The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) announced that it is providing $42 million in financing for two multifamily developments in the greater St. Louis area.  Council Tower Senior Apartments in midtown St. Louis, and Parkway Lakeside Apartments in O'Fallon,Illinois, will provide 509 units of multifamily housing, while creating an estimated 600 union construction jobs, an AFL-CIO statement said. 