The Beacon Wins at SCANPH

The Beacon Honored with SCANPH’s Award for Overall Excellence

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The Beacon Wins at SCANPH

 

We are proud to share that our Long Beach development, The Beacon, was awarded Multi-Family Development of the Year by SCANPH at the Annual Conference’s Homes Within Reach Awards Ceremony. The award recognizes excellence in affordable housing among projects completed in the last year. Selections are submitted by SCANPH members and chosen by an independent jury of professionals from throughout SCANPH’s regional footprint.

The Beacon, home to veterans, formerly homeless people, and very-low-income seniors, is centrally located directly across from a Metro Blue Line stop and two high-frequency bus lines and serves as a physical gateway to Downtown Long Beach. Opened in 2019, The Beacon features a new bus shelter and approach, community rooms, barbecue areas, and computer rooms, with wrap around social services provided through Mental Health America. Beacon is a mixed-use project with 6,200 square feet of retail along Long Beach Boulevard.

“Century is extremely proud of our Beacon Project providing 160 beautiful and much needed affordable homes to veterans and vulnerable seniors,” said Brian D’Andrea, Senior Vice President of Century. “Beyond homes, The Beacon will provide residents with supportive services and connectivity to job and service centers via the Metro light rail and local bus lines. We thank all our partners for making Beacon possible, especially Wells Fargo, KPRS and The Architects Collective. We are most thankful to the City of Long Beach for its financial and overall support through its amazing Development Services and Housing Authority teams.”

Century Impacts in September

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Mariposa Villa (pictured): $1,400,000 in acquisition financing to developer Leo Lee Family Trust will help convert a parking lot into 33 rental units. With little new construction and rehab of older residential and multi-family buildings within the immediate area, as well as easy access to public transportation, Mariposa will provide much needed workforce housing to LA’s Korea Town. The acquisition loan will convert to a Century construction loan, reducing holding costs.

New Construction Loans: Century provided $1,610,540 in construction financing to developer Komova Chandran Holding, LP to finance the construction of Komova Apartments, a 5-unit multifamily development in Boyle Heights located near the Metro Gold Line. Century also provided a $1,820,000 construction loan to developer Say West Properties for Rosewood Apartments in Los Angeles, an 8-unit townhome-style development that features a handicap unit and energy efficient appliances.

New Hayward and Palm Desert Projects: Developer New Cities Investment Partners received bridge financing totaling $14,445,000 to build Maple & Main Apartments in Hayward and The Sands Apartments in Palm Desert. The Hayward development consists of 240 units, 20% being affordable to families earning up to 50% of AMI, and is located within walking distance of the Hayward BART stop. The new Palm Desert community will feature 412 units with the same mix of market-rate and affordable homes, and is a welcome addition to a city with no other new affordable homes in its pipeline.

Monterey Gateway Senior Apartments: Humboldt County’s most productive developer of affordable housing, Danco Communities, obtained acquisition financing totaling $3,240,000 to purchase a 1.86-acre site in Gilroy that will be improved with 75 units of affordable senior housing through 4% tax credits and operating and capital subsidy from the County of Santa Clara bond funds. The affordability restrictions are weighted towards the deeply affordable with 37 (50% of total) restricted to 30% AMI. The development will include solar roof, community garden, and a decomposed granite gated dog park.