Construction begins on affordable housing project in Oak Park

Groundbreaking ceremonies will be held Tuesday for a $15 million mixed-use development project featuring affordable senior housing and retail space - The Arbors at Oak Park.

The Arbors at Oak Park, at Broadway and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, will include 55 senior apartments, a manager's unit, library/multipurpose room, fitness center, a garden area and more than 4,000 square feet of market-rate commercial space.

It's Related California's first development project in Sacramento region.

Irvine-based Related California is an affiliate of The Related Cos. real estate firms in New York. Related California, which specializes in the development of urban and affordable housing throughout California, has been a member of the California Redevelopment Association since 1998.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and other officials are scheduled to attend Tuesday's ceremonies at 11 a.m.

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Construction begins on affordable housing project in Oak Park