Located near Seaside Park in Bridgeport’s south end, the Windward Apartments replace Marina Village, an early public housing project that was already showing its age when it was adversely affected by superstorms Sandy and Irene. With high-performance housing, a 10,000- square-foot medical clinic, a park and a recreation area, as well as strategies that that respond to extreme weather events, the project is designed for long-term health and wellbeing. 54 housing units have been built and several hundred more are on currently on the boards.

The first phase of Windward Apartments comprises four buildings. A four-story corner building fronts a commercial neighborhood along Park Avenue and houses the Southwest Community Health Center on the first floor along with a community room and fitness center – apartments are on the upper floors. Three smaller-scale residential buildings face Johnson Street and balance the residential character of the neighborhood.