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Apartment in Milo Grogan Columbus3/20/2024 ![]() ![]() That keeps these apartments available to a wide range of people, all while their apartments’ physical condition dramatically improves. Thanks to Thornwood Commons’ legacy of ownership by CMHA, every family who lives there will pay no more than 30% of their household income toward rent. Thornwood Commons’ renovations include new windows, cabinets, flooring, more energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment, and much more. The closing is more like a new starting line for any project: After more than two years of planning, Thornwood Commons is ready to start construction. They hope to have units available around summertime of 2019.Homeport is excited to announce that in late June we closed on the construction financing for our next development, “Thornwood Commons.” Thornwood Commons is an important partnership with the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, to extensively renovate 86 apartments for families that were originally built in the mid-1950s in Columbus’ Milo-Grogan neighborhood. The company who plans to build the complex said this is in the very early stages but hope to break ground in late 2018. "I did think about parking issues and the types of people that it is going to bring, but as long as they don't bother me and it stays pretty quiet, I'm fine with it," said another neighbor Lucille Turner. "It will bring the value of my home up and I am happy for that," she said. The mom said she hopes it will bring kids and more to their street. "It would be nice to not have to look over at the torn up fence and the trucks," said one resident named Angie. "We are concerned about their taxes because they are on fixed incomes, so we are working closely with Council," he said.ĪBC 6/FOX 28 talked with people who live across the street from the potential new complex. With that in mind, Thompkins is on a mission to make sure elderly neighbors don't get left out. "It is never a bad thing, as long as you don't just forget about the community which made it a community," he said. ![]() He thinks in 10 years the streets of Milo-Grogan will likely be lined with pricier homes and restaurants. Thompkins said the commission approved the plans for the apartment and has been happy to work with Avenue Partners. The reason they chose this area, in part, is because of the location, not far from downtown and steps from the Short North. They told ABC 6/FOX 28 they want to be a part of the neighborhood and plan to build a clubhouse, pool, and more. "I think this is a big step for Milo because that is the doorway coming into Milo," he said.Īvenue Partners is planning to build a 192-unit apartment building, which is eight three-story buildings at the corner of Reynolds and Cleveland Avenues, where a trucking company was. It is that love that has him excited about changes to his neighborhood, plans that just got a major boost. ![]() "Milo is home," said Thompkins, who is the chair of the Milo-Grogan Area Commission. ![]() COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) - Charles Thompkins grew up in Columbus's Milo-Grogan neighborhood and lives there to this day. ![]()
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