Osborn Commons is Sault Ste. Marie’s first LEED Gold Apartment Building

Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. is pleased to announce the new $14 million Osborn Commons in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, has been certified LEED Gold by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Osborn Commons is located at 215 Governor Osborn Boulevard in “The Soo’s” Moloney Alley redevelopment area of Sault Ste. Marie. LEED, which stands […]
Southface Institute names Denis Blackburne Volunteer of Year

Woda Cooper Companies, Inc.’s Senior Vice President-Development Denis Blackburne will be honored by the Southface Institute as a recipient of its prestigious Volunteer of the Year award. The award will be presented during the nonprofit’s virtual Winter Solstice event on December 17, 2020. This recognition reflects Mr. Blackburne’s many contributions supporting Southface’s mission to create […]
Jeffrey J. Woda named to West Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame; Boury Lofts wins West Virginia’s annual Housing Award
October 3, 2019, Columbus, OH…Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. earned two prestigious distinctions at the 2019 West Virginia Housing Awards Ceremony in Charleston, West Virginia, on September 20, 2019. The ceremony was held as part of the state’s annual housing conference Upward Together sponsored in part by the West Virginia Housing Development Fund. The honors included […]
Grace Meadows wins 2019 Excellence in Rural Housing Award

September 10, 2019, Cleveland, OH…Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. is pleased to announce that Grace Meadows in Jeffersonville, OH, earned the 2019 Excellence in Rural Housing Award from USDA Rural Development (RD)’s Hillsboro Area Office. The award recognized Grace Meadows, a 1BR, 2BR, and 2BR townhome community, for its excellent physical enhancements including restored outdoor benches, […]
Woda Cooper Companies earns LEED certifications for two Ohio affordable senior communities

Updated September 23, 2019…Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. announces today its two newest properties in Ohio earned LEED certifications. Fairwood Commons in Columbus was rated LEED Platinum, the US Green Building Council’s highest level in its LEED for Homes program. Audubon Crossing in Dayton earned the second highest rating possible with LEED Gold. Fairwood Commons, opened […]
Bell Diamond Manor wins Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Award at International Builders’ Show

February 21, 2019, Norfolk, VA…Woda Cooper Companies’ Bell Diamond Manor won the top honor for Best Acquisition/Rehabilitation of an Affordable Apartment Community in the Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards at this week’s International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. The Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards are presented by the National Association of Home Builders […]
Nelsonville School Commons named Best Residential Rehabilitation in Heritage Ohio’s Annual Preservation and Revitalization Awards

Columbus, OH, October 30, 2018…Nelsonville School Commons in Nelsonville, OH, was named Best Residential Rehabilitation at Heritage Ohio’s Annual Preservation and Revitalization Awards Ceremony recently held in Cleveland. The award recognized the $9.6 million development led by Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. to adapt Nelsonville’s historic but crumbling school complex into 33 affordable apartment homes for […]
Mallalieu Pointe opens as East Point, GA’s first LEED Platinum property

August 30, 2018…Community leaders, including East Point Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham; representatives of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (Georgia DCA); leaders from Southface Energy Institute; and other supporters joined co-developer Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. recently to celebrate the opening of Mallalieu Pointe, 2621 Church Street, East Point, GA. The $13.5 million facility offers 67 […]