Fox Valley Apartments
McShane completed the adaptive reuse construction of Fox Valley Apartments in Aurora, Illinois. The firm renovated two historic school buildings and constructed one new building to provide a total of 47 affordable housing units.
Located at 641 S. Lake Street, McShane remodeled Lincoln Elementary School, a 39,000-square-foot building originally constructed in 1893, to accommodate 14 apartment units. Also on that site, McShane constructed a new two-story, 28,000-square-foot building to offer 22 additional affordable workforce units.
Originally an elementary school constructed in the early 1900s, Mary A. Todd School at 100 Oak Avenue was transformed to 11 apartment units and a health care clinic for uninsured or underinsured families.
During the remodeling process, McShane prioritized keeping historical features of the schools, including trim, flooring, chalkboards, lockers, windows, and doors. Units are offered in one- to three-bedroom floorplans. Shared amenities include a laundry room, a community room, a computer lab, and tenant storage.
The project was designed to achieve NGBS Silver Certification.
