Company name

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St Paul Manor-Kingston Arms LDHA LP

Location of Company

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231 East Grand Blvd. Office: 231 E Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48207

Name(s) of the developer. This would include the lead developer, architect, contractor and any community engagement leads.

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Ch of the Messiah Housing Corp & Develop Detroit, Inc.

Is the development company a woman or minority owned business?

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Woman owned

BIPOC

LGBTIA

N/A

What are any past projects that the developer company has completed in Detroit?

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Field Street 1 - 21 units, Field Street II - 28 units, Bridgeview I & II - 22 units

What are the total costs of the development?

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$21 million

Have you closed your financing?

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Yes

No

Are you planning on asking for any of the following tax credits or subsidies?

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Neighborhood Enterprise Zone

Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act

Public Act 210

Tax Increment Financing

HOME

CDBG

Detroit Housing Fund for the Future

Strategic Neighborhood Fund

Low Income Housing Tax Credit

New Markets Tax Credit

Other:

MSHDA Gap, AHP

If yes to any of the options above, please indicate amount of award.

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No funds awarded as of 1-20-23, applying for City HOME funds in spring 2023 for Kingston Arms, applying in fall 2023 for St Paul Manor

What is the location of your development?

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NA

What neighborhood is this in?

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Proposed number of units

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38 St Paul Manor / 21 Kingston Arms

Please indicate how many stories the finished product will as well as the square footage.

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4 stories / two buildings

What is the array of bedrooms and their corresponding rents?

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3 - 0 BR, 36 - 1 BR, 12 - 2 BR, 8 - 3 BR

What levels of affordability are going to be instituted, namely, AMI income restrictions and how many units will be at each level?

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41 units - 50% AMI; 18 units - 60% AMI (will seek & hope to obtain PBVs for 10 units for 30% AMI households)

What is the plan for parking?

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on street parking

Do you need to rezone the parcel, or obtain a special land use? If so, please describe the current zoning and requested rezoning, as well as what, if any SLU you will ask for.

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no re-zoning anticipated

What is your estimated date of breaking ground and what is you estimated time of completion?

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Kingston Arms Groundbreaking - 7/1/24, completion 7/1/25; St Paul Manor Groundbreaking - 1/1/25, completion 1/1/26;

Please describe your plan for community engagement on this project, including what stakeholders will be consulted, the number of meetings you will have and what mechanisms you will put in place for sharing and disseminating information.

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Will conduct informational updates at 5-Alive meetings, no significant changes are planned in preservation of existing affordable housing developments.

How do you intend to partner with the local neighborhood group in order to foster a healthy working relationship? Examples can include frequently coming to neighborhood association meetings as well as financial from time to time.

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Will conduct informational updates at 5-Alive meetings, no significant changes are planned in preservation of existing affordable housing developments.

What environmental issues have you uncovered on the site? If there are any, please describe anticipated remediation plans.

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Phase 1 and Phase 2 Environmental Assessments are being obtained to determine environmental issues. Lead based paint and asbestos have been identified.

Are you willing to do a mailing to the houses in a 500 foot radius with information about the development project?

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Yes

No

How will you improve public transit access? This could range from building a shelter at the nearest bus stop with lights, heat, and electric bus arrival signage, to adding public access to your lobby to allow transit users to wait comfortably year-round.

None anticipated as bus stops are in front of both buildings with adequate street lighting.

How will you improve access to other affordable transportation methods like walking or biking? Ideas include easy access to front doors to decrease walk times, ensuring exterior outlets are available for those needing to charge power chairs, installing a MoGo station, and including space for a bike room for secure storage and light maintenance.

This has not been determined at this point in the planning.

What is different about your development that helps to make your project more affordable to Detroiters, besides making rooms smaller? Are you installing energy efficient appliances in order to decrease utility burdens? Are you separating parking fees from rent in order to allow residents to save money by not owning a car?

Plan to install rooftop solar panels, use energy saving appliances and light fixtures

What are you doing to encourage people with disabilities to rent your units? Are all of your units wheelchair accessible? Are all of your common areas wheelchair-accessible? Do you have cognitively accessible signage? How are you going beyond ADA legal minimums in order to increase your development’s accessibility?

All units will be visitable, 5% will have barrier free accessibility

What are you doing to contribute to, rather than diminish, greenspace in the neighborhood? How many trees will be planted as a result of your development? Is there a space for tenants to have a community garden? Do you own nearby vacant land that could be converted to a pocket park, community garden, or other greenspace?

Properties are landlocked. No adjacent property available for greeenspace or community garden. Church has community garden that residents can participate in.

What is your plan for recycling? Composting?

None planned at this time.

What is your plan for on-site renewable energy or building-scale energy-efficiency measures?Question about this topic

Rooftop solar panels, energy efficient windows

If you have renderings, please email them to mac@thevillagesofdetroit.com.

No renderings of existing buildings, architectural drawings are being prepared for plan and permit approvals.

Please provide a list of required City approvals for this project, including, but not limited to, zoning, historic, tax credit approvals, etc. Please also include information about the timing of these approvals.

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City HOME, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Federal Historic Tax Credit, MSHDA Gap Loan, AHP

Are you interested in doing development in other areas of the Villages?

Yes