2024-11-08T04:05:51-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150168341/lebron-james-will-transform-historic-building-into-housing-for-students-of-his-i-promise-school Sean Joyner 2019-11-05T12:11:00-05:00 >2019-11-06T15:53:16-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c4/c4998b0b396ba5cd63d2188295416e39.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>LeBron James is adding safe housing to the school he founded in his hometown, so students have a stable place to live while they get their education. The NBA star announced Monday that a historic apartment building in Akron, Ohio, is being renovated and turned into transitional housing for families in need at his I Promise School.</p></em><br /><br /><p>"Initially, our work was focused on helping these kids earn an education. But we've found that it is impossible to help them learn if they are struggling to survive &mdash; if they are hungry, if they have no heat in the freezing winter, if they live in fear for their safety,"&nbsp;said James, according to CNN.&nbsp;</p> <p>Graduate Hotels will renovate the Lynman R. Walker-designed Tudor Revival apartment building before donating it to the school. It is scheduled to open in July for the next school year, reports CNN.</p> <p></p>