The Town of Nantucket Affordable Housing Trust Fund (the “Trust”) is seeking proposals from qualified developers for the development and ongoing management of no more than thirty-two (32) units of workforce rental housing consistent with Section 139-8D of the Nantucket Zoning Bylaws on the property owned by the Trust  located at 135 and 137 Orange Street, Nantucket, as shown on the Plans and Maps included in Attachment A  and more particularly described in the Deeds attached hereto as Attachment B (the “Property”).  The Property also has the benefit of a twenty-five foot (25’) wide access easement over a portion of 141 Orange Street as described in the Grant of Easement attached hereto as Attachment C. The Property contains a total of thirty-four thousand seven-hundred and forty-six 34,746 ± square feet.  The parcel of land located at 135 Orange Street contains 14,374 ± square feet and the parcel of land at 137 Orange Street contains 20,372 ± square feet.  The Trust intends to enter into a long-term ground lease and a development agreement with the selected proposer requiring the developer to construct affordable workforce housing thereon and restricting the use of the Property for such purposes. All units created must be eligible for inclusion on Nantucket’s Subsidized Housing Inventory as maintained by the Department of Housing & Community Development.

The purpose of this RFP is to select a developer with demonstrated experience and capacity to develop and manage a residential development project that best addresses the needs and goal of the community as described in this RFP.  The Trust anticipates that proposers and/or members of their respective development teams will have demonstrated successful experience with developing and maintaining affordable rental housing, as well as the programs providing subsidy and services for such development.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #2023-TON-0426 SCHEDULE REVISION

The deadline to submit Proposals for Workforce Affordable Rental Housing Development at 135 & 137 Orange Street Project is Friday, October 4^th, 2023 at 3:00PM at the Town of Nantucket Procurement Office, 37Washington Street, Nantucket, MA 02554, Attn: Brian Turbitt, Chief Procurement Officer. 

Interested proposers are strongly encouraged to attend an on-site briefing session on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Nantucket Public Safety Facility, 4 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA 02554. Registration to attend the briefing is required no later than 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. To register, or for additional information related to the site visit, please send an e-mail to procurement@nantucket-ma.gov.