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Federation Housing Breaks Ground on New Complex
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JARRAD SAFFREN | JE STAFF
FEDERATION HOUSING,
Inc. recently broke ground on
a 54-unit apartment complex in
Willow Grove.

The building will include
affordable, one-bedroom apart-
ments for people 62 and older,
according to a news release. The
Lindy Family Foundation gave
a $1.5 million lead donation to
make the project possible.

Federation Housing is
naming the building Annabel
Gardens after the Lindy family
matriarch, Annabel Flesher
Lindy. Flesher Lindy, who died
in 2010, grew up in a housing
project near the Willow Grove
site. She also was the first female
board member of Federation
Housing. Annabel Gardens should
Federation Housing breaks ground on Annabel Gardens in Willow
Grove. Photo by Jordan Cassway
open in the fall of 2022,
according to Eric Naftulin, the
executive director of Federation
Housing. Rental applications
will be available in a few months.

“Providing high-quality,
low-income housing for seniors
is an important mission,” said
Alan Lindy, who runs the
family foundation with his two
siblings. “The overall mission is
something we’ve supported for
many years.”
Lindy’s organization often
funds this kind of project, but it
doesn’t usually name them after
Federation Housing officials show an artist’s rendering of what
Annabel Gardens will look like upon completion.  Photo by Jordan Cassway
people, he said.

This one, though, was
different. It had proximity to his
mother’s childhood home and to
the cause she cared most about.

“The development was close
to her roots,” Lindy said.

Annabel Gardens is designed
to allow seniors to stay both
independent and in place in
their Montgomery County
community. The complex will have 56
parking spaces and a private
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