The site of 120 affordable apartments on Centennial Boulevard in Voorhees was the former L&L Redi Mix concrete company.
Address of Victory Commons corrected from earlier version to 1223 Haddonfield-Berlin Road. A Voorhees Township resolution had the incorrect street address.
Two affordable housing projects being developed by The Michaels Organization in Voorhees were approved by the Township last week.
The projects — and another nearing completion on Haddonfield-Berlin Road — are part of the Township's obligation to provide affordable housing under the Mount Laurel doctrine.
Members of the Township Committee on August 11 voted that there is a need for the first phase of the Michael's development of 60 family rental apartments on the site of a now-closed L&L Redi Mix concrete factory at 600 Centennial Boulevard next to the post office. The resolution will permit Michaels to seek funding from the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency.
The 60 apartments make up the first phase of a two-phase project that will result in a total of 120 affordable housing units on the 6.6-acre site, Nicholas Cangelosi, regional vice president of development for Michaels, told 70and73.com in an interview.
Members of the Township Planning Board on August 13 approved the preliminary and final site plans for a Michaels development of 60 affordable housing apartments at 3 Sheppard Road.
Sixty affordable housing apartments will be built on this Sheppard Road largely wooded lot that now holds basketball courts in the front.
The 3.31 mostly wooded acres, with basketball courts facing Sheppard Road, after development will hold 10 one-bedroom, 35 two-bedroom and 15 three-bedroom units.
All of the apartments have income restrictions for prospective tenants.Â
Cangelosi said affordable housing often is misunderstood. He said he prefers to look at the rentals as "workforce housing," allowing people who work in stores, schools or for local governments the ability to live in the communities they serve.
Michaels, based in Camden, is the largest owner of affordable housing projects in the nation, with projects in 40 states, Cangelosi said. The company is building affordable housing apartments in Cherry Hill's Garden State Park and has other housing developments in Southampton, Burlington County, and in Atlantic, Bergen, Mercer and Middlesex counties.
Michael's $28-million Victory Commons apartment complex at 1223 Haddonfield-Berlin Road is nearing completion and will have 81 affordable homes, he said.
The Victory Commons affordable-housing complex on Haddonfield-Berlin Road is nearing completion.
