Housing Trust Group, AM Affordable Housing Open $22M Residential Community in Miami

MIAMI — Housing Trust Group (HTG) and AM Affordable Housing, a nonprofit founded by NBA Hall of Famer and Miami Heat legend Alonzo Mourning, celebrated the grand opening of Courtside Apartments, an 84-unit residential community in the historic Overtown neighborhood of Miami. Public officials, community members and guests gathered at the new $22.8 million development at 1699 N.W. 4th Ave. for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. Courtside’s one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments are reserved for residents making an annual income of no more than 60 percent of area media income (AMI). Monthly rents range from $760 to $990. The property is fully occupied. HTG secured financing in 2014 through a variety of public-private sources including $9 million in Florida Housing Finance Corp. low-income housing tax credits; $3.3 million in construction debt from City Community Capital; $7.5 million from the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency; $1.8 million from Miami-Dade County in the form of a surtax loan along with developer equity. Courtside Apartments broke ground in 2015, with 40 percent of the construction labor provided by residents of the surrounding neighborhood. Amenities include a basketball court, fitness center, business center with computers, laundry facilities, picnic area with outdoor grill, media center, carded entry system, resident parking for 86 cars and an auto care/cleaning station. The project team for Courtside Apartments includes general contractor CB-HTG LLC; architect Cohen, Freedman, Encinosa & Associates; structural engineer M.A.S. and Associates; mechanical/electrical engineer RPJ Inc.; civil engineer HSQ Group Inc.; and landscape architect Rosenberg Gardner Design.