Worst building ever seen by city DNS will be turned into 35 apartments. By Jeramey Jannene - Feb 9th, 2021 10:25 am //end headline wrapper ?>McKinley School and planned homes. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Elevations by Quorum Architects.
The complicated plan to redevelop the fire-damaged William McKinley School, 2001 W. Vliet St., received its final design approvals Monday. The Historic Preservation Commission signed off on plans for the building’s exterior and four new homes to be built on the north end of the property.
The $12.6 million project centers on redeveloping the school, completed in 1885, into 35 affordable apartments for families of deployed military personnel. Four market-rate, three-bedroom homes would be built along W. Vliet St. and sold for approximately $150,000 each.