Casanas Village at Frenchtown Square is an 88 unit mixed-income workforce housing community within the historic Frenchtown neighborhood of Florida’s capitol city of Tallahassee. This development, a partnership with the non-profit Big Bend Community Development Corporation, is a single five-story residential building, with the leasing offices for the development contained within the multi-generational Casañas family home that has been preserved as part of the development. Casañas Village at Frenchtown Square contains 80 affordable and 8 market rate units. Additional common amenities, commercial bays for two “live/work lofts” and under-the-building parking are contained in the first floor of the structure, as well as design elements that harken back to Frenchtown’s days as a jazz mecca.
Amenities
- 20 one bedroom units
- 53 two bedroom units
- 15 three bedroom units
- 8 unit of the total are unrestricted and available at market rate rents
- 2 market rate units paired with ground-floor commercial/flex space to create “live-work lofts”
- Fitness center
- Cyber lounge
- Under the building parking available
- Outdoor recreation area with playground & barbeque
- Public art: Sculpture of Frenchtown pioneer Aurelío Angel Casañas
Photo Gallery
