LISC NY and The WEI Release RFP for Co-Developer
Co-creating better built and designed urban communities.
The Women's Economic Institute is partnering with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation for New York (LISC NY) and the LISC NY Land Opportunity Program (NYLOP), sponsored in part by NYS Attorney General Letitia James, to release its 1st Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking a qualified co-developer for The Southside Renaissance Project ("SRP"). The Renaissance is a $30M, mixed-use, 9% low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) project located at the 1500-1610 blocks of South Ave in Syracuse, NY. The Renaissance includes 61 units of senior rental housing, a commercial space, broadband access, a public facing food hall and retail incubator, an event venue, daycare, and a workforce center and convenience market. For more information on the RFP, or to apply, please visit LISC.org or contact Charlene Tarver at 480-406-8324.
The Southside Renaissance Project (SRP)
Economic development and urban renewal in the heart of Syracuse's Southside
The Women's Economic Institute is excited to announce The Southside Renaissance Project ("SRP")-- a 61-unit, mixed-use, senior affordable housing and community services facility bringing the best green, energy efficient, hi-tech senior apartment living and BIPOC-led retail and restaurant incubator to the City's Southside. $30M, 2 elevator buildings, 4 stories, 78,843GSF fully new build on 1.3 acres of commercial land. SRP is slated to be a destination for visual arts and culture, entertainment, urban dining, and great shopping; all in a Wi-Fi accessible, culturally infused, environmentally sustainable area. SRP w.ill spark workforce development, reduce the community's food/retail desert, help eradicate neighborhood poverty, and provide a public facing food hall and commercial kitchen to help drive small business growth, creation, and development in the heart of the City's South Ave corridor.
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