The Blokable at Phoenix Rising project consists of 12 units of volumetric Bloks, combined into 2 buildings, consisting of 5 studios and 7 one-bedroom units respectively. This is an all-electric permanent housing community which Valley Cities will rent to residents, subsidized with HUD vouchers, who earn 30% to 50% of AMI.

The land is owned and was contributed by Valley Cities Behavioral health, who provide supportive services and congregate housing for youth in addiction recovery. Blokable first visited the site, which was a vacant lot next to the Valley Cities parking lot in the fall of 2017 and entered into a partnership with Valley Cities to develop permanent housing on the site. Valley Cities served as the not for profit services provider, Blokable was the design-build developer and building manufacturer, and the State of Washington through a direct appropriation from the State’s ‘Innovative Housing’ budget, provided the $1.5M in financing. The goal of the project was to prove the efficiency and quality of Blokable’s Vertically Integrated Modular (VIM) business model. Blokable delivered the project on a Guaranteed Maximum (GMAX) contract to Valley Cities at a cost of $1.5M. The full project cost to the State of Washington was $125,000 per door, less than half the Seattle area’s average cost per door, in a region that faces a severe shortage of affordable housing.

Blokable at Phoenix Rising

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