Housing authority, Pinnacle complete two affordable housing projects

The Housing Authority of the city of Fort Myers and Pinnacle Housing Group LLC have completed redeveloping two former public-housing properties to create 212 affordable housing units. The community Palmetto Court was demolished and the 86-unit master-planned East Pointe Place community was built in its place. At the same time, the existing Sabal Palm Apartments was gutted and rehabbed to serve as the 126-unit Landings at East Pointe.

The apartments are located just north of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard west of Interstate 75.

The combined $38.3 million investment was made possible through a public/private partnership between Pinnacle and Southwest Florida Affordable Housing Choice Foundation Inc., a nonprofit created by the Housing Authority of the city of Fort Myers.