For more than 80 years, the all-girls Villa Maria Academy provided a Catholic high school education in Cheektowaga.
Now, the six-story former school building is home to 67 new apartments for seniors over the age of 55, after a $22.8 million transformation by a pair of affordable housing developers.
Angela’s House opened last month, designed to provide new housing options in the town for lower-income seniors, while reusing a historic school building that has been vacant for over 17 years.
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It’s a culmination of a long effort by Delta Development of Western New York that began soon after the school was closed in 2006 but only gained traction in the last four years, after Delta teamed up with CB-Emmanuel Realty.
“Affordable housing is an integral component of vibrant communities,” said James F. Lonergan, interim executive director of Delta Development, which is affiliated with Catholic Charities.
Located in a renovated wing of the much larger Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex that is still owned by the Felician Sisters of St. Francis, the…
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