Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Headquarters

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity built a new headquarters building to house its staff, coordinate volunteers and provide space for educational and advocacy programs.

Investment

  • NMTC Amount: $9,120,000
  • Total Project Cost: $9,500,000

IMPACT

  • 47 FTE jobs
  • 47 construction jobs

Investor

Voices from the Community

NMTC credits enable us to take on larger projects and house exponentially more low and moderate income homebuyers.

-Betsy Mills, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, Saint Paul, MN

Project Description

In 2012, the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity was looking to build a new headquarters building to house its staff, coordinate volunteers and provide space for educational and advocacy programs. The new construction would be located in St. Paul, in a central location accessible by the city’s light rail transport system. The new facility would provide the organization with an enhanced base of operations through which it could offer more support to families in need. But that new capability would come at a cost: a total of $9.5 million would be needed to build the Twin Cities Habitat’s new home. And in making that investment, Habitat leaders were determined not to compromise the organization’s existing programs and services. Groundbreaking took place in May 2013. The new headquarters facility, consisting of more than 27,000-square-feet of office and meeting space, was completed in early 2014. And true to Habitat for Humanity’s commitment to green building and making the most of recycled materials, it makes generous use of recycled windows, doors, carpets and other components.

MAP

Address: 1954 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN 55104

Census Tract: 27123033200

Other Minnesota Projects

The acquisition of a renovated 32,000 square foot building that now houses educational and job training programs sponsored by Hmong American Partnership.
Recognizing the need to expand services along the Rice Street corridor, OCHC purchased a building at 916 Rice and has renovated and opened its second clinic.
The NMTC financing for construction and other project costs associated with a 23,040 SF manufacturing facility, 7,800 SF warehouse and improvements/upgrades to an existing 4,000 SF building located in Pine