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Erickson Fritz workforce housing project nears completion
Innovative Housing led a $15.9 million Old Town Chinatown project to convert the Erickson building and the adjacent Fritz building into the 62-unit Erickson Fritz Apartments.
Photos: Skylight frame lifted onto building
A skylight frame built to cover a light well at the Erickson Building in Old Town/Chinatown was assembled and lifted into place last week. Innovative Housing, Inc. is converting the […]
Photos: Old Town buildings converted to multifamily housing
颅A pair of historic Old Town/Chinatown buildings are undergoing a major overhaul to become a mixed-income housing development. The Erickson Building on Northwest 2nd Avenue and the Fritz Building on […]
Old Town Chinatown gaining workforce housing
Innovative Housing Inc. has purchased the Erickson and Fritz buildings in Old Town Chinatown, and moved a step closer to a $15.5 million renovation.
Historic saloon becoming workforce housing
Erickson's saloon used to be an oasis of whiskey, wagers and women; today, the building is vacant. But with a trifecta of public investment, Innovative Housing is hoping to turn it into workforce housing and ignite neighborhood revitalization.
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