September 4, 2025

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Evergreen To Build 60-Unit Workforce Housing Development On Denver Health Hospital Campus

Mile High CRE



The Ford Apartments, a 60-unit income-restricted rental community Evergreen Real Estate Group is developing near the Denver Health Hospital Campus, is named after Dr. Justina Ford, the first Black woman to be licensed as a physician in Colorado. (Credit: Meridian 105 Architecture) 


Like many cities across the country, Denver has a critical need for affordable workforce housing, especially around the Denver Health Hospital Campus, one of the city’s densest employment centers. To help fill this void, Taylor Johnson client Evergreen Real Estate Group is developing The Ford Apartments, an income-restricted rental community with 60 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments adjacent to the campus. Our team worked with Evergreen to announce it had closed on the land and received a 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) award through the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA), with a groundbreaking anticipated in early 2026. Various outlets covered the news as a result of our outreach, including Bisnow, Colorado Real Estate Journal, Denver Business Journal, Mile High CREREBusinessOnline and What Now Denver.




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