LDG Consulting Celebrates Ten Years: Honoree No. 1 is Mercy Housing Southeast

Year 10 Honoree: Mercy Housing Southeast (Pictured here: Alrich Lynch of LDG Consulting and James Alexander of Mercy Housing Southeast)

20 Jan 2020

In honor of Ten Years in Business, LDG Consulting is highlighting twelve of our top clients from this past decade. We are elated to announce Honoree Number One: Mercy Housing Southeast. Mercy Housing is redefining affordable, low-income housing. They’re a national nonprofit organization that is working to build a more humane world where poverty is alleviated, communities are healthy and all people can develop their full potential.

Mercy Housing is one of the nation’s largest affordable housing organizations, participating in the development, preservation, management and/or financing of affordable, program-enriched housing across the country. They acquire and renovate existing housing, as well as develop new affordable rental properties.

Nearly three years ago today, we were asked to be a part of an impressive partnership of community commitment and love between Mercy Care and Mercy Housing Southeast – the Atlanta regional office of one of the largest affordable housing organizations in the US founded in the 80s by the Sisters of Mercy and located in Denver, CO. Mercy Care in Chamblee is a LEED SILVER health care facility right next door to Senior Residences at Mercy Park, a senior housing project. Situated on a 1.6-acre site in Chamblee, Georgia, this four-story multi-family development ensures that those 62 and older who are of low-income have an exceptional place to call home. Many units are also reserved for veterans. This development ensures that its senior residents have an outstanding place to live with the best of medicinal care at their fingertips.

James Alexander, Mercy Housing Southeast President

James Alexander, President, Mercy Housing Southeast knows all too well the unique housing challenges associated with Atlanta’s seniors. In an NPR interview in late 2018, James had this to say about Atlanta affordable housing: “Ensuring that the affordable housing that is built is also in areas of choice and opportunity in the city. Can people who live in affordable housing have access to healthcare, groceries and quality schools and can we ensure that that affordable housing isn’t just in low-income areas.”

Mercy Park received Urban Land Institute Atlanta’s 24th Annual Award for Excellence in Civic / Institutional Development. The project combines a 79-unit affordable senior housing community with a 50,000 square foot health clinic that provides adult and pediatric primary, mental health, and dental care services to residents as well as the greater community. Located in a district that is rapidly transitioning from an industrial area to a lively mixed-use residential, commercial, retail and services neighborhood, it also enjoys being within ¼ mile of a MARTA station.

View our other blog posts and articles on Mercy Park:

• Mercy Park Project Details

• 26 Sept 2018: Mercy Housing Southeast’s James Alexander is Interviewed by NPR on Affordable Housing

• 31 July 2018 | Mercy Park Named Finalist in ULI Atlanta’s 2018 Awards

• 11 Apr 2018: Mercy Park is Completed

• Dec 2017: Mid-Project: LDG is asked to increase cope of work on Mercy Park

• 11 Apr 2017: Drone video footage of Mercy Park being built

• 1 Feb 2017: LDG is selected to be a part of the project

Stay tuned this year to find out our other eleven honorees!

ABOUT MERCY HOUSING: Mercy Housing is one of the nation’s largest affordable housing organizations. They participate in the development, preservation, management and/or financing of affordable, program-enriched housing across the country. They acquire and renovate existing housing, as well as develop new affordable rental properties. | mercyhousing.org

ABOUT MERCY HOUSING SOUTHEAST: Mercy Housing Southeast (MHSE) provides affordable homes to people with low incomes, including families, seniors, people who have experienced homelessness, and people with disabilities. With 45 properties throughout Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee, MHSE serves more than 5,200 people every day. MHSE supplements much of its housing with Resident Services, programs that help residents build stable lives. MHSE is a regional branch of Mercy Housing, Inc. (MHI), a leading national affordable housing nonprofit headquartered in Denver, CO. | mercyhousing.org/southeast

ABOUT LDG CONSULTING: LDG Consulting is a boutique advisory and implementation firm. We advise visionary developers and owners on how best to realize their commercial real estate goals and we help them profitably execute their vision. Our diverse backgrounds provide a full-breadth of services – we not only understand the problems in the field but we also explain the impacts on the project proforma; we easily transition between the rugged project site and the corporate board room. As a result, we are as comfortable in our construction boots as we are in our corporate suits.™ | ldgconsulting.com