COURSON CONNECTION SENIOR-CITIZEN COMPLEX ON THE RISE IN A.V.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE -- An $11.8 million 75-unit senior-citizen apartment complex is going up at the southeast corner of Avenue Q-10 and Ninth Street East. The complex is the first project in the Courson Connection, a revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. project intended to boost the city's downtown and provide affordable housing for seniors. Replacing aging homes and small apartment complexes, when it is done the project will link the Civic Center and Courson Park and will contain some 300 apartment units, a new senior center and a 2.5-acre park. All of the buildings will be done in the Spanish-Mediterranean style. The complex is being built by Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Cucamonga-based Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Housing Development Corp. The nonprofit corporation nonprofit corporation n. an organization incorporated under state laws and approved by both the state's Secretary of State and its taxing authority as operating for educational, charitable, social, religious, civic or humanitarian purposes. has worked with the city in the past to refurbish re·fur·bish tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. re·fur more than 290 downtown apartment units. The city will lease the property to the corporation for $1 per year for 55 years. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Construction is well under way on a $11.8 million, 75-unit apartment complex for seniors in Palmdale. The complex is the first project in the Courson Connection, a revitalization project intended to boost the city's downtown and provide affordable housing for seniors. It eventually will contain some 300 apartment units, a new senior center, and a 2.5-acre park. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News |
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