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Call it affordable. Call it cheap. The fact is that those people renting apartments in Columbus enjoy some of the least expensive rates in the United States, according to Apartment List , a listing website that tracks the industry. August data show that Columbus, out of 100 markets nationwide, has the fifth- lowest median lease rates , with a one-bedroom averaging $640 a month and a two-bedroom going for $760 monthly. The lowest — or cheapest — rents on the list are in Wichita, Kan., with $560 for a one-bedroom unit and $750 for two bedrooms. It is followed by Fayetteville, N.C., Fort Wayne, Ind., Toledo, Ohio, and Columbus. Rounding out the Top 10 most affordable cities in terms of apartment rents are Huntsville, Ala., Winston-Salem, N.C., Cleveland, Ohio, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Des Moines, Iowa. Other Southeastern cities on the list and their affordability rankings are Montgomery, Ala. (15), Knoxville, Tenn. (31), Birmingham, Ala. (34), Tallahassee, Fla. (42), Jacksonville, F...

Along the busy Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Dunwoody is a sprawling collection of two- story apartment buildings . The units are worn but relatively kept up. Dozens of children play soccer or run in the parking lots. And numerous vans with ladders atop their roofs indicate a working class clientele . The buildings and their occupants might be largely unremarkable, but the Dunwoody Glen and Lacota apartment complexes and their 2,000-plus mostly Hispanic residents are now the focus of a controversy that has divided this newly incorporated suburban enclave and led to a federal lawsuit . In 2011, Dunwoody officials pushed a bond referendum that would raise money to demolish two aging apartment complexes and build a sprawling — and badly needed — park. Then- Mayor Ken Wright extolled the effort in a press release just before the vote but added that while the city “regrets the need to displace residents (in) 785 apartment units” it would work to relocate those citizens, including...

Sergio Blanco-Herrera It is a good place to live if you are an IUPUI STUDENT. Super close to campus and the complex is very safe. It is pricy, so be ready to dish out a good amount on rent. The only downside is that parkin … g is not included and they charge 70-80 for it. more » It is a good place to live if you are an IUPUI STUDENT. Super close to campus and the complex is very safe. It is pricy, so be ready to dish out a good amount on rent. The only downside is that parking is not included and they charge 70-80 for it. Anon Y Terrible. I stayed for 6 months and had to leave. It's actually not very close to the campus at all (it takes the same amount of time to drive as to walk). Main issues: the apartment shakin … g. It felt like an earthquake in my apartment every few nights, shook me up and scared me so bad. My heavy wood dresser would shake with the walls. My light fixtures and dishes shook at least once an hour....this continued until 4 AM every night. Also you can hear...

CHAPEL HILL A property management company has cut the rent at two apartment complexes to give public employees an affordable way to live in town. Chapel Hill - based Eller Capital Partners is reducing the rent for newly renovated apartments at Midtown 501 – formerly Foxcroft Apartments near Erwin Road and U.S. 15-501 – and 86 North – formerly Timberlyne Apartments near Weaver Dairy Road . The offer, which also waives application and administration fees, is available to thousands of employees who now commute from surrounding counties to work for the town of Chapel Hill , the town of Carrboro, UNC and UNC Health Care , and other state agencies. It could save them a few thousand dollars a year, said Daniel Eller, president and chief executive officer of Eller Residential, a division of Eller Capital Partners . The rent would be $645 a month for a one- bedroom apartment at 86 North – reduced from $795 – and $895 a month for two bedrooms – reduced from $1,095. That would be affordab...

by Alec MacGillis Maryland’s two U.S. senators and four of its U.S. House representatives , all Democrats, sent a letter today to the large real- estate company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump ’s son-in-law and senior adviser, demanding information about the company’s management of 17 apartment complexes it owns in the state. The letter to Kushner Companies came in response to a May 23 article co-published by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine investigating management practices at the rental complexes, most of which are in the suburbs of Baltimore, as well as an article this week in The Baltimore Sun that revealed additional details . The original story described the highly aggressive legal tactics that Kushner Companies has used to pursue tenants who owed back rent or had left their leases early — even tenants who left the complexes well before the company bought them in 2012 and the years following. In many of the hundreds of cases brough...

by Henry Rosoff WACO - Two prominent Waco-area apartment complexes are regularly suing their tenants. Saddle Brook and Saddle Brook West have filed justice court lawsuits against former tenants for both damages and unpaid fees.  Attorney Jeffrey Sprigg represents the Dallas- owned complexes in most of these cases.  He said his client is simply collecting money it is owed. "Rather than to follow other industry practices in terms of going through third party collection agencies that call at odd hours and harass everyone, they have chosen to have a third party, an arbiter in the form of a judge or in rare cases a jury, determine their rights with regard to the breach of the lease contract," Sprigg said. However, local attorneys defending several people being sued, said Saddle Brook is going too far. "Just in the light of my cases alone and I've got calls about others, it does appears this is kind of their 'MO,'" said Josh Tetens.  He's represent...

Canal Crossing at Whitneyville West apartment complex opens By Clare Dignan, mdignan@hearstmediact.com @clare_d13 on Twitter Updated 7:30 pm, Thursday, August 17, 2017 Louis Tagliatela Jr ., Lauren Tagliagela, Dale Kroop, Tricia Tagliatela and Nancy Dudchik cut the ribbon at grand opening of Canal Crossing at Whitneyville West apartment complex in Hamden. Photo: Clare Dignan / Hearst Connecticut Media" class="landscape" /> Whitneyville West apartment complex in Hamden. Photo: Clare Dignan / Hearst Connecticut Media" class="landscape" src="src" /> Louis Tagliatela Jr ., Lauren Tagliagela, Dale Kroop, Tricia Tagliatela and Nancy Dudchik cut the ribbon at grand opening of Canal Crossing at Whitneyville West apartment complex in Hamden." src="src" /> Whitneyville West apartment complex in Hamden." src="src" /> Photo: Clare Dignan / Hearst Connecticut Media Image 1 of / 2 Caption Close Image 1 of ...

The 1,184-unit Seven Gables Apartments in Eastern Henrico. (Photo by David Larter) Two suburban Richmond apartment complexes have become entangled in the collapse of an Australian real estate company . The 278- unit Rollingwood Apartments in Chesterfield and the 297 1,184 -unit Seven Gables Apartments in Eastern Henrico are headed to foreclosure and will be auctioned Jan. 11 on the their respective counties’ courthouse steps. Both complexes are tied to the defunct Babcock & Brown, a massive real estate and infrastructure investment group once valued at $10 billion that went belly up in 2009. The two properties are part of a Babcock & Brown loan pool valued at about $200 million that included multiple properties and was ordered into liquidation. The two local complexes are held jointly by two entities: PP2 FX2 Limited Partnership and Everest PP2 FX2 Limited Partnership . South Carolina- based real estate firm Greystar is managing the properties. The company declined ...

Ann Arbor YMCA swim instructor Aaron Jackson, center, helps 5-year-old Ypsilanti resident Macari Moore put on his life vest during the Ypsi SPLASH! program held at The Villas apartments in Ypsilanti. The program helps teach kids water safety . Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com The Ann Arbor YMCA is offering free swim and water safety classes at three Ypsilanti apartment complexes this summer following last year’s successful program . Twenty children participated in the 2011 inaugural Ypsi Splash ! Program at Aspen Chase Apartments located at 2960 International Drive. The program has expanded to allow access to more children and includes not only Aspen Chase but the Villas located at 2911 Bynan Dr., and Golfside Lake at 2345 Woodridge Way. Jan Hack , communications director of the YMCA, said the goal is to have 50 children participate this year. “We still have registration ongoing,” Hack said. “What happened last year was as parents saw what was going on, registration began to fil...