Detroit’s Henry Street Restoration Includes Seven Buildings, 170 Units and a Full City Block Marking a momentous day in The District Detroit, Cinnaire Solutions and Olympia Development of Michigan were joined on August 28 by Mayor Mike Duggan, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, Housing and Revitalization Department and other city officials to commence the restoration […]
Residents of River Crest Apartments in Detroit’s east side—as well as the local community—have access to a new affordable, environmentally friendly transportation option with the launch of an electric vehicle carsharing system through the national Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP) program. A kickoff event held at River Crest Apartments showcased the EV carshare system and its charging station. Residents
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Historically, women have faced barriers to success in the commercial real estate development industry. Cinnaire, in collaboration with the Women’s Sustainable Development Initiative (WSDI), is addressing those barriers with the launch of the Women Empowered to Build (WE Build) Program in Detroit. This pioneering initiative is a yearlong free training and mentoring program kicking off
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An innovative Lease Purchase Program, headed by Cinnaire in partnership with the City of Detroit, CHN Housing Partners, and other local partners, has enabled 73 families in Detroit to transition from renting to sustainable homeownership since the program’s inception in 2019. The Advancing Communities Through Homeownership initiative uses five steps to homeownership to assist low-income
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Marygrove Early Childhood Education Center Provides Transformative Cradle-to-Career Educational Opportunities for Detroit Families Cinnaire recently joined our partners from Starfish Family Services, the Kresge Foundation, IFF, Capital Impact Partners, Northern Trust and MBS Urban Initiatives to virtually celebrate the grand opening for the Marygrove Early Education Center in Detroit. In a first for Detroit’s children,
Cinnaire was recently selected as a Detroit Free Press Top Workplace 2018. The companies recognized in the Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces program were selected from the results of an employee survey. The Detroit Free Press partnered with Energage, an employee research and culture technology firm to determine the 2018 Top Workplaces, presented by the Better Business Bureau. “We
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For the fifth straight year, Cinnaire has been named one of Crain’s Detroit Business Cool Places to Work in Michigan. Cinnaire is rated #49 out of 100 organizations on the 2018 Cool Places List. The Cool Places to Work list is a statewide survey created in 2012 and compiled annually by Crain’s and Best Companies Group. It was designed to identify,
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Annual Program Recognizes the Best Employers in the Nonprofit Industry Cinnaire was recently recognized as a 2018 Best Nonprofit to Work For by the Nonprofit Times, the leading business publication for Nonprofit Management. This is the fourth time Cinnaire has been selected for this prestigious list, with an overall ranking as 27 of the top 50
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Lucius Vassar to Lead Cinnaire’s Targeted Detroit Investment Strategy Cinnaire recently announced Lucius Vassar has been appointed Senior Vice President, Detroit Market Leader. As the Senior Vice President, Detroit Market Leader, Lucius will lead Cinnaire’s Priority City Initiative in Detroit. As part of the Priority City Initiative, Cinnaire will continue to dedicate resources to support
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Award Provides Financing to Support Affordable Housing for Low- and Very-Low Income Communities Cinnaire was recently awarded $4.15 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Capital Magnet Fund. The grants will be used to support affordable housing and community development throughout Cinnaire’s footprint. The Capital Magnet Fund helps
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Partnership will work to bolster Detroit’s lease purchase program Cinnaire and CHN Housing Partners recently announced they have entered into a partnership to bolster the performance of our lease purchase developments in the City of Detroit. The partnership leverages CHN’s nationally recognized expertise in creating a successful lease purchase model to assist with nearly 200
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GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY CELEBRATES UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM IN DETROIT This September, business leaders, foundations, government officials and Detroit residents celebrated the groundbreaking for the M-1 RAIL Streetcar project. An unprecedented public-private partnership and model for regional collaboration, the M-1 RAIL Streetcar project is the first major transit project led and funded by private businesses and
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