In total, the building is made up of 421 apartments, a large landscaped courtyard, and retail space at street level.

The housing project was modeled after the Dunbar Apartments in Harlem, New York City, built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1926.

[4] In 1981, the Rosenwald Apartment Building received National Register of Historic Places designation.

[5] In 2015, a complete renovation of the building and courtyard, which had been added to the National Register of Historic Places, began.

The intention was to create a mixture of senior citizen apartments and affordable housing for families.