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Archstone Berkeley on Addison Berkeley, Calif.—Archstone has broken ground on Archstone Berkeley on Addison, the company’s first apartment community in Berkeley, Calif. The 94-unit asset will be located at the corner of Third and Addison, blocks from the Berkeley Marina and the San Francisco Bay . “Berkeley is an incredible city and an excellent fit for an Archstone apartment community ,” says Amir Massih, vice president of development at Archstone. “We’re excited about starting this project and look forward to providing an outstanding addition to the neighborhood and for our future residents.” The property’s amenity package will include a roof deck with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge , an open- air fitness center , and a pet salon. “This is the first Archstone development start in the Bay Area since completing the second phase of Archstone San Bruno in 2007,” adds Rick Lamprech , Archstone’s executive vice president of development for the West Region. “We’re pleased to be bac...

Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 MARK ZARETSKY / HEARST CONNECTICUT MEDIA Officials from the city of West Haven, developer The Acorn Group and architect Svigals + Partners converse just prior to Thursday’s ribbon-cutting to celebrate completion of The Atwood, a 67-unit, four-story, mixed-use apartment and commercial building on Route 1. less MARK ZARETSKY / HEARST CONNECTICUT MEDIA Officials from the city of West Haven, developer The Acorn Group and architect Svigals + Partners converse just prior to Thursday’s ribbon-cutting to celebrate ... more Atwood development officially declared open in West Haven Back to Gallery WEST HAVEN >> Some residents already had moved in to The Atwood, a 67-unit, four-story, mixed-use apartment and commercial building on Route 1 — the first completed component of The Acorn Group’s ambitious University Commons project — when officials gathered Thursday to cut a celebratory ribbon to declare it open. They began moving in on Aug. 1. Addi...

Text size: campus Aug. 17, 2017 This fall semester, The University of Texas at Dallas will debut new facilities, including two apartment complexes and an alumni center, and expand its dining options that will further enhance the campus environment. “It is exciting to see the growth and change that has occurred on our campus over the past decade, and even just in the past year,” said Dr. Calvin Jamison, vice president for administration. “As we continue to evolve into a 24/7 campus environment, the need for more amenities and services has increased, and our service-oriented team has responded.”  New Housing, Buildings   Canyon Creek Heights North and South, two fully furnished, apartment-style complexes at the intersection of Waterview Parkway and Tatum Street/Loop Road Southwest, will add a total of 800 new beds to campus this fall.  Canyon Creek Heights South includes a mix of efficiency, one- and two-bedroom apartments, as...

Written by Michael P. Walsh WEST HAVEN, CT — Clasping a pair of oversize scissors, Mayor Edward M. O’Brien cut the ceremonial ribbon Thursday with Acorn Group founder David A. Beckerman and Vice President Gary S. Letendre to mark the grand opening of Acorn’s The Atwood, an $18 million apartment and commercial development at 222 Boston Post Road aimed at making the neighborhood around the Allingtown Green a destination. As many of the new building’s residents, all students of the nearby University of New Haven, moved into their new digs, O’Brien touted The Atwood’s highly anticipated opening as “one example of how we are transforming West Haven through economic development .” “This area is transforming before our eyes,” O’Brien told a group of more than a dozen city officials and project executives moments before the afternoon ribbon -cutting, which also included Jay Brotman , managing partner of the New Haven architectural firm Svigals + Partners, state Rep. Michael A. DiMass...

Brookstone Capital has revealed that it plans to build a $40 million, 14 story residential and retail building at a key intersection in downtown Grand Rapids . The proposed building would be at 20 Fulton St. E — just a block east of Division Avenue and Monroe Center. The plan The building would feature 108 apartments in a mixture of one and two bedrooms, equally divided between market-rate units and affordable housing. The project also calls for 114 parking spaces and 9,000 square feet of ground- floor retail space . “We’re hoping to attract a national retailer there,” said Karl Chew, principal of the Midland- based Brookstone Capital . View Larger Map Taxes The Downtown Development Authority granted Brookstone Capital a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, for the project’s apartments.  Instead of paying property taxes on the residences, Brookstone Capital will pay the city 4 percent of the total revenue it collects from rent each year for the next 40 years. The PILOT does...

Drift San José / Self Designed © Mike Arce + 26 © Mike Arce From the architect. In 2012 a run down 6 one bedroom apartment building on 600 square meters of land in the up and coming Art District in San Jose del Cabo ’s colonial center was purchased with a goal to provide an upscale hostel in one of Mexico’s most expensive resort towns - an alternative to the array of expensive ocean front luxury resorts . © Mike Arce The concept was to provide a youthful, social and do-it-yourself no frills accommodation for independent travelers who prefer adventure and culture over all inclusive. The renovation was done on a shoestring and consisted of turning the original 6 apartments into 8 hotel rooms, a staff kitchen office and laundry, guest coffee bar and retail space. © Rafael Gamo Leaving the original structure - but removing all aluminum windows, ceramic tiles, lighting, wood closets, doors, fixtures, and architectural flourishes-. © Mike Arce Ground Floor Plan © Mike Arce F...

Alliance Residential, Dev Motwani nab $47M loan for mixed-use project in Pompano Alliance bought into the 4- acre waterfront site for $16M By Katherine Kallergis | August 11, 2017 01:45PM Broadstone Oceanside (Credit: MSA Architects) and Dev Motwani A joint venture between Alliance Residential and developer Dev Motwani broke ground on a major mixed-use project in Pompano Beach with a $46. 7 million construction loan , property records show . Earlier this week, Alliance Residential bought into the 4- acre waterfront site at 1333 South Ocean Boulevard for $15.83 million. Santander Bank provided the construction financing to the new owner, CRP/AR Oceanside Owner. The developers are building Broadstone Oceanside , an eight-story, Class A building with 211 apartments, nearly 2,800 square feet of ground floor retail space and a 432- space parking garage , according to a notice of commencement. Last year, the city approved the project, which includes seven two-story townhouses, a cl...

Development Aug 21, 2017   Share Pizza Fire opening to come as first Eighth South condo closing looms authors William Williams The four retail spaces at soon-to-open Melrose-based mixed-use building Eighth South are fully leased, with the final announced tenant an Ohio- based pizza chain . Bobby Kirby, a member of the development group that undertook the project, said Pizza Fire has signed a lease for about 3,000 square feet of space in the building. The eatery — with the franchise to be the state’s first — could open “soon,” he said. The lease comes as the owners prepare to close early this week on the sale of first of the building’s 52 condominiums. “We’re excited to have Pizza Fire,” Kirby said. “They are a very cool restaurant concept that will be new to this market. The time is perfect,” he added, noting up to 12 condo closings could be finalized by this week’s end. Eighth South’s ground-level retail, in addition to Pizza Fire, will feature restaurant Holler & Dash (te...

Watermark LIC, the 168- apartment rental building designed by Handel Architects and located right off of Jackson Avenue in Long Island City , has launched leasing. In May, the lottery for the building’s 34 affordable apartments launched with rent going from as low as $908/month for qualifying individuals but you can expect to pay much more on the market-rate units. Though the building is a mix of studios, one-, and two-bedrooms, there are just five apartments—three studios and two one-bedrooms-- that are currently up for grabs, each one offering one month free rent. With the concession in place, the net-effective rent for the studios range from $2,169 to $2,307/month while prices for the one-bedrooms are set at $3,185/month and $3,254/month. The Twining Properties- developed building is on track to receive LEED Silver certification and prides itself on offering “unique and versatile layouts.” All of its apartments have been furnished with floor-to-ceiling windows, high ceilings, LE...

“It’s kind of in my bloodline,” said Jack Barr. Contests, events & more from Tyee and select partners His great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all Freemasons. Barr followed in their footsteps, and is the president of the Vancouver Masonic Centre Association today . As political scientist Robert Putnam noted in his famous work Bowling Alone , community groups like the Freemasons have been declining for the last few decades. Religious groups like the Roman Catholic Knights of Columbus, military groups like Legions, service clubs like Rotary and Kiwanis, even youth scouting groups and bowling leagues have seen participation plummet. Some longtime churches have also seen congregations shrink dramatically . Barr says freemasonry’s most recent heyday was the late-1960s and early-1970s. But the organizations are still around, and many own property. A number of groups are facing the question of what to do with their land and buildings as needs change, along with their abili...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The landscape of Youngstown State University continues to transform as University leaders joined city officials Friday for a ceremony to mark the start of construction on another major campus project . The ground breaking was symbolic as work is already underway on the Enclave, a first class student housing and retail project at Wick and Lincoln Avenues. As construction begins on this new project,  the first students are moving in at the Edge, another newly completed housing complex . Sharon Sanders says students like the idea of apartment style housing .  "My main thing was I was going to have my own bathroom and I didn't have to share it with about 40 other girls on a floor.  So that's what really attracted me to the Edge," Sanders said.     Both the Edge and Enclave are projects that YSU President Jim Tressel outlined in 2016 in a presentation called, Next YSU: A New Look for a New Era. Contracting with private developers for housing is a wi...

T wo weeks ago, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge handed down a decision designed to strike fear in the hearts of landlords. Justice James d’Auguste ordered that an independent receiver be appointed to manage two Midtown residential buildings where the landlords allegedly allowed illegal Airbnb rentals to occur. The case, which began when the city sued the landlords in February 2015, has become one of the battlegrounds in a larger war between city enforcement agencies and short- term rental sites like Airbnb. Airbnb, which was recently valued at $31 billion, refuses to release the exact addresses of hosts who break the law by renting their entire apartment for less than 30 days without being present. Without the addresses and names of Airbnb violators , the city mostly targets the owners of buildings that rack up the most illegal hotel complaints from 311 calls and the New York City Department of Buildings. “This entire model—and it was intentional [by the city]—is complaint-drive...