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PHILOSOPHY & EXPERTISE BKV Group’s philosophy is that it is our responsibility to strengthen our communities and help our neighbors by creating affordable housing designs that improve individual’s lives. We understand that the homes we design create a foundation for the residents, their families, and their lives. We do this through both creativity and advocacy, with our firm having a long history of supporting and promoting affordable housing nationwide. Our expertise centers around designing to the cultural fabric of the community, using materials and systems that provide optimum value, functionality, flexibility, durability, and timeless quality. We create well-designed environments by understanding the core tenets of the affordable housing industry, delivery of services, marketplace, operations, and financing that support residents and their communities. Our projects create customized results, exceeding the expectations of the people your community serves.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY BUILDING
LIFESTYLE AMENITIES
PLANNING AND PREDEVELOPMENT Our pre-development team helps address the critical first phase of real estate development, including site feasibility services and engaging and connecting project partners and community leaders to communicate the importance of a project and build support in the community.
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We h a v e t a k e n projects through the local municipalities’ entitlement processes, and successfully obtained approvals, while garnering extensive knowledge of the standard design guidelines with different regions to understand and comply with taxincentivized projects and green initiatives.
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PHILOSOPHY & EXPERTISE INNOVATIVE BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Detailed systems analysis throughout the building, regional best practice approaches.
CREATIVE RESIDENTIAL BRANDING Social and servicebased amenities, interior to exterior amenity connectivity, engaging all the senses to create a memorable resident experience and unit design reflecting quality and lifestyle.
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
LIFESTYLE AMENITIES Amenities that serve the social, health, wellness and spirit of the resident along with interior and exterior spaces that promote social interaction.
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We a re a n i n d u s t r y leader in creating urban, transit-oriented developments that provide communityfocused thinking to residential developments, that weaves together a design strategy of higher density, higher quality buildings.
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PHILOSOPHY & EXPERTISE TAX-INCENTIVIZED PROJECT EXPERIENCE We h a v e e x t e n s i v e experience working on projects that are both HUD and LIHTC funded, use historic tax credits, as well as other tax incentives and credits. By knowing how to navigate these protocols, BKV has become knowledgeable partners for private developers and investors, allowing us to jointly provide more af fordable housing projects which generate enough profit to make the development feasible and successful.
THE LIST ON THE RIGHT DISPLAYS BKV GROUP’S 9% LIHTC AWARDS, WITH OTHER PROJECTS BEING 4%. HISTORIC/LIHTC PROJECTS ARE IN BOLD.
COLORADO: North Range Crossing, Commerce City, CO ILLINOIS: Elgin ArtSpace Apartments, Elgin, IL
MINNESOTA: 1400 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN 1500 Nicollet, Minneapolis, MN A-Mill Artist Lofts, Minneapolis, MN Bren Road Station Senior Living, Minnetonka, MN Buzza Lofts of Uptown, Minneapolis, MN Carleton Place Artist Lofts, St. Paul, MN Cavanaugh Senior Housing, Minneapolis, MN Eaglecrest Retirement Community, Roseville, MN Five 15 on the Park, Minneapolis, MN Florence Court Apartments, Minneapolis, MN Grand Central Flats, Columbia Heights, MN Greenway Family Housing, Minneapolis, MN Kaddatz Artist Lofts, Fergus Falls, MN L&H Station, Minneapolis, MN Landings at Silver Lake Village, St. Anthony, MN Landings of Lexington, Lexington, MN Mill City Quarter, Minneapolis, MN Millberry Apartments, St. Paul, MN Millwork Lofts, Minneapolis, MN Preserve at Shady Oak, Minnetonka, MN Press House Apartments, St Paul, MN Rice Street Flats, St. Paul, MN River North Senior Apartments, Coon Rapids, MN Schmidt Artist Lofts, St Paul, MN Second Street Apartments, Minneapolis, MN Selby Grotto Apartments, Bloomington, MN The Bluffs at Liberty Glen, St. Cloud, MN
NORTH CAROLINA: Griffith Commons Apartments, Winston-Salem, NC PENNSYLVANIA: Wyndamere Apartments, York, PA TEXAS: Scharbauer Flats, Midland, TX VIRGINIA: Hazel Hill Apartments, Fredericksburg, VA Echo Mountain Apartments, Woodstock, VA Potomac Woods Senior Housing Phase 1, Woodbridge, VA Potomac Woods Senior Housing Phase 2, Woodbridge, VA Jefferson Heights Senior Housing, Charlottesville, VA Sugarland Hill Senior Housing, Dranesville, VA The Colonies of Arlington, Arlington, VA
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MARYLAND: Fort Washington Senior Housing, Fort Washington, MD Queen’s Manor Apartments, Hyattsville, MD University Manor Apartments, Silver Spring, MD Burnt Mills Crossing Phase 2, Silver Spring, MD Churchill Senior Housing, Gaithersburg, MD Takoma Park Preservation Scattered Sites, Takoma Park, MD Gilbert Highlands Apartments, Takoma Park, MD Antoinette Gardens Apartments, Capitol Heights, MD ArtSpace Apartments, Silver Spring, MD ArtSpace Townhomes, Silver Spring, MD
The Cambric, St. Paul, MN The Grainwood Senior Apartments, Prior Lake, MN The Legends at Silver Lake, St. Anthony, MN The Legends of Apple Valley, Apple Valley, MN The Legends of Blaine, Blaine, MN The Legends at Berry, St. Paul, MN The Legends of Champlin, Champlin, MN The Legends of Columbia Heights, Columbia Heights, MN The Legends of Cottage Grove, Cottage Grove, MN The Legends of Spring Lake Park, Spring Lake Park, MN The Legends of Woodbury, Woodbury, MN Union Flats, St. Paul, MN University Dale Apartments/Rhondo Library, St. Paul, MN Upper Post Flats, Fort Snelling, St. Paul, MN
WASHINGTON DC: Three Tree Flats, Washington, DC Woodson Heights Condominiums, Washington, DC Fairlawn Marshall Scattered Sites, Washington, DC Royal Courts Apartments, Washington, DC Capital Manor Cooperative, Washington, DC Savannah Heights Apartments, Washington, DC Galen Terrace Apartments, Washington, DC WEST VIRGINIA: Cranes Meadow Apartments, Ranson, WV Washington Mews Apartments, Martinsburg, WV
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WHAT WE DO ARCHITECTURE INTERIOR DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION
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VERSATILE & AFFORDABLE BKV Group’s dynamic experience in affordable housing is demonstrated through the variety of housing types we design within – all which have an overarching goal to establish the highest quality of affordable living that promotes and enhances community redevelopment. SENIOR •
Amenity spaces to promote community building within the property
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Provide in-house and community services to residents
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Focused site locations to maintain a connection with community
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Providing both indoor and outdoor amenities for residents such as walk paths, patios, fire pits, and access to local shops
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Flexible spaces that are accessible for residents of all ages.
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Focused play area environments for children both indoors and out.
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Walk up apartments to create a sense of place in the neighborhood.
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Walkable neighborhoods
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Residential units with openness and creative quality
WORKFORCE Access to local transit into metro areas
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Amenities focused on the health and well being of residents for both individual and group activities
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Provide space or built-ins within units for office and desking
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Natural landscape and exterior activities for social interaction
ARTIST •
Amenities that support the livelihood of residents by including spaces such as painting, pottery, music studios and gallery space
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Designing a collaborate environment to live and work in
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Comprehensively addresses space, functional, operational, energy, and maintenance issues.
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Focus on maximizing the functionality of the building
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CREATIVE REUSE •
Creates innovative, cost effective approaches to the improvements required and desired
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Integrating the history and preserving key elements integrated into the design and story of the building
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Focus on maximizing the functionality of the building
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Building growth and revitalization to the neighborhood
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS DESIGNED
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS COMPLETED
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With society currently in the midst of an unprecedented shift with the needs and desires of our gaining population, we are increasingly seeing a need to have well-designed affordable living environments that enhance a resident’s capabilities, utilize their talents and interests, and support their overall well-being.
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CREATING COMMUNITY Our team has been in the forefront of innovative affordable housing design for over 40 years.
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