Pinnacle Construction Group, a Grand Rapids-based design-build firm, has started work on Michigan’s first multifamily certified passive housing development. Pinnacle began the project last month and will host an official groundbreaking ceremony next week for Samaritas Spring Lake, a 53-unit affordable housing rental project, reported Crain’s.
The development will total 43 one-bedroom and ten two-bedroom apartments. Located at 734 E. Savidge Street, the property is expected to be completed in February 2025 and will be certified through the Passive House Institute U.S. Inc., (PHIUS), a sustainable building certification program that focuses on reducing energy to zero or near-zero carbon emissions.
Michigan-based nonprofit affordable housing provider Samaritas will be the majority owner-operator of the approximately $16.3 million development. Pinnacle is the architect, contractor and a minority owner of the project, along with Manistee-based Little River Development LLC, the real estate development arm of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.