The Downtown Investment Authority will consider issuing a development loan to Jacksonville-based Vestcor Inc. for its proposed Lofts at Cathedral multifamily housing project.
WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record reports DIA’s Strategic Implementation Committee will take up the request Aug. 17 for a $625,000 loan for the $28.8 million new construction and adaptive reuse project at 325 and 327 E. Duval St.
The 20-year loan at 1% interest would be through the DIA Northbank CRA Loan Program.
Vestcor purchased the former Community Connections building and adjacent property for $1.4 million in September 2019 and Feb. 28, 2020, respectively, from Billy Goat Hill Inc., a subsidiary of the nonprofit Cathedral District-Jax Inc.
Vestcor bought the 1.25-acre property through VC Cathedral LLC, according to Duval County Clerk of Courts records.
According to the tentative agreement, 90 units would be new construction with the remaining 30 from redevelopment of the Community Connections building.
The DIA loan is a qualification for the project to be eligible for the Florida Housing Finance Corp.’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, the documents state.
Vestcor told the DIA that 57 of the units will meet the state’s qualifications for affordable housing, 27 units will be workforce housing and 36 apartments will rent at market rate.
Lofts at Cathedral will vie for $17.7 million in state tax credits for the project and will be scored against 57 other developments, the term sheet states.
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