Mixed-Income Garden Apartments
248 garden-style homes around shared courtyards, with half set aside for working families and built to one standard.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Market
- Affordable & Mixed-Income Housing
- Delivery
- General contracting
- Scale
- 248 homes
- Completed
- 2024
Garden-style homes around shared courtyards, with half the apartments set aside for working families.
Affordable housing budgets are set by financing, and they do not stretch. The project had to deliver durable, comfortable homes that look and perform the same whether the rent is market or affordable. Several buildings had to finish in sequence so families could move in while construction continued next door.
The approach.
- 01
Cost certainty before financing closed
Detailed estimates and early trade pricing gave the developer a number they could close on, with contingency tracked monthly.
- 02
One specification for every home
Affordable and market-rate apartments share the same layouts, finishes and mechanical systems.
- 03
Buildings delivered in order
Each building had its own completion milestone, with fencing and walkways keeping residents clear of active work.
- 04
Courtyards finished with each building
Landscaping and paths were completed as each building opened, so early residents never lived on a job site.
The outcome.
“Nobody walking these courtyards can tell which homes are affordable. That was the whole point.”
Project executive, GilbertLanham
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