{"id":2556,"date":"2021-04-26T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T22:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wendover-housing-partners-breaks-ground-on-new-senior-affordable-housing-community-in-orlandos-pine-hills-neighborhood\/2556\/"},"modified":"2021-04-27T12:02:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T17:02:45","slug":"wendover-housing-partners-breaks-ground-on-new-senior-affordable-housing-community-in-orlandos-pine-hills-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wendover-housing-partners-breaks-ground-on-new-senior-affordable-housing-community-in-orlandos-pine-hills-neighborhood\/2556\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendover Housing Partners Breaks Ground on New Senior Affordable Housing Community in Orlando\u2019s Pine Hills Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>  <\/p>\n<p>The 120-unit development will replace a portion of an underutilized shopping center and become the new anchor for revitalization in Pine Hills. Hawthorne Park is an example of successfully utilizing public-private partnerships to address the need for more affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutting up the building is the easy part when creating a new affordable housing community,\u201d said Jonathan L. Wolf, founder and CEO of Wendover Housing Partners. \u201cThe hard part is the effort that it takes to get to where we are today. Hawthorne Park is the result of a truly cooperative effort between Orange County, private enterprise, members of the Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement District and a grassroots effort of residents working to improve the Pine Hills area, which dates back to the early 1950s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince taking office in 2018 and creating Orange County\u2019s Housing for All Task Force, I have made it known that providing short and long-term affordable housing options for Orange County residents is a priority. Today\u2019s ground breaking at Hawthorne Park demonstrates how strong that commitment is and what can be accomplished when the private and public sector work together,\u201d said Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings.<\/p>\n<p>Hawthorne Park will cost an estimated $27.6 million to develop; financing includes a $250,000 grant from Orange County, a $317,500 loan from Orange County, as well as $2.3 million in low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) from Florida Housing Finance Corporation. Slocum Platts Architects is designing the complex and Roger B. Kennedy Inc. is the general contractor. Construction is expected to take 11 months.<\/p>\n<p>Designed for senior residents 55 and older, Hawthorne Park will offer a mix of one-bedroom, one-bath and two-bedroom, two-bath units, with rents starting at approximately $740\/month for one-bedroom units, $880\/month for two-bedroom units.<\/p>\n<p>The apartment homes will feature high-end amenities, and the community will have features that are truly meant to enrich peoples\u2019 lives. Apartments will have open floor plans with a full-size washer\/dryer, kitchen island, emergency call system and walk-in closets. Community amenities will include a fitness center, theater room, activities room with kitchen, computer room and library, dog walk, as well as a community garden, gazebo with seating and outdoor grilling area.<\/p>\n<p>Hawthorne Park is located at 5386 Silver Star Rd.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information about Wendover Housing Partners, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=I1C6VEsWxqYTQ9Y9xu8HrV2QtlLtI1jmUUV0-eAmlslqlv_UOen3J-FoOGBc4eFl0OkCvpLnjkQHyPFDvqvLV8Eta3GgbkA0puDxj0DQ0RA=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.wendovergroup.com\">www.wendovergroup.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For downloadable images of the Hawthorne Park building rendering, aerial shots of the construction site and photos from the ground breaking event, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=XcWLqUFPJDQ7Rq2Flgm_tApZnYgnuSwR89j5jouM_GffDaNf-jKtQKdqA8NDrxFn-d60jQdOmtl_3cbT0zsd_phrgjv79WUvzffzVrzuTJ8AeWm3AB3ezfMD02NTaOQE3RSdkLrN7ASQFoRm2RYWyg==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"click here\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Wendover Housing Partners<\/strong><br \/>Headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Wendover Housing Partners, LLC is a privately held real estate development, investment and management company founded in 1995. As one of the Southeast\u2019s premier housing companies, Wendover specializes in the development of single and multi-family homes, apartment communities, senior communities, and transit-oriented development. Wendover\u2019s expansive portfolio of affordable and mixed-income developments demonstrates the company\u2019s success in creating housing opportunities in a variety of economically and socially diverse neighborhoods. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=I1C6VEsWxqYTQ9Y9xu8HrV2QtlLtI1jmUUV0-eAmlsm96bpPRow1QBlaG4RPKq1BiuJyLVBjW1rZKRSruTZm9eWAP1zTe6ogN9Ef_lkfPTM=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.wendovergroup.com\">www.wendovergroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><br \/>Matt Greenfield<br \/>Uproar PR for Wendover Housing Partners<br \/>321.236.0102 x234<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=QAA5dqW0uND2dtqZsVmKd4-p8P_Bp4WCyMIqWDkgieQAnALsnQGdAt3_iBicg5Fanv4Qzzvd3yyrcJRH3Ooy6yklb-X4ggmoiAlRhunHwC0=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"mgreenfield@uproarpr.com\">mgreenfield@uproarpr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/6c565e32-85da-4553-aa1e-9663aff220df\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>$27 million development will serve as a catalyst for additional neighborhood improvements and address Orlando\u2019s need for more affordable housing<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">ORLANDO, Fla., March 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Wendover Housing Partners, one of the Southeast\u2019s premier multifamily housing developers, today held a ground breaking event for Hawthorne Park, a new senior affordable community in Orlando\u2019s Pine Hills neighborhood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions\/2572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}