DAYTON, Ohio ( WDTN ) — Five Dayton neighborhoods are getting revamped thanks to a project yielding more than $80 million in investments.
Hilltop Homes and Desoto Bass Courts are next on the list for Greater Dayton Premier Management (GDPM) and the city of Dayton, with a combined 234 units to be demolished and redeveloped.
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There are more than 150 units in the Hilltop neighborhood. The GDPM says the homes are outdated, no longer meeting the modern needs of residents.
“Could we rehab the property? And the needs far exceeded what we could afford and what it would cost to build new. And so we felt that it was a property that we needed to take out of our inventory and relocate residents to better units,” said Kiya Patrick, vice president of strategic development with GDPM.
The plan for Hilltop is to expand the park currently next to the complex.
Patrick says there are still roughly 30 units that are being occupied and they hope to have those residents relocated by June.