Apartment Choice

When it was first built in the early 70s, Reston’s Tall Oaks Village Center faced little retail competition, but its fortunes changed when the Reston Town Center ’s shops and restaurants opened in 1990. It was dealt another blow when its anchor tenant, grocer Giant, closed its doors in 2007. Today, the 70, 000 square foot shopping center is 86 percent empty. However, the languishing center is set to take rebirth as a vibrant mixed use development with housing, retail, office and open space . The Board of Supervisors recently approved Jefferson Apartment Group ’s redevelopment plans for the village center . This has been a very difficult center to remodel or upgrade, and I hope Jefferson is able to provide what is needed to start that Supervisor Cathy Hudgins, Hunter Mill District Located at the corner of Wiehle Avenue and North Shore Drive , the village center is one of five in Reston, although it’s the smallest at about 18 acres. It’s the first to be redeveloped though si...

The Jackson council approved Crystal Creek Capital ’s mixed-use development at the base of Snow King Mountain last week. The Town Hill Lofts will have 43,000 square feet of residential space and 3,700 square feet of commercial space. The development at the eastern edge of the base of Snow King Mountain will include 34 market-rate units, ranging from 800-square-foot apartments to 1,300-square-foot lofts. There will also be four units that will house 100 percent of the building’s employees. Crystal Creek Capital said it might break ground in the spring. The only adjustment the council imposed as a condition of approval was reconfiguring all of the employee housing units to either studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom units. The employee units were originally designed as two one-bedroom units and two three-bedroom units. “We’re pleased with the collaboration with the town’s planning staff,” said Jim Walter, president of Crystal Creek Capital . The lots at 680 and 700 S. Cache St. were...

The 155- unit Ann Arbor City Apartments is under construction on West Washington and South First streets in downtown Ann Arbor . Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com Editor's note: The number of parking spaces to be held by Village Green has been corrected. Related story: Rent comparison : What can you get for $2,500 a month around Ann Arbor? Luxury apartments in downtown Ann Arbor are no longer just for students. The under-construction Ann Arbor City Apartments on the southeast corner of West Washington and South First streets is the first luxury apartment project built downtown in years that doesn’t cater to students. It’s designed for young professional renters as well as corporate relocation. "It's midway between the YMCA and the core of downtown where U-M jobs are," said Susan Pollay , executive director of Ann Arbor's Downtown Development Authority . "I think it feels like, from what I saw, exactly one of the things needed in this marketplace." ...