AHEPA Senior Living breaks ground on second South Bend community
                     AHEPA Senior Living breaks ground 
on second South Bend community
 South Bend, Indiana – AHEPA Senior Living (ASL), a nationwide nonprofit provider of 
affordable multifamily housing for older adults, held a groundbreaking ceremony for AHEPA 
100 Phase II Apartments in South Bend, Ind., Oct. 10, 2024, announced ASL President and 
CEO Steve Beck.
 AHEPA 100 II, Inc. Board President Panos Niarchos welcomed the attendees. The speaking 
program featured Indiana State Senator Linda Rogers, Courtney Papa, regional director, U.S. 
Senator Todd Young; Griffin Nate, district director, U.S. Representative Rudy Yakym; HUD 
Account Executive Jessica Duarte and Senior Project Manager Coordinator Mary Watkins, 
and AHEPA Supreme Vice President E. Chris Kaitson, who also serves on the local housing 
board, AHEPA 29, Inc., Houston. Beck moderated the program, which also featured a 
ceremonial first shovel dig.  Rev. Father Alexis Torrance, University of Notre Dame 
Department of Theology, performed the ground blessing.
 AHEPA Senior Living board members who participated included Executive Committee 
Members Angelo Kostarides and Charrie Regopoulos and Directors Kathy Bizoukas and 
Angela Magrames. AHEPA Supreme Treasurer Themistocles Frangos and AHEPA Board of 
Trustees Member Louis G. Atsaves attended.
 “I applaud AHEPA for what they’re doing and adding on with the second building for new 
residents. This is a great day for those of us in our community, and I’m so thankful that you 
have chosen to be here,” State Senator Rogers said.
 AHEPA 100 II Apartments will be a three-story, 72-unit HUD-assisted affordable senior living 
community located on 3.86 acres. It will be the second affordable senior housing community 
administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 202 
program and managed by AHEPA Senior Living in South Bend. AHEPA 100 II, Inc., is the 
project’s nonprofit sponsor.
 AHEPA Senior Living closed on the $20.45 million deal on October 8, 2024. Financing is 
comprised of a $7.3 million HUD Section 202 capital advance, $10.161 million low-income 
housing tax credit allocation, and a permanent mortgage loan.
 “The need for affordable housing, especially for seniors, is great,” Beck said. “In South Bend, 
our Phase One community has a waitlist. So, we are excited and proud to help seniors who 
need safe and dignified housing with the addition of 72 units thanks to our financing partners 
and with the support we received from HUD and the Indiana Housing and Community 
Development Authority.”
 The event earned media coverage from WNDU16 News Now, ABC57, Inside INdiana
 Business, Senior Housing News, and McKnights Senior Living.
 AHEPA Senior Living affordable independent living communities offer very low-income older 
adults, 62 and over, residential apartment-home living with the voluntary supportive services 
they may need to continue to live independently as they age. Through service coordination, 
the services may include meal services, case management, transportation assistance, public 
benefits programs enrollment assistance, fitness and wellness programs, housekeeping 
assistance, and health services. As HUD Section 202 developments, they are subsidized and 
provide rental assistance for very low-income seniors.
 (Photo credit: Tristan Anderson (Milieu Media)
 About AHEPA Senior Living
 Serving more than 5,000 older adults across the United States, AHEPA Senior Living (ASL) is 
a mission-driven, nationwide provider of affordable independent and assisted senior living 
communities.
 Since 1980, it has developed and managed more than 90 affordable senior housing 
communities in 21 states administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program.
 Through its subsidiaries, ASL owns and manages four affordable assisted living communities 
with 532 units in Indiana.
 The mission of ASL is to provide older adults with safe, healthy, and enriching affordable 
residential communities and quality services that allow them to thrive and enjoy peace of 
mind.
 To support our mission, please visit https://ahepaseniorliving.org/donate/
 AHEPA Senior Living is based in Fishers, Ind.
Get in touch with us
AHEPA 100 Senior Apartments AHEPA 78 II Senior Apartments
53871 Generations Drive, 2080 W. 79th Place,
South Bend, IN 46635 Merrillville, IN 46410
(574) 243-1300 (219) 791-0708
[email protected] [email protected]
AHEPA 78 Senior Apartments Penelope 60 Senior Apartments
2078 W. 79th Place, 810 S. Merrifield Avenue,
Merrillville, IN 46410 Mishawaka, IN 46544
(219) 791-9082 (574) 252-4466
[email protected] [email protected]