CommonBond Communities to outsource, layoff 117 from St. Paul headquarters

CommonBond Communities a nonprofit provider of affordable and supportive housing throughout the Midwest will lay off positions from its St Paul headquarters cutting its central workforce by more than half In a letter to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Enhancement bureaucrats with CommonBond commented they had decided to outsource their property management department and tangential positions from Montreal Ave to other companies within the area The layoffs are scheduled to begin July and continue through Jan impacting a variety of company work units including society source advantage services compliance facilities finance fund progress human support information innovation marketing and communications and property management The reduction in workers will leave a squad of employees covering the remaining business areas No further information was right away available Since CommonBond Communities has managed and developed affordable housing in more than cities across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and South Dakota Its properties include Seward Tower East and Seward Tower West on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis as well as Skyline Tower Wilder Square and Lexington Commons in St Paul The nonprofit is also progressing five affordable housing developments within Highland Bridge including the new Lumin and Harken apartments both of which cater to low-income seniors Related Articles Landfall Village is about to declare its independence Letters Preventing landlords from screening tenants is a one-sided view of our housing complication What s changing with St Paul s new rent control program and tenant protections St Paul City Council ends rent control for housing built after As St Paul prepares to rewrite rent control last-minute amendments loom