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102-apartment,
state-of-the-art building for seniors inside Heritage Park
redevelopment on near North Side of Minneapolis, close to
downtown (building is on Van White Memorial Boulevard, across
from pond)
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Heritage
Park is on Olson Memorial Highway, bounded by 12th Ave. N.,
Third Ave. N., Lyndale Ave. N., Humboldt Ave. N. and Girard
Terrace/Emerson Ave. N.
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Heritage
Commons is first new public housing for Minneapolis seniors
since 1972
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Replaces
senior housing in Bryant Highrises, demolished in 1997
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Approximately
100 of 196 residents in the Bryant Highrises were seniors.
All were relocated and now have highest priority for moving
into Heritage Commons. Next are seniors who lived in other
public housing on the site being redeveloped as Heritage Park.
Remaining vacancies will be filled from MPHA’s waiting
list.
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Owner:
Minneapolis Public Housing Authority
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Developer:
McCormack
Baron Salazar, Inc., St. Louis, partnered with Legacy
Management and Development Corporation, Minneapolis
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Architect:
Miller
Hanson Partners
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General
Contractor: Weis
Builders, Inc.
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Financing:
$14.2 million HUD Hope VI grant
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The city’s
last project for seniors was the 17-story, twin-atrium building
at 314 Hennepin Avenue. That building also was designed by
Miller Hanson Partners.
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All apartments
in Heritage Commons have the same universal design features,
so seniors who need assisted-living services can live in any
part of the building. (Commonly in senior design, assisted-living
residents have a separate floor or wing.) Independently-living
seniors can “age in place,” staying in their same
apartments as their needs change.
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Groundbreaking:
Oct. 7, 2004 Scheduled completion: late 2005
