Company Transforms Troubled Virginia Hotel into Affordable Apartments

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“Seeing rebirth of an existing structure or an existing site is very exciting for us,” said Chris Chittum, Roanoke’s Executive Director of Community Development and Placemaking. Difrank said by using existing buildings instead of building from scratch, the project cost is about half, which is how they are able to offer “affordable housing.”

Inside the model apartment, everything is brand new and includes hardwood flooring, stainless appliances and more. For the standard one bedroom, one bathroom apartment, they used two old hotel rooms to make a new long, shotgun format living space. For renters like Garrett, finding something affordable was difficult. She looked at other properties before signing with The Heights at Gateway Park.

There are limitations when looking at a project like this. Chittum said sometimes it is a race against the clock.

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