CONWAY — A construction firm has been hired for the first of four affordable apartment buildings approved for the Avesta Housing Development Corp. site off Technology Lane.
Patrick Hess, project manager at Avesta, a non-profit based in Portland, Maine, said Tuesday they hope to start construction this fall on the first 40-unit, three-story building.
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