October 2, 2020 | Press Release
Redmond, Oregon – Housing Works is pleased to announce it has commenced construction on
Midtown Place, a 47-unit affordable housing apartment community designed to support
working families and individuals living in Redmond. The $12.4 million housing project, located
north of downtown Redmond on the corner of 5 th and Greenwood Ave., features one-, two-,
and three-bedroom apartments and will be the first affordable housing project in Central
Oregon to include apartments for households earning up to 80% of the area median income.
Planning for the project began in 2018, working closely with the Redmond Urban Renewal
Agency, to transform a long vacant lot into workforce housing for downtown and medical
district workers. It is the second Central Oregon affordable housing development in recent
weeks not to rely on scarce state funds to finance construction, receiving nearly $3 million of
flexible low interest loans from the Redmond Urban Renewal Agency. “Because of the scarcity
of state funding, affordable housing developments are becoming more reliant on local support.
City of Redmond has long recognized the relationship between affordable housing and the
growth of new businesses and has included housing in its economic development program,”
said David Brandt, Executive Director of Housing Works.
Noteworthy
The general contractor for Midtown Place is Pacific Construction Company
from Redmond. The project architect is Pinnacle Architecture from Bend.
(see attached rendering)
The project developer, Housing Works is the regional housing authority for
the three Central Oregon counties and has built or acquired over 1200
affordable rental housing units since its founding in 1977. Housing Works is
currently developing new affordable rental communities in Bend, Redmond,
Madras and Prineville and has existing communities in every incorporated
City in Central Oregon except Culver and Metolius.
Midtown Place is the third affordable housing development in Redmond undertaken by
Housing Works in the past two years. The other two communities include Canyon Edge
Apartments, a three building 67-unit family project on Reindeer Avenue near Canal Boulevard
and Liberty Lodge, an 8-unit community reserved for tenants with developmental disabilities.
To learn more about Housing Works and the variety of housing services they provide
throughout Central Oregon, please visit www.housing-works.org, or call 541-923-1018.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Rebecca Batzel, Affordable Housing Manager, City of Redmond, 541.504.3046,
Rebecca.Batzel@redmondoregon.gov
David Brandt, Executive Director, Housing Works, 541. 323.7405, Dbrandt@Housing-
Works.org
