An ordinance authorizing the negotiated sale of City-owned land at 2311-2315 S. State Street and providing up to $11.9 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) assistance passed City Council today to support the development of Southbridge Phase 1C. 

The project will transform a vacant site, unused since 1982, into an 80-unit high-rise mixed-use building at the southeast corner of 23rd Street and State Street. Southbridge Phase 1C will include studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom rental apartments, with 44 units designated as affordable for households earning 30%, 60%, and 80% of Area Median Income (AMI). The development also features approximately 1,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and tenant amenity areas. 

The mixed-income residential project is transit-served and is expected to create approximately 90 construction jobs and seven permanent positions. It continues the ongoing implementation of the Southbridge redevelopment plan, revitalizing the former Harold Ickes Homes public housing community and expanding housing opportunities for former Ickes residents with a right of return. 

This initiative returns an underutilized parcel to productive use, providing new affordable and market-rate housing options that support equitable growth in the neighborhood.