Recently Hubbell Realty announced that they will be renovating two former warehouses to bring 149 new affordable rental units to the downtown housing market. The two current warehouse buildings are the former Hawkeye Transfer Co. warehouse at 720 Elm Street and the former Schmitt-Henry Manufacturing Co building at 309 SW Eight Street. Construction is scheduled to start in a few months and be completed in early 2010. Since this is affordable housing, rents will be in the $540 to $730 a month range with square footage between 530 to 1,419.

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