Because the senior building was designed for low-income renters and financed with HUD 202 funds, low-income housing tax credits, and transit-oriented development funds, 93 of the units require residents to put down from $0 to $635, with the other 23 units set aside for homeless residents. The building meets ADA requirements, and it, too, has a courtyard, plus a ground-floor community center and shops.
Interest among the development design team members in energy efficiency and sustainability led them to spec solar-heated hot water and a photovoltaic roof system for the building, which is expected to receive LEED Gold certification. San Francisco– based landscape architecture firm Adrienne Wong Associates incorporated bioswale and water filtration systems throughout to cleanse the building’s water before it’s returned to the local stormwater system or San Francisco Bay. Company founder Adrienne Wong also introduced feng shui principles to bring nature and calm into the urban environment.
Since construction was completed on the two Armstrong projects last fall, 50 percent of the townhouses have been purchased, and all the senior units have been allotted, with a waiting list of 1,000.
