Kelly Place Condos coming together
12-unit workforce housing project scheduled for summer 2022 completion
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Jackson’s newest workforce housing project is receiving notice from industry publications. Kelly Place Condos (430-440 West Kelly Avenue) mention in NMA’s blog highlighted the unique project solution to what are growing housing challenges in almost every community across America.
In tourist communities like Jackson Hole, finding affordable places to live has been especially challenging for decades now. The Town of Jackson and Teton County have been working since 2007 to solve housing problems. Jackson/Teton County Affordable Housing Department was created to address the challenges after 2012.
“Only 3% of the land in the valley available for development, the issue reached a new level in the last year in 2020,” wrote NMA. “Can workers live where they work? Median home prices rose 23-44% in the last twelve months, pricing out even middle- and higher-income locals to be able to afford market-rate homes.”
And then comes a pandemic. No one could have fully anticipated the increased demand for housing stock that COVID has brought to nearly every community—Teton County included.
Housing director April Norton shared Kelly Place Condos with NMA. The development will be finished summer of 2022. The 12-unit condo project is described by Norton as “urban lifestyle meets mountain town.” Certainly not your typical low-cost housing.
“Kelly Place Condos will be built with unified materials in mind to create a humble edifice that will draw people in to experience its details,” Norton says. “The envelope material will be a cedar rainscreen, reflecting the broad historical use of wood within the valley and allowing for evolution and weathering over time. Parking will be located on the backside of the building, which will provide more curb appeal and highlight the building instead of residents’ cars.”
Mayor Haley Morton Levinson added, “Our community is extremely grateful that our Housing Department has been working so hard to develop partnerships for years, which means that some solutions, like the Kelly Place Condos, are already in progress.”
