Earlier this month, Detroit Community Initiative and
The NRP Group celebrated the groundbreaking of Conner Creek Senior
Living Phase II. The $8 million, 48-unit facility is located at 4661 East Outer Drive in Detroit's Osborn Community on the campus of St. John Conner Creek Village.
The three-story facility features common areas, laundry rooms on each level, a computer lab and exercise room. Funded by a combination of MSHDA 1602 funds and City of Detroit NSP funds, it will provide housing to seniors 55 and older that qualify based on income. Phase II is located directly across a parking lot from the project's first phase, which is fully occupied.
Bishop Tony Russell, CEO of Detroit Community Initiative, expects the second phase to cater to a similar population as the first. "Generally we have two types of seniors: some very young, you wouldn't even know they are 55, they are working and active. And there are some older seniors, up in years," he says. "Everyone gets around pretty well and people get along pretty well as a community."
One selling point is that restaurants, retail,
the Milbank Greenway, banking and
religious services are all within walking distance. "We expect the moment we begin to advertise that we are receiving residents that we will start getting applications," says Russell. "We anticipate being full at ribbon cutting."
The development will be completed
in approximately nine months.
Source: Bishop Tony Russell, DCI
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Image courtesy of The NRP Group
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