Redmond's Antler Community Paves Way for New Child Care Facility

Plans for a complete community in Redmond are taking shape, seeking affordable housing, commercial buildings and a new child care facility to serve the community. The Antler Campus, located at 1699 W Antler in Redmond, will have a total of 76 housing units, including affordable rental and homeownership options.

Local affordable housing developers Rooted Homes and Housing Works are collaborating on the project, with Housing Works constructing approximately 59 rental units and Rooted Homes constructing 18 ownership units.

On May 29, Oregon Housing and Community Services awarded a $750,000 grant to Housing Works, bringing the agency one step closer to constructing its child care facility in the heart of the new neighborhood.

This rendering shows what a proposed mixed-use neighborhood might look like. Credit: Rooted Homes

The child care facility, which will be operated by NeighborImpact’s Head Start program, will have three classrooms and is expected to serve roughly 40 kids at a time.

While Housing Works is still waiting on a final grant to build the facility, it plans to start construction shortly after it receives the funds. According to Keith Wooden, the real estate director for Housing Works, the organization hopes to hear back about its final funding needs within the next two months. The facility is expected to cost approximately $2 million.

“We’re really close to schools, there’s open space, there’s a church next door and we’re a tiny walkfrom the Dry Canyon with all the parks. It’s a pretty cool multifaceted development that we’ve pieced together over several years, and these are all the little components that are all happening together, which is really cool,” said Wooden.

“For the child care piece, we need it. We need to hear about the second piece of that funding to get going, but we hope to get the good news soon.”

Rooted Homes, which is working on the affordable ownership units, has received funding and is in the later stages of its permitting process. According to Wooden, the organization is set to start construction of its units by the end of the summer.

Housing Works, he said, plans to get started on its affordable rental units sometime next spring, if it receives funding in time.

The Antler community, once complete, will offer on-site parking, a community garden, playgrounds and walkability to social service facilities in the area. The community will also include a new commercial office for Housing Works.

Wooden says the Antler development will help increase housing options for the many people in the city looking for affordable options.

“Rents are expensive in Redmond. We recognize that we need to create more of that opportunity. This is a good spot for it, and it should help with rents so that working families that live in Redmond can afford it,” Wooden told the Source. “It definitely serves a need that we know is out there.”

This article appears in Source Weekly June 12, 2025.