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Top 50 Affordable Housing Developers of 2012
Affordable Housing Finance - 5/10/2013
AHF reveals its annual lists of top developers, owners, and firms completing acquisitions and rehabs… more
Riverside Senior Care Gets Authority’s OK
The Grand Rapids Business Journal (grbj.com) - 5/3/2013
A Harbor Springs multi-family housing developer had its plan amendment approved by the Grand Rapids Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for a new senior living center on the city’s northeast side… more
Plan to convert Riverside School to senior housing qualifies for tax breaks
The Grand Rapids Press (mlive.com) - 5/2/2013
A $7 million plan to convert Riverside Elementary School into a 55-unit licensed senior care facility took a step forward on Thursday, May 2, when the city’s Brownfield Redevelopment Authority approved a series of tax breaks for the project… more
Housing Agency Allocates Federal Tax Credits
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency - 03/11/2013
Bismark, ND — The Industrial Commission announced today that the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) has made conditional commitments to five multifamily housing developers for $2.61 million in federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)… more
Press Release: Funding Approved for Phelps Square Apartments
G.A. Haan Development - 02/26/2012
G.A. Haan Development is pleased to announce that it has been awarded $764,000 in HOME Investment Partnership Program funds by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) for Phelps Square Apartments. These funds will be used to create 24 affordable family units at the site formerly known as Phelps School in Ishpeming. HOME funds are a federal resource that are administered by MSHDA and assist in the creation of affordable housing.
“We’re grateful that MSHDA has recognized the importance of this project to the city of Ishpeming, and we’re excited to see Phelps Square become a reality” said Gerald Haan, principal of G.A. Haan Development. The next hurdle for Phelps Square comes in the form of an application for housing tax credits, which is due to MSHDA by February 15th.
Questions about Phelps Square should be directed to Ben Ide, Development Coordinator for G.A. Haan Development, at (231) 526-7380.
G.A. Haan Development recognized for three Wyoming Projects
Affordable Housing Finance - Nov/Dec 2012
New affordable housing has come to three rural Wyoming communities this year. G.A. Haan Development has opened 12-unit properties in Douglas, Marbleton, and Worland…more
Infrastructure upgrades approved for low-income apartments
County 10 - 10/10/2012
The Lander City Council on Tuesday night approved a $678,272 bid for utility infrastructure leading out to the planned Blue Ridge Apartments…more
Grand Rapids sells Riverside North Elementary for $510,000 to company for senior housing facility
The Grand Rapids Press (mlive.com) - 7/11/2012
Grand Rapids Public Schools sold Riverside North Elementary today for $510,000 to G.A. Haan Development in Harbor Springs to develop a senior assisted living center...more
The Grand Rapids Press (mlive.com) - 6/21/2012
"We really feel very positive about the project and things are on the normal track," said Haan, owner of GA Haan Development in Harbor Springs...more
The Mining Journal - 5/26/2012
The Ishpeming City Council has rezoned the property containing the former C.L. Phelps Middle School, an act needed to enable its conversion into an apartment building for low to middle income residents...more
Tax Credit Granted for Low-Income Housing Project
Lander Journal - 5/20/2012
The Wyoming Community Development Authority last month approved $4.77 million in tax credits to go toward the implementation of G.A. Haan Development's Blue Ridge Apartments...more
PRNewswire / Michigan State Housing Development Authority - 5/2/2012
Lt. Governor Brian Calley, Gary Heidel, executive director of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, and State Historic Preservation Officer Brian Conway presented 17 recipients with 2012 Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation today in the state capitol...more
Stearns Bank Ad: Congratulations to G.A. Haan Development
Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits - April, 2012
Park Place Center is a great example of a development company with a "find a way" attitude to bring the much needed low income housing to the area through the redevelopment of a historical property…view the ad
SDHDA Awards $5.5 Million in Housing Development and Rehabilitation Funding
SDHDA News - 4/30/2012
Recently South Dakota Housing Development Authority’s (SDHDA) Board of Commissioners approved $2.64 million in Housing Tax Credits and $2.86 million in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding for housing development and rehabilitation across the state...more
2012 Governor’s Awards for Historic Preservation Announced
Michigan State Housing Development Authority - 4/2/2012
Governor Rick Snyder and Gary Heidel, executive director of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, announced the selection of the 2012 Governor’s Awards for Historic Preservation...more
Affordable Housing Finance - 3/22/2012
The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency has granted $2.1 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) reservations to four developments... more
Tax credits OK'd for low-income apartments in Dickinson
The Dickinson Press - 3/22/2012
A Michigan developer will get $608,944 in tax credits to build Lincoln Park Townhomes in Dickinson for low-income renters and if all goes as anticipated there will be 40 rentable units by summer 2013, the developer and state officials said Wednesday... more
Michigan’s Park Place City Center recognized for financial innovation
RealEstateRama - 1/19/2012
Nixon Peabody LLP advised client G. A. Haan Development in the Park Place City Center, an affordable, 24-unit mixed-use Michigan development, which has been awarded a Development of Distinction Award, Honorable Mention, in the Financial Innovation category… more
Developments of Distinction 2011
Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits - 1/15/2012
It took G.A. Haan Development three attempts to secure 9 percent low-income housing tax credits for Park Place City Center in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Due to the economic downturn; Haan was unable to sell the credits. Along came the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act… more
Governor supports low rent housing
Williston Herald - 9/1/2011
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple assisted city officials and developers in a groundbreaking ceremony and ribbon cutting ceremony for two affordable apartment complexes on the west side of Williston. A ribbon cutting… more
Governor to be in town for apartment ceremonies
Williston Herald - 8/30/2011
Work on one housing development is set to begin on Wednesday while another development is officially opened. A ceremonial groundbreaking for the planned Nokota Ridge apartment complex will take place at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. G.A. Haan Development… more
Michigan developer to build low-income apartments
Douglas Budget - 7/13/2011
A new, low-income, 12-unit housing development is taking shape in Douglas, as an out-of-town developer has submitted site plans to the city and been granted federal tax credits. A spokesman for the developer, G.A. Haan Development, based in… more
Park Place City Center nearing completion
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News - 1/17/2011
Park Place City Center — incorporating the old Central Savings Bank building and the Masonic building on the 400 block of Ashmun — should be completed by the early spring, says one of the project's developers. “We're 75 percent finished,” estimated… more
Williston Herald - 11/24/2010
The Williston City Commission approved a tax incentive to a developer for a proposed housing development for low income housing during its meeting Tuesday evening. Gerry Haan, who was representing Nokota Ridge LLC, brought forward a request… more
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News - 11/16/2010
The Sault Ste. Marie City Commission on Monday charged its historical committee to study the viability of establishing a local historic district for Park Place Center, which will encompass the old Central Savings Bank and Masonic buildings… more
City of Riverton Calendar - 8/29/2010
Affordable housing is necessary continued growth of Wyoming. That’s why my company, GA Haan Development, decided to build affordable, multi-family housing projects in Wyoming. We completed the Woodridge Apartments in Riverton in late 2008… more
Affordable Housing Finance Magazine - April/May 2010
Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) officials knew they had an opportunity to take a bite out of the state’s housing and economic crisis. They, along with their counterparts in each state, were charged with implementing… more
Renovations on tap for old CSB building
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News - 1/19/2010
Haan Development has announced the purchase of the Masonic and Adams buildings in downtown Sault Ste. Marie — which should clear the way for renovation of the old Central Savings Bank building at the corner of Ashmun and Spruce… more
Old CSB building renovation clears hurdle
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News - 9/30/2009
The old Central Savings Bank building on the corner of Ashmun and Spruce streets moved a step closer to once again becoming a key centerpiece of downtown Sault Ste. Marie with the announcement of a mortgage loan through the… more
