Celebrating a New Beginning at the St Stephen’s Court Apartments

Last Thursday, the new community building at the St. Stephen’s Court Apartments was filled to capacity. Residents chatted with architects, developers laughed with construction workers; despite the bad weather, everyone in attendance was full of joy. The renovation work at the St. Stephen’s Court Apartments was complete-and the property looked amazing!

Commissioner Graziano praising the work at St Stephen’s

The Michael Group began work at St. Stephen’s back in July. Since then, the transformation at the property has been striking. Residential units which had not been upgraded since the 70’s, were given a complete overhaul. New kitchens, flooring and fixtures were installed in addition to new windows, HVAC systems and doors. Common hallways were upgraded with new flooring and paint as well as a state of the art security system. Outside, all the entryways were updated with new siding, canopies and glass.

For 40 years, the residents of St Stephen’s had no community space where they could meet, hang out, socialize and have community get-togethers. All that has changed now that the community building has been built. This beautiful building, centrally located on what used to be empty space in the middle of the complex, is now the central meeting place of the residents. It’s filled with natural light, soothing colors and comfy furniture.

Dan McCarthy, Executive Director of Episcopal Housing Corporation MC’d the event. As the developer, Episcopal Housing brought the Michael Group in to the project early on to ensure a successful project. Sure enough, the project  was completed with months to spare, under budget, and with many happy residents.

The Michael Group staff was brimming with pride as Dan told the crowd about the positive experience he had working with the Michael Group. We were especially proud of the great work of Project Manager Jeff Hill and Superintendent Sebastian Soriano. This is the second large scale project that Jeff and Sebastian completed together. The first was the Monte Verde Apartments. Jeff and Sebastian are like a well oiled machine. Any owner interested in doing “resident in place” renovation would be lucky to work with this team!

Thanks to everyone who made this project such a great success-especially the Developer, Episcopal Housing Corporation; the architect, Marks, Thomas Architects and everyone at the Michael Group! Great work everyone!