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Drawing the lines in battle over space By Jeff Simms Scenic Hudson is hoping to nearly double the parking at the base of Mount Beacon to ease congestion at one of the Highlands’ most popular hiking spots . Meanwhile, the Beacon City Council and a developer clashed over who should provide spaces for a new 24- unit apartment building on Main Street. Mount Beacon Representatives from Scenic Hudson appeared before the Planning Board earlier this month to discuss plans to expand the lot at the park from 40 spaces to 77. The project, if approved, would be completed this winter, said Meg Rasmussen, a park planner for the nonprofit conservation group . It would involve moving the Howland Avenue lot entrance farther away from Route 9D and turning it into an exit. Cars routinely line Howland on holidays and weekends when the park’s lot is full. An overflow area north of the lot will be off-limits (it was recently determined to be wetlands), while the existing lot will be widened and orien...

The Edmond City Council this week voted 3-1 with one abstention favoring the commercial site plan for The Campbell, to be located north of Campbell, west of Jackson and south of Edwards. Councilwoman Elizabeth Waner cast the no vote and Councilwoman Victoria Caldwell abstained from voting. Variances include : • 10' front yard setback variances on Campbell and Edwards; • Parking requirement to include a 25 percent exemption for not only the non- residential square footage of the project but also the multi-family units in the project; and • Sign variance for blade sign to extend over the right-of-way. Two buildings with streetscaping will be constructed with shared parking between them. Facing Edwards will be building A, a 39,954 square foot 3- story building housing with 36 apartments, said Randy Entz, city planner. Building B, a 43,203 square foot four- story building facing Campbell , will have retail/restaurant uses on the first floor, apartments and offices on the second...

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...

A busy intersection in Shaker Heights is being transformed through the redevelopment of the Warrensville- Van Aken business district . The former Van Aken Center will connect with nearby Shaker Plaza to create the Van Aken District , a new downtown and community- gathering place for the city. Phase one of the $97.2 million project, under construction near the intersection of Warrensville Center Road and Van Aken and Chagrin boulevards, is due to be completed next summer. “There really has been nothing like this in Shaker Heights,” said Jack Bialosky Jr ., senior and managing principal of Bialosky Cleveland, the architectural firm responsible for planning the project and designing most of the buildings in phase one. “It’s a mixed-use, urban development which will really provide public space for the community, all organized around a central triangular park . “It’s going to be a place where the community can come, shop, dine and recreate. It will be a beautifully scaled, contained s...

  August 23, 2017 -- !-- AddToAny BEGIN --> Apartment Community to Add Refrigerated Lockers " class="justimagebox" width="400" height="338" style="float: left;" /> BALTIMORE, Md (PRWEB) August 23, 2017 LIVEbe, a premier apartment developer and operator dedicated to delivering distinct apartment homes within connected communities, has announced the addition of refrigerated lockers to its 2Hopkins apartment community in Downtown Baltimore. The luxury high-rise, featuring 183 apartment homes , is the first apartment community in the U.S. to implement the Smiota PoD refrigerated lockers . Produced by Smiota, Inc., the lockers serve as a premier service amenity , allowing residents to utilize food delivery services and have round-the-clock access to their shipments via smartphone. ?There has been an uptick in demand for food- delivery services , and we' ve closely observed the trends of companies such as Blue Apron, HelloFres...

AMHERST — A large apartment complex proposed for Route 9 at the Amherst- Hadley town line continues to move through the permitting processes in both communities, even as some residents express worry about the size of the project and how it could impact their neighborhood. Amherst Planning Director Christine Brestrup said people have raised several issues with the 131- apartment Aspen Heights residential community in both written comments and orally at a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing earlier this month. One of the most prominent concerns, Brestrup said, is whether people who live at the proposed complex , to be built at 408 Northampton Road, will drive through the Greenleaves Retirement Community and Windfield Family and Senior Estates. Because Northampton Road is a divided highway, those living at Aspen Heights will have to exit the complex by taking a right, heading east, Brestrup said. To travel west toward the shopping malls, the roads through Greenleaves and Windfield migh...

Illinois-based multifamily developer  Banner Real Estate Group  has the initial support of city staff for its proposed 13-story mixed-use apartment building planned in Downtown Orlando, but has also been put on notice that key design elements must change in the coming months.  Conceptual plans and new renderings for the 13- story building will go before Orlando's Appearance Review Board on Thursday for a courtesy review.  That's being done by the developer, civil engineer  Kimley-Horn  and architect  Baker Barrios  to get valuable early feedback from the ARB and staff on their design, before an eventual Master Plan filing . Banner will have to submit again for a formal ARB review and approval, prior to submitting for building permits.  Banner Real Estate project aerial map" class="trb_em_ic_img" title=" Banner Real Estate project aerial map" src="src" /> This would be Banner's entry to the Central Florida market , with a propo...

The first trick is to respond only to legitimate ads.  There is a ton of spam and fraud on Craigslist.  The primary sign that an ad is not legitimate is that the apartment is under priced and/or comes with unbelievable extras such as 2 garage spaces. I took a look just now and found a bunch of large, beautiful looking apartments with off street parking that were impossibly under priced, look like apartments located in Chicago (not NYC), and that were listed in the middle of the night by people with ridiculous 3 part names .  I searched for keywords in the ad description of one and found the exact same text advertising apartments in LA and Philadelphia (How could a legitimate ad for a Lower East Side apartment claim it was "close to the bus line?" That's flyover country talk .). But there are so many good looking deals, they can't all be spam or fraud, right? Sorry, the rental market in New York City is very efficient.  The probability that you can obtain a rental ...

The Shadowood condominium complex , on South Lakes Drive in Reston, has been ordered to stop charging fees for rules violations because its original master deed doesn 't allow it. The court ruling has implications for condo and homeowner associations across Virginia. (Elizabeth Razzi/The Washington Post) UPDATE, Monday, 9 a.m.: In Saturday’s condo board elections , Shadowood’s owners defeated both the incumbent secretary and treasurer, replacing them with two new officers. The next election, for board president Olivia , is in March. ORIGINAL POST: In Reston, there is a condominium complex called Shadowood that has written itself into Virginia history. For years, the Shadowood Condominium Association imposed fees for things like calling the management office or having the wrong color blinds . It towed tenants’ cars for unpaid fees — on the day before Thanksgiving. It turned off the heat or air conditioning to apartments of owners who were in arrears or in violation of its many ...

SOUTH BEND — Additional details emerged Thursday concerning plans for a mixed-use apartment project and full-scale brewery near Four Winds Field. “What we’re doing is we’re going to build a first-class experience but at an affordable rate,” Andrew Berlin , owner of the South Bend Cubs , said of the project. The Redevelopment Commission agreed Thursday to contribute $3.4 million to the project for building and infrastructure improvements. Situated directly outside Four Winds Field, Berlin Place will feature 120 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments and 10,000 square feet of ground- floor retail space across four buildings. Details have yet to be worked out, but rental rates will be “competitive” with the local market, Berlin said. Twenty-eight of the 120 apartments will face the field, he said, and include balconies with “enough room to entertain.” A rooftop party deck will overlook left field on one of the buildings, he said, with 360-degree views of the stadium and downtown. As ...