Military veterans and their families struggling with homelessness now have new homes and resources to help end the cycle of homelessness, with the completion of a 58-unit affordable-housing community at Fort Snelling. During a ceremonial ribbon-cutting and open house, newly moved-in residents, veterans groups, project partners and community leaders heralded Upper Post Veterans Community as…
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Minneapolis developer Building Blocks, Inc. and its many project funders are pleased to announce the grand opening of Commons at Penn, a new construction, 47-unit, mixed-use, transit-oriented development in the heart of the Willard-Hay neighborhood in Minneapolis. The new residential community, located at the intersection of Penn Avenue and Golden Valley Road, provides attractive new…
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transforming the 100-year-old property into a new 19-unit affordable-housing community with support services for area homeless and people in need of permanent housing. Rehabilitation of the building, to be renamed The Lonoke, located at 1926 Third Avenue South in Minneapolis, includes renovating the 19 existing one-bedroom apartments with upgraded mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, new…
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Thousands of active military personnel have served at Fort Snelling in Hennepin County, Minn. since the historic fort was built in the early 1820s. Two centuries later, it will be Fort Snelling’s turn to serve veterans when five historic buildings in its Upper Post section are rehabilitated into a 58-unit permanent supportive housing development for…
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as construction is now underway for a new, 58-unit affordable-housing community at historic Fort Snelling. Veterans groups, project partners and various community leaders heralded CommonBond’s Veterans Housing at Fort Snelling as vital in helping reach a goal of ending homelessness among military veterans in Minnesota. According to Heading Home Minnesota, a public-private partnership to end…
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