The ribbon-cutting at the Cumberland County YMCA Single Resident apartments took place Thursday, January 19th in Portland. Program representatives included Avesta Housing, rental managers, Maine State Housing, project lenders, CWS Architects, and several YMCA supporters and employees.
The project began with demolition of an apartment building in March 2005 on High Street, a busy arterial through way in Portland. The site had very limited lay-down space and was a challenging project because of the tight budget. The new building is a four floor, block and plank apartment building that will accommodate 32 residents at the rate of $510 per month, utilities included. (The average rent for an efficiency apartment in Portland is $700.)
The construction of the new apartments was designed by CWS Architects and is part of more improvements happening at the Portland Y. Currently, Wright-Ryan is finishing the new entry way to the facilities.
Congratulations to the Portland YMCA from everyone at Wright-Ryan!
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