School Sisters of St. Francis transforming south-side home into 63 apartments. By Jeramey Jannene - Feb 3rd, 2021 11:59 am //end headline wrapper ?>St. Joseph Center at 1501 S. Layton Blvd. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
A Common Council committee unanimously endorsed a $720,000 city-financing plan Tuesday to advance an affordable, senior housing development on Milwaukee’s South Side.
The city would effectively provide a property tax rebate via a developer-financed tax incremental financing (TIF) district to support the redevelopment of the St. Joseph Center, formerly a convent, into 63 units of affordable housing known as Chapel Gardens.
The School Sisters of St. Francis and General Capital Group are partnering on the project, the second they’ve undertaken to transform the sisters’ underutilized campus at S. Layton Blvd. and W. Greenfield Ave.
Chapel Garden apartments will add new senior housing to S. Layton Blvd. By Jeramey Jannene - Jan 21st, 2021 05:19 pm //end headline wrapper ?>St. Joseph Center at 1501 S. Layton Blvd. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
A new, affordable housing development is coming to S. Layton Blvd. as part of the redevelopment of St. Joseph’s Convent now St. Joseph Center.
The School Sisters of St. Francis and General Capital Group are partnering on the project, which will create 63 units of affordable housing through the low-income housing tax credit program.
The partners will redevelop what they call the middle of the convent building at 1501 S. Layton Blvd. The oldest part of the structure, designed by architect