New housing projects are going up across Michigan City, both downtown and in the neighborhoods, amid a projected demand for thousands of more homes.

Zimmerman-Volk Associates did a study that found a demand for 3,000 homes in Michigan City over the next five years. Co-Managing Director Laurie Volk told a business crowd at an Economic Development Corporation Michigan City brunch at Uptown Social in downtown Michigan City last week that there is a need for more houses, apartments, condos and townhomes.

More homes are needed across the city and especially downtown and in the northeast, northwest and southside, the study found.

The Franklin at 11th Street Station and SoLa will bring hundreds of new condos, apartments and townhomes downtown. But new housing is under construction all across t

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