DALLAS, May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AMTEX
Multi-Housing, LLC, held a business outreach and job fair in
Houston on Thursday, May 16, in partnership with the
City of Houston's Council District
B. The job fair focused on Section 3 job seekers and businesses who
were interested in working with construction-related companies and
suppliers to help build a multi-family affordable housing community
in North Houston. The new
community, called Green Oaks (https://bit.ly/2JMmC5B), is a
177-unit affordable housing development that will begin
construction in August and is AMTEX's second project in
Houston.
The job fair attracted 170+ people. Opportunity Day is thought
to be one of the most well-attended job fairs for District B and a
real estate developer.
"Opportunity Day was a unique partnership for us with
Houston Council's District B to
attract local talent for our newest affordable housing project in
the city," said Darin Hansen, VP of
Forward Planning and Entitlements for AMTEX. "We believe that
finding the best local construction talent was the right thing to
do, and it's also great not only for us as we get ready to start
building the project, but also for Houston workers. We applaud
Councilman Jerry Davis and Houston's
District B Council for partnering with us on this important
event."
A majority of citizens who were displaced by Hurricane Harvey in
August 2017 lived in Houston's
District B.
"Houstonians having an opportunity to work on these facilities…I
call that a win-win – tax dollars coming in and out, money going to
your company, more workers you need to hire, more people have jobs,
more money goes into our economy, more taxes you pay, and then we
wake up and we do it all over again," said Councilman Jerry Davis at the job fair. "That's how it's
supposed to be. More opportunities to work with local companies and
providing Small, Women-Owned, Disadvantaged
Businesses/Enterprises the chance in the rebuild process."
"AMTEX has completed or has in its pipeline more than
3,780 apartment homes," said Arjun
Nagarkatti, President of AMTEX Multi-Housing. "Texas has welcomed AMTEX with open arms and we
are pleased to provide so many new apartment homes to several
communities in the Lone Star State."
About AMTEX Multi-Housing, LLC
Since 1978, the AMTEX/AMCAL Group of Companies has developed
more than $2.5 billion in
high-quality multifamily housing projects consisting of more than
7,000 units throughout California,
Texas and Washington.
Media Contact: Jennifer
Gordon
Director of Communications
jgordon@amcalhousing.com
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