2024 Projects In Construction

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Home City Development owns a 2.6-acre site at 20-22 Amherst Road in the rural town of Pelham on which it will build 34 affordable rental apartments. Amethyst Brook Apartments will consist of a 28-unit building and a 6-unit building, which will include 24 one-bedroom, seven two-bedroom, and 3 three-bedroom apartments. All apartments will be affordable to households with income at or below 60% of area median. Five apartments will be further restricted to households with income at or below 50% of area median, while eleven apartments will be further restricted to households with income at or below 30% of area median. Residents will be selected by lottery.

Amethyst Brook Apartments will be highly energy efficient. The 28-unit building will be certified to Passive House standards while the 6-unit building will be certified by Energy Star. The property will include a rooftop solar array and electric vehicle charging stations. The Pelham Zoning Board of Appeals issued a Comprehensive Permit for Amethyst Brook Apartments in August 2021. The project is supported with acquisition financing from The Life Insurance Community Investment Initiative and pre-development financing from Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation. The Town of Pelham has approved Community Preservation Act funds for the project. MA Department of Housing and Community Development has awarded affordable housing resources to Home City Development for the project. Construction will begin fall 2023 and be complete in 16 months.

Located at the former Gemini site in the South End of Springfield, this development will include 40 for-sale residential units, to be known as Gemini Town Homes. This project will expand home ownership in the South End by over 150%. This project will provide dozens of otherwise non-existent housing opportunities for people and families with low to moderate income, as well as millions of dollars of contracting opportunities for local and minority-owned businesses. 

HCDI has assembled a team of experienced professionals with demonstrated success with projects like the Gemini Town Homes development. 

 Home City Development will create 29 affordable studio residences on the first and second floors of the former YMCA building at 275 Chestnut Street in Springfield.  The space previously housed offices and programs by the YMCA.  Twenty residences will be reserved for chronically homeless individuals with incomes at or below 30% of Area Median Income (AMI).  Three residences will be reserved for clients of MA Department of Mental Health with incomes at or below 30% of AMI.  Six residences will be for individuals with incomes at or below 60% of AMI.  Supportive Services will be provided on-site by Mental Health Association, Inc. (MHA), and will be available to chronically homeless and others eligible for MHA’s services.  Construction funding will come from the City of Springfield and MA Department of Housing and Community Development.  Funding for supportive services was awarded by the Springfield-Hampden County Continuum of Care. Construction is expected to begin in late 2023 and be complete in 12 months. 

This project is a scattered site development of affordable single family homes in the Old Hill Neighborhood of Springfield. It will be incentivized and marketed to low and moderate-income households between 80-100% Area Median Income (AMI) for the City of Springfield. The proposed development consists of 10 vacant lots, which will be redeveloped into 3 bedroom homes 1550 sq ft. Pending further consultation with stakeholders in the community, these units will be designed to high efficiency standards using all electric utility services, heat pumps for water and space heating systems. They will feature modern designs, open floor plans, as well as an indoor parking garage attached to each home. Every unit will have its own dedicated garage and space for driveway parking, washers, and dryers, as well as ample storage space.