughly two acres and formerly housed a dry-cleaning business that the city has flagged as a potential brownfield. "We've already engaged with the City and had a Phase 1 ESA completed," Wickham said. He said Fairfield plans to pursue a Phase 2 assessment and remediate the site if the project advances.
The developer said the project would use the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program and that the relevant Ohio Housing Finance Agency…
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