Apartment Choice

Align Real Estate completed 923 Folsom, a boutique luxury apartment building in the SoMa arts and cultural district of San Francisco. The nine- story building managed by Alliance Residential Co. offers 115 residences and includes 1,900 square feet of retail. Trumark Urban purchased the property in 2012 and sold it once the entitlement process was complete. The company has also recently completed a 76- unit luxury conversion , The Pacific, which is around two miles away. Construction on 923 Folsom started in 2015, with a budget of $48.7 million, according to Cahill Contractors. Condo-feel “The result is a boutique rental community offering the quality, comfort and sense of home often found only in condominiums, with thoughtful shared spaces that substantially extend the walls of your well-designed residence,” said Billie LaBelle, vice president of operations for Alliance Residential Co., in prepared remarks. “ 923 Folsom leaves the need to buy a house at the door.” Designed by S...

Bethenny Frankel isn’t the only cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City who’s invested in glamorous downtown real estate . Carole Radziwill , the journalist who joined the Bravo series in its fifth season, recently opened the doors to her Soho pad to Architectural Digest , offering a peek at a recently-completed renovation that gave her apartment the feel of a “French bordello,” according to her interior designer. Radziwill, who is the daughter-in-law of the socialite (and sister to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ) Lee Radziwill, has lived in her Soho apartment since 2002, but the revamp didn’t start until about a decade ago. A sofa that once belonged to her mother-in-law was the impetus for the change; it needed to be completely reupholstered, and once Radziwill and her designer, John Bossard, got started, they just kept going. The living room, on the duplex’s first floor, was completely gutted; as AD puts it: Walls were refinished or repainted, and new pieces were mixed wit...

Sarah Lyon has lived in many gorgeous places, but her most recent move was back to a familiar landscape — the beautiful and bustling Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a quick trip from her family’s hometown in Maryland. As a successful writer, blogger, and higher education professional , you’d think Sarah would barely have time to keep her apartment clean and entertaining-ready — but that’s certainly not the case. Now that Sarah’s in her first non-studio apartment, she’s combining her old favorite finds with some amazing new pieces to create the home of our dreams. Check out Sarah’s amazing artwork collection , her enviable Craigslist finds , and her totally relatable girl -crush. Name: Sarah Lyon, Communications Associate and Blogger Age: 25 Square Footage:  650 Rent or Own : Rent City, State: Washington, D.C. Congratulations on a big move! You’ve moved several times after graduating from college. What brought you to each different city? Although I went to college in rural...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - 923 Folsom is redefining city living . The recently completed apartment building offers renters the finishes a discerning buyer would require, along with amenities previously reserved for much larger buildings — all in a community of only 115 rental residences ."The result is a boutique rental community offering the quality, comfort and sense of home often found only in condominiums, with thoughtful shared spaces that substantially extend the walls of your well-designed residence," said Billie LaBelle, Vice President of Operations for Alliance Residential Company , which professionally manages the community. " 923 Folsom leaves the need to buy a house at the door." Every emphasis is given to cultivating an elevated resident experience . It starts with the double-height, feature bookcase that sets the tone for the community as you enter and flows throughout the many impressive spaces that add to each resident's livable, usable square f...

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...

Photo by: John Dixon/The News-Gazette Though rains have caused some delays, the revamped fields along Stadium Drive between Oak and First Streets are expected to be completed by Aug. 15. The eastern half (top) will be the Marching Illini 's new practice field , and the western half (bottom) will house new campus recreation fields . Taken Thursday July 17 , 2014. Image Tough to think about on these unseasonably breezy July days , but school is just around the corner at the University of Illinois. OK, the start of classes is still more than a month away, but housing officials, construction crews and campus rental agents are busy prepping. Here's a look at some changes you will see on campus this fall. Campus Recreation / Marching Illini fields You may have noticed the giant concrete bunker at First Street at Stadium Drive, which closed off a big chunk of First Street for a while. It's actually an underground detention basin to alleviate flooding in that area, which w...

The long retail spine of Sydney Road, Brunswick, just north of Melbourne's CBD, was once a prosperous trading outpost on the way to the goldfields. These days it's a bohemian mix of variety stores, op shops, halal butchers and Lebanese bakeries. Take a side street to the west, however, and a different picture emerges. Sandwiched between Sydney Road and the Upfield train line is an area undergoing rapid and widespread transformation. Light industry is fast being replaced by mid- rise apartment buildings , their inhabitants attracted by the short commute into town and cheaper prices than in the city's south-east. The quality of these units is, on the whole, depressingly bad; think poor ventilation and bedrooms that "borrow" natural light (a weasel word for being dark and windowless). The occasional jazzy façade tries feebly to make up for otherwise cheap construction amid a chorus of greys. At ground level, carpark roller doors alternate with mean pocket garden...

CLOSE Grocery darling Whole Foods is getting a new owner, Amazon. Buzz60 Buy Photo Construction continues on 360 Market Square , seen here in a March photo. The project will include a Whole Foods store, which is scheduled to open in the spring. (Photo: Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar) Buy Photo A Downtown Indianapolis Whole Foods that has been years in the making finally has a timeline for opening. Whole Foods Market Inc. is planning to open at 360 E. Market St. next spring, the company revealed on Twitter. In response to a question about the company's plans, Whole Foods tweeted, "We are currently looking forward to the Market Square location opening in the spring of 2018." That's the first time Whole Foods has offered any indication of when it expects to open its long-anticipated store in the 360 Market Square apartment tower . The building is still under construction. ► More: Kroger might permanently close Marsh stores in Indianapolis, Fishers, Greenwood ► More: Kroger...