Gateway Crossing
Hagerstown, Maryland
Leasing Information

Description
Multi-phase HOPE VI project including:

• Demolition of 210-units of public housing
• Creation of a 352 new homes
• Refurbishment of 49 existing homes
• Mixed-income community
• Mixed tenure
• Rental and for-sale homes
• Elgin Station Community Center
• Neighborhood Beautification Program

2005 National Association of Home Builders HUD   "best urban smart growth neighborhood community"  

2006 Maryland Department of Housing

Workforce Housing Commitment to

Excellence Award

Developer
Pennrose Properties

Architect
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Philadelphia, PA

General Contractor
Harkins Builders, Inc.
Baltimore, MD

Management
Housing Authority of the City of Hagerstown

The Challenge

When in   2001 The Housing Authority of the City of Hagerstown Maryland (HACH) received a HOPE VI Grant of just over $27 million, they sought to not only rehabilitate the 210-unit Westview Homes Public Housing Project but to transform the entire distressed West End of the city of Hagerstown into a revitalized community.   For this ambitious endeavor, which needed to be delivered on-time and on-budget, they selected Pennrose to be their partner.  

The Solution

Through Pennrose's vast knowledge and experience with mixed-finance transactions, this $90 million revitalization was undertaken with the certainty of a positive outcome.   Utilizing our multi-phase development experience, the transformation of the housing project and the surrounding community became a reality.   We relocated the residents of the 210-unit public housing project to facilitate its demolition.   We created an entirely new infrastructure that wove together the new rental and homeownership components. To integrate the new community into the surrounding neighborhood of single-family homes we made available neighborhood beautification improvement packages. Landscaping, street lighting, and sidewalks served to provide a pedestrian-friendly environment surrounding the brand new 20,000 square foot Elgin Station Community Center.   Designed to resemble an old train station, this spectacular facility celebrating the area's railroad heritage contains a gymnasium, a large commercial kitchen and cafeteria, offices, meeting spaces, computer labs, and a Head Start Program.

Completed in 2006 Gateway Crossing underscores the development team's HOPE VI expertise and   its ability to deliver proficiently on-time, on-budget mixed-finance projects with superlative results.   

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