Helping Build Minnesota—The Union Way

 

The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust builds on nearly 40 years of experience investing union capital responsibly to deliver competitive returns to its participants while generating union construction jobs, affordable housing, and economic and fiscal impacts that benefit the communities where union members live and work.

 

Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the HIT-Financed Projects in Minnesota
Since Inception in 1984

 

 111 $1.9B $2.8B 25.9M 14,454
         
Projects HIT Investment
Amount
Total Development
Cost
Hours of Union
Construction Work

Housing Units
Created or Preserved

         
         
$6.4B 32,661 $2.5B $255.4M 49%
         
Total Economic
Impact
Total Jobs Across
Industries
Total Wages
and Benefits
State and Local Tax
Revenue Generated
Percent Affordable
         

 

       
       

PROJECT PROFILE:  

LABOR RETREAT APARTMENTS

 

The HIT provided $10.8 million in funding for the $19.4 million substantial rehabilitation of the 77-unit, all affordable, Labor Retreat Apartments project in Minneapolis which will create an estimated 47,750 hours of union construction work.

   

PROJECT PROFILE:  

THE AMERICAN COOPERATIVE ON LAKE PHALEN

 

The HIT provided $21.0 million in funding for the $34.3 million new construction of the 56-unit American Cooperative on Lake Phalen in Maplewood which will create an estimated 254,300 hours of union construction work.

 

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Job and economic impact figures are estimates calculated using IMPLAN, an input-output model, based on HIT and HIT subsidiary Building America CDE, Inc. project data. Data is since inception, current as of March 31, 2024. Economic impact data is in 2023 dollars and all other figures are nominal.

 

 

Helping Build Minnesota —The Union Way MARCH 2024
   

 

         
         
Zenith–Duluth   Rise on 7–St. Louis Park   Landmark Tower–St. Paul
 
         

 

“These HIT-funded projects really help us provide multifamily housing. We have been faced with an affordable housing crisis just like many places, so the more we can build the better it will be for working families. And it seems the HIT is always there to help us out.”

 

—Dan McConnell, President

Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council

 

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF MINNESOTA INVESTMENTS

 

Project Location HIT Investment TDC Construction
Work Hours
The Crest Apartments Brooklyn Center $25,014,942 $40,052,670 192,720
42nd & Central Columbia Heights $10,631,900 $21,899,161 140,880
Zenith Duluth $26,682,200 $49,084,470 334,360
The American Cooperative on Lake Phalen Maplewood $20,956,900 $34,267,507 254,300
Greenway Apartments Minneapolis $12,327,300 $26,847,568 176,070
Labor Retreat Apartments Minneapolis $10,750,000 $19,366,543 47,750
Ladder 260 Minneapolis $18,219,487 $34,281,708 203,510
Rise on 7 St. Louis Park $35,103,700 $40,355,688 264,020
Landmark Tower St. Paul $18,660,000 $97,079,980 616,680
Soul St. Paul $64,700,959 $70,470,714 483,560

 

Job and economic impact figures are estimates calculated using IMPLAN, an input-output model, based on HIT and HIT subsidiary Building America CDE, Inc. project data. Data is since inception, current as of March 31, 2024. Economic impact data is in 2023 dollars and all other figures are nominal.

 

Investors should consider the HIT’s investment objectives, risks and expenses carefully before investing. Investors may view the HIT’s current prospectus, which contains more complete information, on its website at www.aflcio-hit.com and may obtain a copy from the HIT by calling the Marketing and Investor Relations Department collect at 202-331-8055. Investors should read the current prospectus carefully before investing.

 

The projects shown on this table may not reflect HIT’s current portfolio for any or all ofthe following reasons: (i) the assets related to the project(s) shown on this table may no longer be held in the HIT’s current portfolio; (ii) other assets in the HIT’s current portfolio may have characteristics different from those shown on this table; and (iii) this table is not a complete list of all the projects financed by the HIT as of the date of this report. A complete list of the HIT’s portfolio holdings as of the most recently disclosed month-end is available upon request or on its website at aflcio-hit.com.

 

 

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