NFL star LeSean McCoy, developers complete, open affordable housing in Uptown Harrisburg

JMB Gardens apartments on N. 6th Street

Several formerly vacant lots in Harrisburg now boast new housing for area residents.

Vice Capital, owned by former NFL player LeSean McCoy, cut the ribbon on Tuesday on JMB Gardens, an affordable housing development on N. 6^th Street.

“It’s a great win for Uptown Harrisburg,” Ryan Sanders, vice president of development of Vice Capital, told TheBurg when reached by phone. “These style of projects are catalyst projects for neighborhoods.”

The project, which broke ground in March 2024, included constructing four rowhome-style buildings with 41 total units on the 2200- and 2300-blocks of N. 6^th Street. Units are a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Additionally, there is a community center onsite with a computer lab for residents, as well as resources and assistance for the wider community.

Sanders said that tenants will begin moving into apartments in the next one to two weeks, but that they are still accepting applications, as well.

In total, the project cost $16.7 million and included funding from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.

JMB Gardens apartments at N. 6th and Emerald streets

JMB Gardens may serve lower-income tenants, but Sanders said that the quality of the units is just as high as any other apartment building.

“Just because it’s affordable doesn’t mean these individuals can’t have something safe and clean,” he said. “It was important to [McCoy] to put his best foot forward.”

McCoy, a Harrisburg native, named JMB Gardens in honor of his grandparents Deacon James and Maryann Branch.

Additionally, Vice Capital has plans for another development on the 1500-block of N. 6^th Street that ceremonially broke ground in June 2023, but has yet to start construction. “The Savoy 48” will house 48 units. Ten will be affordable according to federal Department of Housing and Urban Development standards and the rest will be market-rate.

For more information about Vice Capital, visit their website.

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