Senior citizen's housing development on West Naomi Avenue in Arcadia may still be nearly two years away from completion although Dept. of Housing and Urban Development approved the project early in September 1981.
After two years of waiting for red tape to untangle, ground was broken Tuesday for the 100-unit senior housing complex on Naomi Avenue in West Arcadia.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved a site for a federally subsidized $6.2 million, 100-unit senior housing project to be located at 665 West Naomi Avenue.
Routine approval by the Arcadia City Council is expected Tuesday night on a conditional use permit for a 100-unit senior housing project on West Naomi Avenue.
A lottery was held to determine who would receive priority in the opening of the Naomi Gardens housing project for senior citizens and the handicapped.
Two years of delays are over and construction has finally begun on a 100-room senior housing project for Arcadia. The project at 645 West Naomi Avenue began on October 29.
City received word from office of Sen. Alan Cranston that 75 units (for low-income senior citizens) will be added to the 100 already promised by Dept. of Housing and Urban Development for the Naomi Avenue site in West Arcadia.
Two years of delays may soon be over and construction can begin on a 100-unit senior citizen housing project for Arcadia. The only problem currently standing between the developer and construction of the project at 645 West Naomi Avenue is written assurance that modification to the building plan does not require changes in the foundation.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved a loan of $6,148,200 to Senior Christian Housing Foundation, Inc. for construction of a 100 unit housing project for elderly and handicapped persons. A site has not yet been secured.
A site has yet to be located for the new housing project for senior citizens and handicapped persons. After a site is chosen, hope- fully by January 1982, another 21 months would be required for construction. Reservations and applications will not be taken until a few months before completion.
Progress toward the construction of a 100-unit senior housing development in Arcadia is being made, but slowly. A Section 202 low-income senior citizen housing project was approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in September 1981.
Mortgage rates for senior housing rise. City has been notified by Department of Housing and Urban Development that the mortgage rates for such projects have been raised from 9 1/4 to 11 5/8 %.
Arcadia City Council considering leasing Par-3 golf course site south of Live Oak Avenue for major housing development. Would provide up to 587 housing units, including 72 rental units for senior citizens. Potential developer is Cadillac Fairview Development Co. of Newport Beach.
A new senior retirement hotel has been approved by the Arcadia Planning Commission over the objections of both the development's neighbors and a competitor. The 110-room project will be located at the site of what is now a mortuary at 607-611 West Duarte Road.
Although the Arcadia City Council unanimously upheld a planning commission decision Tuesday night to permit the construction of a 97-unit retirement hotel at Michillinda Ave. and Sunset Blvd., an opponent said he plans to take court action against the project.
The City Council met in special session to hear a presentation by Thomas Safran, a specialist in senior citizen housing. The Arcadia Senior Citizen Commission contends the council isn't moving fast enough on the issue. An advisory vote by the people on senior citizen housing will probably appear on the June primary ballot.
City Council authorized the staff to prepare a sale agreement in the amount of $985,700 for the land to California Trinity Housing, Inc., the California borrower corporation for the Christian Senior Housing Foundation, Inc. of Decatur, Ga.