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Malloy Cuts Ribbon on Dye House Apartments

The development restores a historic factory building and adds 57 affordable apartment units to the community.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was in town Friday to cut the ribbon on the Dye House Apartments, one of the final structures in the historic Cheney Mills complex remaining to be restored.

The apartments, developed by the Simon Konover Company, convert a 1914 factory into 57 modern one, two, and three-bedroom apartment units featuring high ceilings, exposed brick walls, and large factory-style windows that preserve the original look and design of the historic structure.

The project was financed through a Low Income Housing Tax Credit under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act and administered by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. The entire apartment complex is designated as affordable housing, with qualifying incomes ranging from as high as 60 percent of median income levels to as low as 25 percent of median income levels.

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Jim Wakim, president of the Simon Konover Company, said that the company has already received almost 200 applications for the 57 units and hope to move the first tenants moved in by mid-June.

Malloy said Connecticut has not built enough affordable housing in the past and that his administration recognized its importance in the state’s economic and social wellbeing. He said he hoped the Dye House apartments would be the first of many more such developments in Connecticut. 

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“Connecticut has built too little affordable housing for too long and we need to jump start our efforts,” Malloy said. “…When Connecticut gets moving again, housing like this is going to be key to our success.” 


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