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City officials, TD Bank representatives, GSECDC Staff and Board gather to celebrate
The GSECDC, which changed its name from Jersey City Episcopal CDC in January (2011), is looking to push through with a project in Jersey City’s Greenville neighborhood as well as provide affordable housing in Bayonne, Union City and Passaic County. As they prepare to move forward, they will also celebrate their previous success with a gala at...
Read MoreBergen Court Apartments located at 242 Bergen Avenue in Jersey City is now under construction. This property has been abandoned for over 10 years and will provide 12 units of affordable housing. The project will be completed in March 2013 thanks to $2.5M in financial from federal, state, county and local resources.
Randi Moore of the County Division of Community Development, Father Harmon GSECDC Board of Directors, Michele Massey Councilwoman for Ward F, Carol Mori Executive Director of GSECDC, Mayor Healy, Peter Van Brunt President of GSECDC, John Restrepo Director of Housing and Community Development for GSECDC, Anthony Marchetta Executive Director for NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, David Bloomber of NJ Community Capital, and Carl Zcaplicki Director of the Jersey City Department of Housing, Economic Development and Commerce celebrate the groundbreaking at 242 Bergen Avenue.
Garden State Episcopal CDC has completed another project: Van Brunt Homes! This project involved the acquisition of several scattered site vacant lots from the City of Jersey City for the infill new construction of five two family homes (total of 10 units). This project generated $1,081,765 in mortgage activity.
The Van Brunt Homes are named in honor of GSECDC’s longest standing Board Member, Peter Van Brunt. He was the lead person responsible for the completion of our first housing project in 1993 which involved the adaptive reuse of an abandoned school building into 28 units of low income housing. Peter remains active with the organization and our affordable housing efforts.
What do you like best about your new home?
“The feeling of a dream come true, thanks to support offered from the personal of Garden State Episcopal CDC. The house is perfect for my family of 5, very well laid out and thinking about the best distribution of spaces.”
The families, city officials, and staff members of the Garden State Episcopal Community Development Corp. joined together yesterday to cut the ribbon on the five new two-family buildings at 34, 36 and 40 Van Nostrand Ave. and 15 and 17 Oak St.
Read MoreAddresses: 167-169 Monticello Avenue
Description: Mixed-use Development; 7 condominiums for first time home buyers and 2,000 sf of commercial; new construction on 2 vacant lots
Completion: November 1, 2010
Total Number of Units: 8
Number of Home Ownership Units: 7
Number of Commercial Spaces: 1
Development Cost: $2,100,000
Number of Sites: 2
People Served: 20
The project involved the acquisition, rehabilitation and resale of 9 foreclosed two-family homes on scattered sites throughout Jersey City.
Read More“The training and increased technological capacity we have gained has allowed us to successfully compete in this market and become the state’s first Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) grantee to acquire, rehab and resell an NSP home,” says GSECDC real estate director John Restrepo.
Read MoreThe Garden State Episcopal Community Development Corporation (GSECDC) will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for what it is heralding as “the first new construction on Monticello Avenue in decades,” a seven-unit affordable condo development with ground-floor retail space.
Read MoreThe Garden State Episcopal Community Development Corporation (GSECDC) on Tuesday purchased a bank-owned foreclosed home on Jewett Avenue for $250,000. The nonprofit will rehab the home and then sell it to a middle-income first-time home buyer, as part of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program, which offers grant money to stabilize neighborhoods that have been ravished by foreclosures and subsequent abandonment.
Read MoreGarden State Episcopal CDC (formerly Jersey City Episcopal CDC) has been serving New Jersey communities since 1986. We are proven leader in community and housing development, social services and supportive housing. Our focus is Building Strong Communities.
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