Bastion was a “special needs” development founded on a unique partnership. Renaissance Property Group entered into an agreement with a New Orleans-based veterans advocacy and support organization in August 2014, after several years of Mr. Miller having acted as its advisor, board member and benefactor. RPG and its nonprofit partner planned to develop a residential community for veterans, based on the belief that in such...
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Orchard View Apartments was developed in two phases. Farmington’s diverse economic base of medical, manufacturing and service sector employers signaled a clear need for quality affordable housing, of which there was little prior to Orchard View. Predictably, the chief impediment to meeting the need was zoning. However, by building a coalition of councilmembers around “the right site”, an “island” of pasture land surrounded by development...
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Rivendell Apartments was developed in two 48-unit phases, the first in 2004 and the second four years later. The project has its origins in a random stop Mr. Miller made while on vacation in 2002, when he discovered an ideal multifamily site, with permissive zoning in place, available for a bargain price. phases I & II After acquiring the land, Mr. Miller began discussing a...
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Idlewild, which marked Renaissance Property Group’s first partnership with Alliant Capital, was built in 2004-05 on an infill site adjoining a creek in this southern Missouri town. Surrounding amenities suggested an ideal site for senior housing, which was scarce in the community, but the wetlands on the site and its floodplain status had long inhibited its development. In order to address these challenges, Mr. Miller...
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Highlands South Apartments placed in service in 2003, was Mr. Miller’s first real estate development. The 62-unit mixed-income property was the first affordable housing development in the upscale Waukesha community in 10 years. Many local real estate observers felt that the only land suitable for multifamily development was unavailable, and that the City Council would not grant discretionary land use approvals for affordable housing. After...
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