Healthy Homes, a nonprofit affiliated with Nationwide Children’s Hospital, held an open house for the development in October. Each 1,275-square-foot unit has nine-foot ceilings, a basement and one-and-a-half bathrooms, and is set to rent for $1,150 per month.

The project is the organization’s first building of this type. Emily Long Rayfield, Healthy Homes’ lead development manager, described it as a test of “gentle density” in a neighborhood largely made up of smaller detached homes. She said North Linden has lost population since its mid-century peak and argued that more residents could help support services such as grocery stores.

The nonprofit bought the corner parcel in 2023, after the previous house had been demolished. Across the street is a larger building occupied by Grace New Covenant Worship Center. Long Rayfield said that neighboring building helped make the scale of the new development a more comfortable fit for the site.

Designing and building the row house also brought technical challenges. Projects with more than three units face different requirements than single-family homes, the organization said, including stormwater rules that required new subcontractors. The site includes a four-space parking area and greenspace to accommodate stormwater catch basins.

Healthy Homes plans to pursue another project near Agler Road and Joyce Avenue, with a mix of single-family homes, duplexes and similar row houses containing four or five units. Long Rayfield said the organization is seeking to use remaining infill land efficiently amid a housing shortage.