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LIVERMORE – Formal groundbreaking for a new apartment community for low-income seniors took place June 13, though construction began in early May.
Interfaith Housing (IFH) and its developer, Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA), are partnering on the project at the end of Pacific Avenue. Local architects at Dahlin Group in Pleasanton designed the 79-unit building, which represents the first phase of what is ultimately planned to be a 140-unit complex.
“The groundbreaking was a wonderful event that brought together many community members and representatives from the city, county and state, as well as major funders,” IFH board member and former board president Laning Thompson wrote in an email to The Independent.
Thompson, SAHA CEO Susan Friedland, Livermore Mayor John Marchand and John Lo, Alameda County deputy housing director, were among speakers at the event.
Currently known as Pacific Avenue Senior Homes, the project is expected to be re-named upon completion.
Huff Construction Company is the general contractor for the building that is planned to rise as high as four stories in places. Plans also call for a large community room, offices for management and service providers, laundry facilities and a landscaped patio.
The complex is designed to serve low- and moderate-income seniors, with 24 apartments set aside for previously unsheltered seniors through California’s No Place Like Home program.
Construction costs, which include driveway and parking facilities, are estimated to be about $53 million. Funding comes from 10 sources, including the City of Livermore, as well as county, state and federal programs.
IFH, which is managed by SAHA, owns and operates three Livermore apartment complexes for low-income seniors – Hillcrest Gardens, Vineyard Village and Arbor Vista. They combine to provide 207 one-bedroom units, which are subsidized by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rental-assistance programs.
SAHA operates nearly 80 Bay Area communities for families, low-income seniors and people with special needs, providing services to more than 3,500 households.
