A $63 million affordable housing community broke ground Wednesday in Naples. Ekos Creekside is a project by Miami-based affordable housing developer McDowell Housing Partners. It is the first development in Collier County to be delivered under Florida’s Live Local Act, according to a statement.
At 6360 Collier Blvd., Ekos Creekside will consist of 160 apartments in a seven-story residential building as well as an amenitized clubhouse. The community will be available to those in households making 30 to 80% of the area median income.
“With 160 apartments for working families, in a prime location along the Tamiami Trail corridor, and with rents more than 30% below market, Ekos Creekside is our fourth affordable housing development in Naples, and our most impactful,” McDowell Housing Partners President Christopher Shear says in a statement…