Former Lake Orion High School building part of new housing project

The positioning of the previous Lake Orion Excessive Faculty constructing will probably be redeveloped right into a housing challenge.

The redevelopment, known as the Flats and Lofts at West Village, will create 89 residential items and an occasion area on the location utilizing the Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) program.

Based on the Lake Orion Planning and Improvement Workplace, the challenge consists of the rehabilitation of the unique highschool constructing, inbuilt 1927, for 29 flats (The Lofts) and the development of an extra 60 flats (The Flats) on the location.

The positioning is positioned on North Lapeer Road, at Elizabeth Road.

Previously often called the Ehman Middle, the constructing grew to become a highschool within the Fifties when a brand new Lake Orion Excessive Faculty was constructed on E. Scripps Rd. The constructing has been vacant for years and has gone by way of a number of house owners because it was foreclosed on by the Michigan Land Financial institution in 2014.

“The Flats and Lofts at West Village is an thrilling rehabilitation and redevelopment challenge on the location of the beloved 1927 Lake Orion Excessive Faculty,” mentioned Darwin McClary, Lake Orion Village Supervisor. “This challenge additionally displays the neighborhood’s sturdy dedication to selling various housing choices in our downtown, public occasion areas, and distinctive alternatives for our seniors to age within the place they love: the gorgeous Village of Lake Orion.”

The RAP program gives entry to hole financing for place-based infrastructure growth and actual property rehabilitation and growth.

The challenge will obtain a $1.5 million RAP grant to assist redevelopment and new development prices and is anticipated to generate a complete funding of $31 million.

The developer of the challenge will probably be West Village Proprietor, LLC is a subsidiary of West Building Companies, a basic contracting and development firm based mostly in Pontiac.

“For West Building Companies, the West Village Venture is about honoring the previous and investing sooner or later,” mentioned Kyle Westberg, president and CEO of West Building Companies. “By thoughtfully remodeling this historic college into housing and neighborhood area, we’re serving to to carry new residents, native spending and lasting worth to the Village of Lake Orion, whereas preserving a landmark that has all the time been a part of the Village’s historical past.”

Lake Orion is supporting the challenge with a $1.8 million abatement over eight years, and Oakland County has additionally awarded the challenge a $20,000 environmental evaluation grant.