Vanderbilt Apartments

The Vanderbilt Apartments has 134 units of housing for low-income elderly. Public Interest Projects worked with the Board and management of the Vanderbilt to repair and renovate the facade.

Before

Phase I

2005

In early 1998, structural problems in the Vanderbilt facade threatened the viability of this apartment building for low-income elderly. The brick exterior was coming loose from the steel core and stresses from weather and time made it probable that bricks would pop from the nine-story building and potentially cause serious injury. A plan to solve the structural problems was engineered and cost to complete estimated at $2.3 million dollars. Public Interest Projects, Inc. was initially contacted to provide some grant funding, but a review of the building's financials caused serious concern that the debt load would create hardship for the Vanderbilt. PIP also felt that for $2.3 million you should also be able to get an aesthetically improved facade. Working with Jerry Stockbridge, who worked on the team that moved the Cape Hatteras lighthouse, and local architects from Samsel Architects, the structural concerns were addressed and substantial improvements to the facade were made for $1.7 million.

Vanderbilt Apartments
75 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801