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Townhouse project may transform blighted midtown
Rental rates expected to be $1,000 at Enclave Townhouse
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Jessica Tullar, special projects manager for Gainesville, shows one of 13 dilapidated structures to be razed and replaced by a $6 million residential development in the city's midtown area near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Pine Street. Tullar presented a resolution at a Gainesville City Council work session Thursday that would advance funding to a private developer through a Tax Allocation District agreement. - photo by Carlos Galarza
A private development company is partnering with the city of Gainesville to raze vacant, dilapidated homes in midtown and build townhouse-style rental properties. John Vardeman, a spokesman for the developer, said demolition is already underway and grading is scheduled to begin next week. The expectations are to complete and have 45 townhouses — each with three bedrooms and two bathrooms — completed and ready to market by the end of the year.