Growth will hold a public meeting about the Northside Lofts project Tuesday night.
Charlotte Flickinger, Vice President of Development, says that a large focus of the construction is green design, including energy-saving features, and amenities such as a a basketball court, and a playground.
"There are a number of employers in Aledo that are very excited to have this building put into service because they have folks who want to live closer to work and we've spoken with them and the city provided us an extensive amount of data that showed us there was a need for this type of housing."
Flickinger says that the historical features of the former school will be preserved.
"The city of Aledo has designated a historic district in the last few years and this school was sitting vacant right smack dab at the north end of this district so they have been looking for a way to adaptively reuse it."
If the project is approved construction will begin around November and will hopefully be completed in the spring or summer of next year. It is expected to cost around $12 million.
The community meeting will begin at 5:30 pm Tuesday in the lower level of the VFW Hall on Southwest 3rd Avenue.