Ground broke July 17 on a new public and affordable housing complex in Darien, expected to open in 2014.
The Heights will include 106 units, including 23 new townhomes and a community center. The project will be funded by Citi Community Capital, Darien Housing Authority, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development and the Town of Darien.
“Every family needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home, and this project will help make sure that home is available to more than 100 additional families here in Darien,” said U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) in a press release.
The complex will replace roughly 40 existing units at the former site of the 60-year-old Allen O”™Neill housing development that was built to accommodate veterans returning from WWII.
“This project marks another critically important step forward in keeping Connecticut diverse and vibrant as a community,” said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in a press release. “Connecticut thanks Darien ”“ as well as the developers and state agencies ”“ for their faith and fortitude in pursuing this promising project and overcoming many challenges. As a state senator I came to know well the residents of Allen-O’Neill homes, admiring them for the longstanding dedication and commitment to Darien, and I am delighted to see this tradition along with the physical structure renewed and reinvigorated.”
