Chesapeake Community Advisors is serving as the development consultant for Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority and Cornerstone Housing, LLC on the renovation of Effingham Plaza. The project provides housing for seniors in two four-story buildings with 178 one- and two-bedroom units. There is a separate community building with full kitchen and bathrooms. The development has a Section 8 contract covering all of the units.
All 178 units will be fully renovated with new kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, medicine cabinets, toilets and carpet as well as new Energy Star rated HVAC units, windows and appliances. Other improvements include a new fire sprinkler system, new hallway carpet and paint, a recoated standing seam metal roof with 15 year warranty, increased roof insulation, new gutters and downspouts an improved site grading.