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 Advancement officers with CommonBond noted 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 locality pool advantage services compliance facilities finance fund advance human support information hardware marketing and communications and property management The reduction in workers will leave a band of employees covering the remaining business areas No further information was promptly 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 evolving 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 dilemma What s changing with St Paul s new rent control framework 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