# Bath Housing Starts 47-Unit Anchorage South Apartments for Older Adults in Bath > Bath Housing has broken ground on Anchorage South, a 47-unit affordable complex at 80 Congress Ave. in Bath, Maine, with completion expected in early 2028. - Published: 2026-10-28T16:18:09+00:00 - Section: Expansion - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-28/bath-housing-anchorage-south-groundbreaking - Source: [Mainebiz](https://mainebiz.biz/article/more-affordable-apartments-for-bath-residents-in-the-works/) ## Key takeaways - Bath Housing broke ground on Anchorage South, a 47-unit affordable apartment complex at 80 Congress Ave. in Bath, Maine. - Anchorage South will serve older adults earning at or below 60% of area median income and is expected to be completed in early 2028. - The project is funded by MaineHousing, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, Efficiency Maine and Low Income Housing Tax Credit Equity through WNC. Bath Housing has broken ground on Anchorage South, a 47-unit affordable apartment complex at 80 Congress Ave. in Bath, Maine, [Mainebiz](https://mainebiz.biz/article/more-affordable-apartments-for-bath-residents-in-the-works/) reported on October 28, 2026. The four-story building will house older adults with incomes at or below 60% of the area median income, and completion is expected in early 2028. ## Inside the Anchorage South Plans Anchorage South is the first phase of [Bath Housing](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/002cdob/bath-housing)'s master plan to transform more than 17 acres along Congress Avenue into a mixed-income neighborhood with rental and ownership housing options. The building has been designed for accessibility, comfort and energy efficiency. Ouellet Construction, based in Brunswick, is the project contractor, and Portland's Ryan Senatore Architecture handled design. Funding comes from [MaineHousing](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0007n6o/mainehousing), the [Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0008vdr/federal-home-loan-bank-of-boston), Efficiency Maine and Low Income Housing Tax Credit Equity through Irvine, Calif.-based WNC. Site work began in August with the demolition of Bath Housing's former administrative office building, which was built in 1992 by local vocational students. Bath Housing worked with Habitat for Humanity 7 Rivers ReStore to salvage materials from the building and keep repurposable materials out of landfills. When completed, Anchorage South will provide new housing for residents of the Anchorage, a property Bath Housing has owned and managed since 1977. The long-term goal is to demolish that older building to free up land to potentially develop up to 70 mixed-income housing units. As part of the Congress Avenue development plan, Bath Housing placed over 10 acres into a conservation easement with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and will also install a new bus shelter on Centre Street. ## Bath Housing's Recent Building Record According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Bath Housing manages 208 or more apartments for seniors, families and individuals across the Bath region. The nonprofit's existing portfolio of 184 units in the city of Bath preceded the addition of 24 units at 540 Centre Street, a complex Mainebiz reported leased in just two months. Bath Housing was established in 1969, and its development corporation was formed in 1984. The organization administers 134 Section 8 vouchers and runs the Comfortably Home aging-in-place program, according to the same records. ## How Other Developers Are Expanding [Wood Partners](https://www.citybiz.co/article/924921/wood-partners-to-break-ground-on-372-unit-multifamily-community-in-north-charlotte/) will break ground in November on Village Park, a 372-unit multifamily community in Charlotte's Highland Creek and Prosperity Church area, with J.P. Morgan financing and an opening planned for May 2028, citybiz reported on October 27, 2026. [Constructora Bolívar](https://www.portafolio.co/negocios/empresas/constructora-bolivar-vendio-6-000-viviendas-en-el-primer-semestre-y-sostiene-su-meta-de-3-billones-para-este-ano-505125) sold about 6,000 homes in the first half of 2026 and expects to sell 10,000 by year-end, Portafolio.co reported on October 26, 2026. [Breck Homes](https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2026/10/24/breck-homes-targets-midlands-expansion-with-senior-hire) appointed Joe Menna as head of land for its Central region to accelerate affordable housing development across the Midlands, Bdaily reported on October 24, 2026. ## What Comes Next for Congress Avenue Bath Housing expects Anchorage South to be completed in early 2028. The long-term plan calls for demolishing the existing Anchorage building to free land for up to 70 mixed-income units, and the Congress Avenue plan includes a new bus shelter on Centre Street. ## Companies in this story - [Bath Housing company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/002cdob/bath-housing) · website: https://www.bathhousing.org - [Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0008vdr/federal-home-loan-bank-of-boston) · website: http://fhlbboston.com - [MaineHousing company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0007n6o/mainehousing) · website: https://www.mainehousing.org --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt