From the Ground Up: Heatherwood Apartments

General contractor: Morelock-Ross Builders Inc.

Architect: Eddie Tims Architects PC

Engineers: Palmerton & Parrish Inc., civil; Ozark Structures LLC, structural; Vandersluis Engineering Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing

Size: 37,872 square feet

Estimated cost: $5 million

Lender: Missouri Housing Development Commission

Estimated completion date: August

Project description: Developers Joe and Marie Carmichael are constructing a two-building, 31-unit affordable housing Engineering Inc. apartment complex.

Tenants must earn 60 percent or less of median income in Greene County to qualify. The two- and three-bedroom apartments will rent for $405 and $450, respectively, according to Marie Carmichael. Mid America Property Management will manage the property, she said. The Carmichaels also plan to build a 32-unit affordable housing apartment complex in Forsyth, though they’re awaiting funding from Missouri Housing Development Commission before constructing the Woodlands Apartments, Carmichael said.

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