Construction to Start for 80-Unit Endwell Apartment Complex

Site preparation work is getting underway for a major housing project near Maine-Endwell Senior High School.

CDS Housing of Webster is developing a four-story building on Hooper Road, just south of the Farm-to-Market Road intersection.

CDS initially had considered constructing a 115-unit complex but the plans were scaled back to reduce the cost of the project. The company now intends to build a structure with 80 units.

A CDS affiliate acquired the six-acre site in 2022 for $475,000. The new complex will be located next door to the Marian Apartments building.

The total project cost is not known. CDS has been awarded nearly $15 million from the state to support the project. Broome County is providing $400,000 in federal money received under the American Rescue Plan Act.

Brian Borth, project superintendent for Christa Construction, said fencing was erected around the Hooper Road site last week. Equipment is being staged there this week.

Excavation work is expected to begin in the next few days. Construction work will continue through the winter.

40 of the 80 units in the new building will offer supportive services for older residents. There will be a "lease preference" for LGBTQ+ residents for eight of the apartments.

The project is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2026.

WNBF NEWS VIDEO: A look back to our initial visit to the Hooper Road site in 2020 when CDS Housing was proposing a larger apartment complex.

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