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New stairway at CHOC Gateway Village three-bedroom apartments in Fairfield. Together, CHOC and our development partners are climbing toward successful creation of affordable housing and revitalization of Fairfield's PACE neighborhood. |
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New Construction Community Building will house the Community Housing Administrator's Office, a computer lab for resident use, Resident Services offices and activities, and provide space for community-building events. |
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This street-side addition shows passing visitors the new face of CHOC Gateway Village--and the PACE neighborhood. |
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New pop-out construction on the three bedroom apartments provides future residents with extra space, refurbished interiors, and, best of all, an affordable and safe place to live. |
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New stairs, balconies, sidewalks, windows, siding, and paint present a striking picture of a successful rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing. When construction concludes around September of this year, this mud will have been transformed into an aesthetically pleasing green landscape. |
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| Pictures in this segment taken February 25, 2002, shown courtesy of Paul Ainger and CHOC. | |
Gateway Village Construction Update
One of CHOC’s latest projects, Gateway Village in the City of Fairfield is scheduled to be completed in September of 2002. It is approximately 60% complete. CHOC Gateway Village is serving as the cornerstone of Fairfield’s PACE neighborhood improvement efforts. Gateway covers one city block. CHOC will assist Fairfield Quality Neighborhood Team in revitalizing the PACE area.
When complete Gateway will feature 56 apartment units, consisting of 18 three bedroom units and 38 two-bedroom units. A new Community Room at Gateway will also serve as a centerpiece of the project. CHOC seeks to foster collaborative initiatives for positive changes in the community and in the lives of Gateway Village residents through several supportive services that will create jobs, spark economic development, and provide adult and youth services.
Gateway Village has already made an impact on the face of the community. It will help preserve and rehabilitate badly need affordable housing in this fast-growing and dynamic community. For more information about Gateway, call Project Manager Hugh Lilly at 530 757-4444 x227.
Gateway Village Construction Update
CHOC Full of News, August 2001
We expect rehabilitation on Hampton Place Fourplex buildings 2042 and 2054 to be completed in the next two weeks. Construction on the Hampton Place Apartments phase of the project, beginning in September, will involve extensive site work including demolition of some units, construction of four new units and conversion of 18 two-bedroom units to three-bedroom units. Demolition of building 2020 will create room for a new construction community building to include a computer lab and a community room. New trenching will help improve site drainage. Another part of this work includes complete repavement and realignment of the parking lot. In total, we expect this rehabilitation and construction to take a year to complete.
Groundbreaking Ceremony for the section of the project previously known as "Hampton Place Apartments."
Special Thanks to Our Development Partners:
City of Fairfield, Fairfield Redevelopment Agency, California Bank & Trust, Bank of America, California Community Reinvestment Corp., Association of Bay Area Governments, State Department of Housing and Community Development, Alliant Capital, Sunseri Construction, Mogavero Notestine Associates, Cunningham Engineering, California Housing Partnership Corp., Gubb & Barshay, and Quint & Thimmig.
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Fire Department's Practice Burn On the same day as the ceremony, the Fairfield Fire Department used demolition of the condemned building as a fire training exercise. |
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CHOC Begins First Major Project in Fairfield
CHOC Full of News, February 2001
By Paul Ainger
CHOC will break ground on its first major
acquisition/rehabilitation project in Fairfield on Monday, February 5th
when work begins on the rehabilitation of four fourplexes on Pennsylvania Avenue
near the Solano and Gateway Malls. These
four fourplexes will be thoroughly rehabilitated and available for occupancy by
16 low-income families by the end of June.
This initial rehabilitation is part of a
larger overall program known as the Hampton Place/Gateway Village Apartments
that CHOC plans to develop within the next year and a half.
Currently, the fourplexes and Hampton Place
combined consist of 64 two-bedroom units that are over thirty years old.
One building at the Hampton Place is completely condemned and housing a
large bee hive. Two others have extensive water damage caused by leaking from
the flat roofs. The children have
no place to play–the buildings at Hampton Place are only ten to fifteen feet
apart and separated by concrete walks.
CHOC plans to transform these aging buildings
into one integrated attractive development.
The condemned building will be replaced with a community
center/centralized laundry facility. We
will reduce the overall density of the development and add a tot lot and
landscaped play areas. When the
project is complete, Hampton Place/Gateway Village will consist of 56
apartments, including 18 three-bedroom units and 38 two-bedroom units.
CHOC plans to pitch the flat roofs, add
central air and heat and improve the appearance of the buildings.
We will install a new one-way parking lot to accommodate 72 spaces.
The project will also have a new storm drain system to remedy the
periodic flooding that has plagued the fourplexes.
The Hampton Place/Gateway Village project is
the pivotal component of the City of Fairfield’s efforts to revitalize the
surrounding neighborhood. CHOC is
working in close partnership with the City of Fairfield to reverse the decline
in the neighborhood.
This project gives CHOC the opportunity to
provide decent, affordable housing for 56 very-low and low-income families in
Fairfield where the rental market is extremely tight, with current vacancy
estimates at .6%. – no, not 6%, but 0.6%.
The rents at the Hampton Place/Gateway Village will be at least 20% below
market.
So, if all the financing falls into place, by the summer of 2002, CHOC will convert a blighted apartment/fourplex mix at the corner of Pennsylvania and Tabor into an attractive development with plenty of space for children to play in a safe, healthy environment. This development will also be a part of an overall revitalized neighborhood. And the families will live happily ever after.
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Remodeled fourplex exterior |
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Fourplex kitchen before rehab |
Remodeled fourplex kitchen |
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| Fourplex bathroom before rehab | Remodeled bathroom |
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Remodeled living area |
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