Catholic Real Estate Vision
"Creatively thinking about our properties and how we can better utilize them to further the mission of the Church is exactly what we need to do."
~ Archbishop Paul D. Etienne
Catholic Real Estate Initiative
The Catholic real estate vision aims to better serve communities and the mission of the Church by redeveloping underutilized properties for mission-critical uses such as community outreach, housing and ministry services.
The CREI is a collaboration between the Archdiocese, parishes, schools, Catholic Community Services (CCS) and Catholic Housing Services (CHS) to evaluate church-owned properties and determine potential sites to help implement this vision.
Recent Projects
Innovative Housing Program
The Innovative Housing Program builds leadership capacity for our schools, parishes, and ministry programs by bringing new life to underutilized spaces. Specifically, it helps recruit and retain young professionals in areas with high costs of living, while providing parishes with young professional engagement. For its first year, this project is focused on affordable housing and intentional community for Catholic School teachers within the first five years of their career.
A History of Working Together
The CREI effort builds on prior successful collaborations of church-owned property, where the Archdiocese and parishes worked directly with CCS and CHS to develop new uses for the properties. Successful past collaborations include:
- Chancery Apartments - Seattle
- Franciscan Apartments - Burien
- Elbert House - Bellevue
- Josephinum - Seattle
- Matsusaka Townhomes - Tacoma
- Frederic Ozanam House - Seattle
- Martha's Place - Skagit Valley