Crosland LLC, one of the Triangle’s leading real estate companies, has teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to donate used appliances to the Durham Hand-Me-Up store. Crosland will donate approximately 90 refrigerators and stoves to Habitat’s program over the next several weeks.
These donated appliances are from the Bristol Arms apartments along Erwin Road across from Duke University Medical Center in Durham. The Bristol Arms apartments are being vacated before demolition to make way for Crosland’s proposed 370-unit apartment and retail Bristol Court project.
“Kitchen appliances are very popular items for our store. It’s these great donations that make it possible for us to build homes in partnership with the less fortunate,” said Steven Thomsen, donations coordinator for the Durham Hand-Me-Up store.
The Durham Hand-Me-Up-Store sells gently used furniture, appliances, and household goods, as well as building and construction materials to the public to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. Last year’s proceeds of $68,000 went towards building two homes in Durham and Orange Counties.
Crosland has a long history with Habitat for Humanity. John Crosland, Jr. helped found the Habitat Charlotte organization in 1983, and former Habitat International CEO Paul Leonard serves on Crosland’s board of directors. John Crosland, Jr. recently made a large gift which allowed Habitat Charlotte to help establish the “John Crosland, Jr Center for Housing.”
Crosland employs 85 people in the Raleigh-Durham market and currently has more than 1,400 multi-family units in the development pipeline, 750,000 square feet of retail space and six single-family communities that include 3,000 residential lots purchased or under contract. Crosland manages nine apartment communities in the Triangle area including Dobbins Hill, The Apartments at Meadowmont, Wakefield Glen, The Apartments at Oberlin Court, Regency Place, Litchford Park, North Forest, Weston Lakeside and Southpoint Village. For more, visit www.croslandraleigh.com
About Habitat for Humanity of Durham
Habitat of Durham transforms lives and communities by making homeownership possible in partnership with people who care. Thanks to the encouragement of Worth Lutz, a small group of clergy and laity met in the Spring of 1985 to discuss the development of a Habitat affiliate in Durham, and by the Fall, it was a reality. On October 24, 1985, Durham County Habitat for Humanity came into being and has since completed 190 homes in Durham. For more information, visit www.durhamhabitat.org.
