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Crane Ordway Conversion to Affordable Housing in Works

ST. PAUL-The Minneapolis-based nonprofit developer Central Community Housing Trust plans to renovate the vacant 100-year-old warehouse Downtown to create 61 units of affordable housing.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on May 19, 2004

ST. PAUL-Central Community Housing Trust plans to renovate the 100-year-old Crane Ordway warehouse Downtown to create 61 units of affordable housing. The 17-year-old Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization is planning a $9.4-million renovation of the historic, vacant warehouse at Fifth and Wall streets in the Lowertown area.

There would be 61 housing units on the top four levels, with office space and other uses on the lower two floors. The agency, which has an option to buy the 100-year-old building, plans to close the deal by year’s end. The project is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Completed in 1904, the building is part of St. Paul’s Lowertown Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by the renowned Reed & Stem architecture firm, which also designed the St. Paul Hotel here and Grand Central Station in New York City. The building has been vacant for 30 years.

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