Apartment Choice

August 25, 2008 | By Jerry W. Jackson, Sentinel Staff Writer Despite the real-estate slowdown, apartment developer Lane Florida LLC is moving forward with its Orlando-area projects. The company, launched in Orlando by Atlanta-based Lane Co. in 2006, is wrapping up work on portions of its first complex in Florida, a 384- unit development in Osceola County called Verano Apartments . Work began on Verano, located just off Exit 244 of Florida's Turnpike near Walt Disney World , in November 2007. While leasing has begun and some of the one- to three-bedroom units are occupied, work is continuing and the complex should be completed by February, according to Mike Mulhall, the company's Florida regional development partner . Mulhall said work has also begun on the company's even more ambitious downtown Orlando apartment tower , called The Montage. The 19-story high-rise is being built on Lake Avenue a block from Lake Eola. "The apartment market remains strong , and we have t...

4 1628 River Reach Dr Orlando , FL 32828 (407) 823-8070 One thing to bear in mind is that these are income restricted apartments . For those unfamiliar, it means you have to fall under a certain income bracket to be able to qualify for housing there. While no one really expects income based housing to be luxurious, there are quite a few things River Reach can, and really should, improve upon. My main issue, and why we decided to move, is that there is absolutely no enforcement of the parking policies or the noise policies. I would regularly come home to absolutely no parking at my building and have to park one building over (sometimes late at night which was unnerving), only to see a bunch of unknown cars parked in our lot for several days. Many of these cars were obviously not residents' or even operational vehicles, which was against their own parking policy. Reporting to the office did nothing. Rarely would a live person answer the phone anyway, even if calling during sup...