HIGHER-MINDED LEARNING DOWN UNDER

“Given our on-going redevelopment planning for University Village at Governors University in University Park, Illinois,” explains ReTown President & Managing Director Jim Louthen, “ReTown has great appreciation for projects related to education.” ReTown has proposed a 56-unit mixed income attached single family development adjacent to the University Park Metra Station. The following is a re-post of a story about Curtin University …

KING STREET STATION RESTORATION IN SEATTLE

ReTown President & Managing Director and our company have worked extensively on transit-oriented developments (TODs) and train stations. ReTown redeveloped the Metra station in Palatine, Illinois, and has also been involved with plans for the Amtrak intermodal station in Detroit, Michigan, a TOD and downtown design for Mundelein, Illinois, an intermodal transit station in Waukegan, Illinois, and a TOD and downtown design …

RETOWN Press Release

President & Managing Director Jim Louthen is proud to announce the introduction of ReTown, a highly integrated team of real estate planners, investors, and builders dedicated to thoughtful revitalization of towns and cities. The ReTown approach has three phases: ReThink, ReInvest, and ReBuild.

GOING GREEN IN SOUTH AFRICA

ReTown President & Managing Director Jim Louthen’s education in landscape architecture has influenced our company’s philosophy to find that balance between man-made structures and nature at ReTown.  We recently saw this story about a wonderful development by architect David Adjaye in Johannesburg, South Africa.  The original story and links from Dezeen magazine can be viewed here. Adjaye Associates has unveiled a …

BROADWAY BUILDING, Lorain, Ohio

ReTown President & Managing Director Jim Louthen is proud and excited to announce a collaboration with The Broadway Building Partners and Arkinetics to redevelop the Broadway Building, formerly the Spitzer Hotel.

RIVERSONG, Farmington, New Mexico

RiverSong Life Community is a 150-acre planned development on Browning Parkway in Farmington, NM — comprised of lodging, retail, office, and residential spaces. This is the first of several hotel projects planned for RiverSong.

ROBBINS REVITALIZATION, Robbins, Illinois

Retown President & Managing Director Jim Louthen is pleased to formally announce a partnership with The Will Group, a multi-disciplinary company specializing in roadway infrastructure, led by Stephen L. Davis, founder and Chairman. The Will Group will invest $8 million to fund the industrial development project, a quarry and underground limestone mine that will be operated by Rib Mountain Aggregate, a Will Group company.

GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY, University Park, Illinois

Governors’ Pointe is a proposed 56 unit mixed income attached single family development adjacent to the University Park Metra Station. The proposed project financing is through the 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit program through the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Soft Private Equity Sources. The targeted income for the tenant population is 30% AMI, 60% …

BROADWAY BUILDING Lorain, Ohio

ReTown is proud and excited to collaborate with The Broadway Building Partners on the redevelopment of the Broadway Building, formerly the Spitzer Hotel. The redevelopment is an adaptive reuse of the historical building into new market rate up-scale luxury rental housing targeting active adult seniors and young professionals.

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