Helping Build Illinois—The Union Way

 

The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust builds on over 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 Illinois
Since Inception in 1984

 

  125 $1.8B $17.0M $4.0B 22,911
         
Projects HIT Investment
Amount
Building America
NMTC Allocation
Total Development
Cost

Housing Units
Created or Preserved
(69% affordable)

         
         
$8.4B 36.7M 40,839 $3.5B $372.9M
         
Total Economic Impact Hours of Union
Construction Work
Total Jobs Across
Industries
Total Wages and
Benefits
State and Local Tax
Revenue Generated
         

 

       
       

PROJECT PROFILE:  

400 LAKE SHORE

The HIT provided $55.0 million in financing for the $543.3 million new construction of the 635-unit (20% affordable) 400 Lake Shore in Chicago. This project will create an estimated 3,316,100 hours of union construction work.

   

PROJECT PROFILE:  

FOX SHORE

The HIT provided $15.6 million in financing for the $31.2 million acquisition and substantial rehabilitation of the 94-unit (100% affordable) Fox Shore in Aurora. This project will create an estimated 129,820 hours of union construction work.

 

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Includes projects receiving NMTC allocations by HIT subsidiary Building America CDE, Inc. Job and economic impact figures are estimates calculated using IMPLAN, an input-output model, based on HIT and Building America project data. Data is current as of March 31, 2026. Economic impact data is in 2025 dollars and all other figures are nominal.

 

 

Helping Build Illinois —The Union Way MARCH 2026
   

 

         
         
Parkway Lakeside Apartments—O’Fallon   Willa Rawls Manor—Chicago   Belleville Clinic—Belleville (Building America)
         

 

“We appreciate HIT’s commitment to and support of union construction at numerous projects that have put our members to work for nearly 30 years and recognize the benefits this commitment has provided to the workers and the community.”

 

—Michael Macellaio, President

Chicago and Cook County Building Construction Trades Council

 

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF ILLINOIS INVESTMENTS

Project Location HIT Investment/Building
America NMTC Allocation
TDC Construction Work Hours
Fox Shore Aurora $15,610,000 $31,198,443 129,820
Belleville Clinic Belleville $7,000,000 $10,378,685 61,920
400 Lake Shore Chicago $55,000,000 $543,305,000 3,316,100
6900 South Crandon Apartments Chicago $16,836,000 $46,975,331 130,890
Grace Manor Apartments Chicago $4,109,600 $30,215,493 252,230
Imani Village Senior Residences Chicago $2,171,000 $27,085,749 247,830
Willa Rawls Manor Chicago $23,770,000 $46,375,332 73,410
The Villager & Briarwood West Apartments Crystal Lake $16,525,000 $30,737,309 66,490
Southern Hills/Orlando Decatur $21,810,000 $40,873,063 109,000
Two Towers East Moline $18,935,000 $48,967,899 231,900

   

Includes projects receiving NMTC allocations by HIT subsidiary Building America CDE, Inc. Job and economic impact figures are estimates calculated using IMPLAN, an input-output model, based on HIT and Building America project data. Data is current as of March 31, 2026. Economic impact data is in 2025 dollars and all other figures are nominal. Building America is a portfolio investment of the HIT but, unless otherwise noted, its underlying projects are not held in the HIT’s portfolio. 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 at 202-331-8055. Investors should read the current prospectus carefully before investing.

 

The projects listed above may not reflect HIT’s current portfolio for any or all of the 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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