Affordable housing, retail planned for blighted downtown corner

Two nonprofit developers received a key approval from the city’s preservation panel Tuesday afternoon to redevelop a blighted corner into housing on the west side of downtown. The vote by the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, or CHAP, advances a joint venture by nonprofits Episcopal Housing Corp. and Health Care for the Homeless to build affordable apartments at the intersection of Park Avenue, West Fayette and North Liberty streets.