Renovation coming to Hawthorne Apartments

The owner of Hawthorne Place Apartments, home to 2,700 people in northeast Independence, has a $43 million plan to renovate the housing complex’s 745 apartment units.

All apartments would get new heating-and-cooling systems – saving residents money – as well as new cabinets and countertops and new bathroom fixtures, among other improvements.

The Independence Development Authority this week approved Preservation of Affordable Housing’s intent to issue tax-exempt housing revenue bonds to finance the project, which could start by the end of the year and last up to two years. Continued here