Building Development Associate Lincoln Stannard remarked, “There was a large buildup to this event. People were sharing the event on Facebook, they were talking with their neighbors. We hadn’t had an event like this in years,” referring to the opening of brand new affordable housing developments.
All in all, more than 500 applications were submitted on both Thursday the 21st and Saturday the 23rd – the second of two pre-application events. Qualifying families will have the opportunity to move into one of 45 units, with the first of several buildings completing construction in early 2018.
Like any large scale, multi-site construction project, there have been various hiccups but overall the construction thus far has been steady and productive with crews having worked on at least half of the sites in some way thus far, whether through excavation or site evaluation. Developments at the 1421 N. Artesian Ave and Sawyer Ave locations are further along than most with ground floor slabs slated to be poured in the next week or two and utility connections in the process of being established.
Unique to Tierra Linda is its Passive House designation, a rigorous energy efficiency standard with a primary emphasis on reducing the ecological footprint of the building. Director of Building Development Charlene Andreas is current in Seattle, Washington at the Annual North American Passive House Conference proudly speaking about Tierra Linda as the first multi-family Passive House in the state of Illinois.
For more photos like this from LUCHA’s 1421 N. Artesian Tierra Linda site, check out our photo album from a recent site visit
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