New Community Property Opens As Part Of Baltimore’s Transformation Plan

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Mission First Housing Group celebrated the Grand Opening of 1234 McElderry Apartments and the Groundbreaking of Somerset Apartments today.

These projects are portion of the Perkins Somerset Oldtown (PSO) Transformation Plan.

“Perkins Homes erstwhile epitomized decades of intentional section and national policies to ore poorness and disinvest successful our communities. Our PSO Transformation Plan is astir reversing years of inequity by creating a mixed-income community that will first and foremost payment the physical, environmental, social, and fiscal health of our public housing residents,” said Mayor Brandon M. Scott. “Today marks an important measurement successful the realization of our communal goal: providing prime affordable housing for our astir susceptible residents, each portion advancing equity.”

The six-year PSO Transformation Plan will make 1,345 new apartments, doubling the magnitude available. This covers high-quality housing, including the replacement of 629 aging public housing apartments. These apartments volition beryllium minutes from Downtown Baltimore and the Fells Point waterfront.

The Plan covers 244 acres and is designed to make a divers community that volition alteration residents to unrecorded successful economically integrated, high-quality housing with exceptional amenities.

“We people 2 milestones contiguous with the completion of this beauteous gathering and the beginning of construction connected the adjacent one, Somerset II, close crossed the street,” said HABC President and CEO Janet Abrahams.

Officially unfastened today, 1234 McElderry Apartments located astatine 1234 McElderry St., is simply a 104 unit, mixed-income rental property, and the first completed community phase of the PSO Transformation Plan. The four-story apartment community features amenities for residents including a fittingness center, nine room, cyber lounge, 2 courtyards and 92 secured store parking spots.

The community will service individuals and families with a range of incomes.

The squad besides worked connected Somerset II, a mixed-income flat community located astatine 520 Somerset and 525 North Aisquith St. This task volition bring 192 mixed-income apartments, including 100 apartments to regenerate erstwhile nationalist housing residences. The community will service individuals and families with a range of incomes.

Somerset Homes besides includes Somerset III and Somerset IV, projects that are successful pre-development, as well as a 1.3-acre parkland on Central Avenue and retail space, featuring a market store providing entree to steadfast foods. The completed redevelopment of Somerset Homes volition yet regenerate 275 apartments beyond repair and adhd a total of 558 apartments crossed each 4 properties.

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“Mission First is grateful to the residents of Perkins and Somerset Homes who provided the imaginativeness for PSO and attended hundreds of meetings to stock their imaginativeness and guarantee that the PSO development occurs,” said Sarah Constant, Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development for Mission First Housing Group.