Reno developer turns old motel into affordable apartments for homeless veterans

Curtis Thomas is the first person to pick a unit in a newly renovated apartment complex on Mill Street. The complex used to be a blighted weekly motel. But after 100 days of renovation, it turned into an affordable housing complex for homeless veterans.

"This was uninhabitable," said Dr. Murray Rosenthal, managing member of Mountain Group Property Development, who is responsible for the renovation. "My wife described it as a 'crime scene' when she first saw it."

Rosenthal privately funded the renovation project at the tune of $1.5 million, he said. Rosenthal's team completed the project by working seven days a week and using discounted materials and appliances from the north Carson City Home Depot and Sears stores.

Twenty, 320 square-foot units come fully furnished and are meant for single occupancy with preference toward homeless veterans living temporarily or indefinitely.

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