Cranberry Commons at Redbrook will be a 62-unit affordable housing community for seniors 62+ to be developed and managed by the Grantham Group in partnership with the A.D. Makepeace Company (ADM), the Town of Plymouth, MA’s Affordable Housing Trust (AHTF), and Community Preservation Committee (CPC).
Cranberry Commons Senior Housing will be a new construction, three-story L shaped elevator building located in the Redbrook Master planned community in Plymouth MA. The building’s design will be farmhouse-inspired and will be clad in vinyl siding. All the units will be one-bedroom, one bathroom apartment-style flats and will comply with EOHLC’s senior design guidelines. There will be 8 30% AMI units with Section 8 PBV assistance, 5 30% AMI units with MVRP assistance, 30 60% AMI units, and 19 80% AMI units. The 80% units are UW at rents with 31% below market, and treated as market units for the purposes of LIHTC. The 80% AMI limitation comes from the soft lender requirements. Units will be finished with quality, long-lasting materials and have central air conditioning. They will also be pre-wired for telephone and cable hookups and common area wireless internet will be offered as an amenity. Each unit will include its own washer and dryer. Each unit will have a number of accessible features, including roll-in showers; ADA accessible toilets; lever door handles; lever faucets in bathrooms and kitchen sinks; and contrasting colors for changes in elevation. The landlord will pay for all utilities on the 13 30% AMI units, and the remaining 49 units will be responsible for their own utilities except for water, sewer, and trash. This will be a solar all-electric project with a gas back-up generator.
Building amenities at the Subject Property will include an indoor common living room on the 1st floor, a flexible office space (can be used by service providers) and storage areas, a multipurpose room on the second floor and fitness room on the third floor. There will also be trash and recycling rooms on each floor. The corridors and doors in each unit will be wide enough for wheelchair access. Outdoor amenities will include a patio and some raised garden beds. There will be railings along both sides of the corridors of the building. The Subject Property will also offer 65 surface parking spaces in an on-site parking lot, which will be first come first serve and free of charge to residents. As currently planned, the building will be pet-friendly, allowing small dogs and cats at no additional cost.
