The 234 Apartment

Chico’s street names have meanings, some clear and some obscure. New residents quickly learn that the first letters of Chestnut, Hazel, Ivy, Cherry and Orange streets — which line up east to west — spell out Chico, but there are a number of streets in the vicinity of Chico State University that aren’t so obvious. They include: Normal Avenue Chico State University traces its roots to the state Normal School — a teachers college — that was established in 1887 on a cherry orchard Chico founder John Bidwell donated to the state. Normal Avenue was originally called Sycamore Street , but the name was changed when the college arrived. Normal is also a bit abnormal in that the vast majority the roads south of Big Chico Creek are streets, but Normal is an avenue. Most of the roads north of the creek are avenues. Mechoopda Street/Rancheria Drive These two streets between West Sacramento and West First avenues, between Warner and North Cedar streets , reference the Indian rancheria that u...

The Horizons at Rock Creek apartments in Superior have been sold in the largest multifamily transaction in Colorado history . In a deal that closed Monday, real estate investor Bell Partners of Greensboro, N.C., will pay about $250 million for the 1,206- unit luxury apartment complex to the southeast of U.S. 36 and South 88th Street . It marks the first western U.S. acquisition for Bell Partners, whose $ 5 billion apartment portfolio is based primarily in the Southeast. “They were looking for an opportunity to get into this market and establish a beachhead,” said Terrance Hunt, executive managing director of ARA, a Newmark Co., which brokered the transaction. “This was a prime opportunity for them to set up shop here.” The 80- acre property features a 13-acre lake and a 24,000-square-foot clubhouse. Horizons at Rock Creek sits west of the Interlocken business park and the FlatIron Crossing mall in Broomfield. “They will really be able to take advantage of the Interlocken mar...

While all those clothes, shoes and bags you bought over the years have likely limited your chances of becoming a homeowner, it has certainly helped many in the fashion industry to continue climbing up the property ladder , snapping up impressive mansions in some of the wealthiest parts of the U.S. Here, WWD takes a look at fashion moguls ’ most expensive homes currently on the market across the country. MAX AZRIA’S L.A. MEGA-MANSION — $88M Fashion veteran Max Azria and his wife Lubov Azria are selling their Holmby Hills mansion known as Maison Du Soleil for $88 million, making it the sixth most expensive home for sale in Los Angeles. (The highest has a $ 350 million price tag .) At the same time, the Tunisian fashion designer ’s 60-room mansion, which dates back to the Thirties, is also on the market as a rental for a whopping $400,000 a month. Set on three acres, the 30,000-square-foot compound comes with 17 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, a bathhouse and a 6,000-square- foot mov...