Movement could be coming soon with the redevelopment of the former Overton factory site in South Haven. City Manager Brian Dissette tells WSJM News the six acre, city owned property off Indiana Avenue and Elkenburg Street has been eyed by the city council as a location for affordable housing. The body this week authorized Ryan Kilpatrick with Housing Next to issue a Request for Qualifications from developers for the property.
“That will be an invitation for developers to submit proposals for the redevelopment of the Overton site on the city’s south side,” Dissette said. That’s very exciting.”
The city council has a goal of encouraging the development of homes for what it calls the missing middle workforce as housing that can be afforded by the average person becomes more scarce around southwest Michigan. Dissette says the city leadership will continue to work on joint planning sessions with the surrounding township to pursue new housing options.
