Housing Initiatives of New England, the same group responsible for the transformation of Augusta's old City Hall into elder housing, who like a crack at the Flatiron. On Thursday, the city council
unanimously voted to give them the chance.
The city will lease the landmark building to Cynthia Taylor,
president of nonprofit housing developer Housing Initiatives of New
England -- the same corporation, and woman, responsible for the
redevelopment of the former city hall, which was also Augusta's police
station, into 31 assisted-living apartments called the Inn at City Hall
in 2000.
The flatiron building has been empty since a new Cony High School opened in 2006.
The project is expected to create 44 one- and two-bedroom units, which will rent for between $500 and $729.
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