Wingate, Columbia Residential Open Affordable Seniors Housing Community in Atlanta

ATLANTA — A joint venture between Wingate Cos. and Columbia Residential has opened City Lights Apartment Homes, an 80-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta. The units, all one-bedroom, are reserved for residents over the age of 62. Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. provided construction financing for City Lights, which comprises a four-story building spanning 93,333 square feet. Financial partners on City Lights included Community Affordable Housing Equity Corp., Sugar Creek Capital, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, The City of Atlanta, InvestAtlanta and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The design team included architect JHP Architecture/Urban Design and general contractor Agile Construction. The project is part of a redevelopment plan for Village of Bedford Pine, and Wingate has announced Phase II of the redevelopment, a 96-unit affordable community called Station 464, which will not have any age restrictions. Four existing buildings will be torn down to make way for construction of the five-story Station 464. Wingate plans to start construction of that project as early as 2017.