October 18, 2016

Providence project slated for March opening

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Units are for seniors with household incomes at or below 60 percent of the area median income.

Providence John Gabriel House, a 74-unit low-income senior housing project, is expected to open in March in downtown Redmond.

The five-story project at 8632 160th N.E. will also have 8,000 square feet on the first floor for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, a health and wellness center, along with 38 stalls of below-grade parking.

Providence Health & Services owns the building and will manage it and the wellness center.

The apartments are for people 62 and over with household incomes at or below 60 percent of the area median income, according to a press release from the city. For a one-person household, the maximum allowable income is $37,980.

Shelter Resources is the development consultant for the project, which is near medical, shopping and recreational facilities and Rapid Ride and other transit lines.

Sage Architectural Alliance designed the building and Walsh Construction is constructing it.

Also on the team are Bellwether Housing, a consultant to Providence; Goldsmith Engineering, civil engineer; Harrison Design, landscape architect; Michael Nouwens Structural Consultants, structural engineer; Associated Earth Sciences, soils and environmental engineer; AES Associates, Merit Electric, Fire Power and Structured Communications, electrical engineers; Sider + Byers Mechanical Engineers, Plumbing Today, Emerald Aire and Ventron LLC, mechanical engineers; Plumbing Today, plumbing engineer; and Kantor Taylor Nelson Evatt & Decina and Ogden Murphy Wallace, legal advice.

The city of Redmond donated the project site. Besides Providence Health & Services, the project was funded by A Regional Coalition for Housing, U.S. Bank, and the Housing and Community Development Program of the King County Department of Community and Human Services. The Washington State Housing Finance Commission provided tax credits.

Applications for prospective tenants will be available after 11 a.m. Oct. 31 at http://www.providencesupportivehousing.org. Providence Supportive Housing may be reached at (855) 360-5478 or at SupportiveHousingInfo@providence.org.