NORTH PORT – McDowell Housing Partners announced Sept. 17 that it has closed on the financing needed to begin construction on Ekos at Arbor Park Phase II, a 66-unit affordable housing complex in North Port.

Christopher Shear, president of the Miami-based company, told the Herald-Tribune that construction on the 4.4-acre site was scheduled to begin Sept. 22, even though it has not yet received the $1 million grant awarded by Sarasota County from Hurricane Ian-related Resilient SRQ funds.

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