Developer outlines Talent Gateway financing models; affordable path appears most financeable

Aug 6, 2026

Developer Matt Edelen told the council the Talent Gateway baseline includes 48 rental units, 10 co-homeownership units and 28 live-work units and presented two financing scenarios: market-rate/middle-income and a blended affordable model. Edelen said the market-rate path faces a financing gap while the affordable/subsidized model appears stronger with public subsidy and covenants.

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Matt Edelen (voice 8), principal at Edelen and Co., presented two financing approaches for the Talent Gateway and walked councilors through unit mix, market assumptions and pro forma outcomes. "Today, we sit at, 48 units of of, multifamily housing," Edelen said, and described the baseline program as 48 rental units, 10 co-homeownership units and 28 live-work units with ground-floor retail in the market-rate model.

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