We feel that you have to get the different income groups to mix. Buyers of market-rate units at North Town Village say they bought there because they like the Near North Side, especially Old Town, and they like the product offered by Holsten and Kenard. Some couldn't afford the kind of space they wanted farther east or north. For many, the fact that this is a mixed-income development with a significant number of Chicago Housing Authority replacement units does not seem to have been much of a factor. I hadn't really been shopping.
Prices are out of control.
They were better here. I bought on the second day the sales center was open. It's a healthier way to live in an urban environment. One reason buyers are so accepting of the idea of a mixed-income development at North Town Village is that there are precedents nearby, according to William Moorehead, who acts as landlord for the CHA at Mohawk North. Janice Erickson, a single woman who lives at Mohawk North and recently traded up to buy at North Town Village, agrees.