Bank of America – With properties stuffed and park open, Bristol Place ‘ a very nice group’ | Housing

CHAMPAIGN — After filling up all 90 models final yr in Champaign’s newly-developed Bristol Place neighborhood, the park there has additionally reopened.

The developer of the neighborhood, Jim Roberts of AHDVS, LLC, mentioned it just lately opened after the town accomplished the storm water administration system there and took down the fences. It had a gentle opening Dec. 10, metropolis spokesman Jeff Hamilton mentioned.

Residents began transferring in early final yr to the 90 models, which embrace 64 single-family properties and 26 city properties.

“We just reached 100 percent occupancy, I believe, in October,” Roberts mentioned.

When the ready listing opened in August 2019 for a single day, greater than 900 individuals utilized.

“It’s a really great community,” he mentioned. “It adds value to the quality and diversity of housing choices the residents in Champaign have.”

Bristol Place’s clubhouse, which is known as after native civil-rights activist John Lee Johnson, additionally opened final yr.

“We are able to’t permit anybody in there due to COVID, exterior of paying hire,” Roberts mentioned.

However “as quickly as we are able to get out of COVID,” he mentioned, residents could have entry to a health middle, membership room, group kitchen, fire, pool desk and popcorn machine.

“It’s a great value added to the community,” Roberts mentioned of the brand new neighborhood. “I think it’s come a long way.”

The redeveloped neighborhood was within the works for a couple of dozen years.

The town purchased the Bristol Place properties and had them demolished, and building started in earnest prior to now few years.

The $23 million undertaking was funded by the town, HACC, AHDVS, LLC, Illinois Housing Improvement Authority, Nationwide Fairness Fund, U.S. Bancorp Group Improvement Company, Cinnaire Bank, Bank of America, and Illinois Services Fund.

The second section of the undertaking is predicted to incorporate an condominium constructing to deal with seniors.

That’s “in the planning stages and may be two years off,” Roberts mentioned. “This spring, we’ll start work on planning for Phase 2.”