Real Estate Development

Acquisition and Renovation

Renovating properties threatened with conversion to market rental or luxury housing with new systems and structures.

 

 

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    Jesse Jackson Jr. Senior Housing

    Harvey, IL

    Jesse Jackson Jr Senior Housing, acquired by POAH from the YMCA of Metro Chicago in 2019, provide  a vital source of quality affordable senior housing in a community that has seen more than its share of disinvestment over the past decades. The properties are located on the former Dixie Square Mall Site – made famous by the Blues Brothers movie in 1980 – in Chicago’s south suburbs and just off two major expressways

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    Attleboro Properties

    Attleboro, MA

    POAH purchased the Attleboro portfolio in August 2020 in order to preserve and revitalize these affordable housing properties for the long-term. It consists of three properties totaling 227 units of senior and family affordable housing. POAH will keep in place both state and federal project-based contracts that assist very low-income renters at the property.

    These properties include a variety of building types, including a historic mill, a historic factory, wood-framed townhomes as well as associated infrastructure.

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    Beachwinds Apartments

    Narragansett, RI

    Beachwinds Apartments is a 104-unit affordable housing community consisting of two senior properties - Beachwood Apartments and South Winds Apartments - in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

    The properties were originally built in 1977 and comprise 4 buildings containing 94 one-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom apartments, rented to low and moderate-income seniors, and located on 5.1 acres. POAH acquired the properties in 2004 and POAH Communities has managed the property since then. 

New Construction

Building homes that are appropriate for the surrounding neighborhood and community, built to high standards that integrate conservation and sustainability for the long term.

 

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    The Asberry at Barry Farm

    Washington, DC

    Opened in 2024, The Asberry, located at 1200 Sumner Road SE, is a mixed-use building with 108 affordable rental apartments with a preference for those aged 55+, thoughtful amenities and over 5,000 square feet of retail space. With a landscape courtyard, a wellness room, a fitness center, a community room and a rooftop amenity space, The Asberry is a hub for engagement and community.

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    The Kenzi at Bartlett Station

    Boston, MA

    The Kenzi at Bartlett Station contains 50 units of supportive, affordable housing for older adults and is part of the five-phase redevelopment of the former bus yard now owned by Nuestra Comunidad and Windale Developers. The Kenzi serves individuals age 55 or older who have either low or middle-income housing needs in 41 affordable one-bedroom apartments and 3 affordable two-bedroom apartments.

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    Cape View Way

    Bourne, MA

    Completed during winter 2025, the 3-story Cape View Way development is a partnership between POAH and Housing Assistance. Cape View Way consists of 42 units of affordable housing with a mix of nine one-bedroom, 28 two-bedroom, and five three-bedroom apartments. Three apartments are fully handicapped-accessible, and a fourth is accessible to sensory-impaired residents. 

Community Revitalization

Vibrant new residential communities that offer housing for a range of incomes, enhanced amenities and better connection to the surrounding neighborhoods.

 

 

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    Flat 9 at Whittier

    Boston, MA

    The first two phases of The Flat 9 at Whittier redevelopment was a collaboration between POAH, Madison Park Development Corporation and the Boston Housing Authority to redevelop the Whittier Street Apartments site in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Originally built in the early 1950s, the Whittier Apartments were home to 200 public housing families. Phase three, The Amp at Flat 9, is a collaboration with the Boston Housing Authority that added market rate rentals to the redevelopment.

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    Woodlawn Park

    Chicago, IL

    Woodlawn Station was the last phase in POAH's Woodlawn Choice Initiative, a broad effort to rebuild and revitalize the Woodlawn community and encourage re-investment in this South Side neighborhood of Chicago.

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    Barry Farm

    Washington, DC

    The Barry Farm neighborhood is located off Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, west of historic Anacostia in Washington, D.C. and was originally established in 1867 as the first African-American homeownership community in Washington, D.C. for newly freed slaves. Over time, the original 375-acre site dwindled in size and in 1943 The National Capital Housing Authority acquired 24 acres and built the Barry Farm public housing project.