The 234 Apartment

Wave Lakeview is a 30-story, 207- unit modernist apartment tower at 420 W Belmont Ave in Chicago’s Lakeview East neighborhood . The building was designed by the architecture firm of Schiff & Freides, and was completed in 1967. It was converted to condos in 1979 and converted back to apartments in 2017 as the largest condo deconversion in Chicago. Wave Lakeview is nearing completion of a major renovation, which includes an expansion of its amenities. Apartments are available for immediate occupancy. The apartments Wave has a mix of studio, convertible, 1- and 2-bedroom, bath-and-a-half apartments. Studios are 550 square feet. One-bedrooms, some of which have a bath-and-a-half, range in size from 715 to 1,000 square feet, and 2-bedroom, 1 1/2- bath apartments span 1 ,144 square feet. Kitchens have lacquered matte painted -look custom European style cabinetry with soft-close drawers, polished white quartz countertops , white glass mosaic tile backsplashes , Energy- Star rated stai...

New wave architect and Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel once said, “Each situation requires a new architecture.” In other words, architecture must be harmony with the spirit and specific character of a place. This is exactly what our county’s  Exceptional Design Awards honor : superior architecture that takes into account a project’s design in context of its relationship to its surroundings. Exceptional Design Winners The 2017 award winners , which were recently announced, feature nine buildings: A contemporary home Apartment building in the Mosaic District A private school Five offices The Reston District Police Station and Governmental Center Awards are granted in three categories: honor, merit and honorable mention, and a jury of design professionals , including architects, select the winners. Read Full Details of 2017 Award Winners Designs for Live, Work and Play Cache House This residential project in Reston started with a 1970s contemporary home , reworked to open up...

LEXINGTON, KY - EdR, one of the nation's largest developers, owners and managers of high quality collegiate housing communities , announced the opening of University Flats and Lewis Hall Honors College , the most recent phase of the revitalization of the University of Kentucky's on- campus housing . In 2017, EdR will add nearly $300 million in assets to its owned portfolio and deliver nearly $100 million in third-party developments."With the opening of University Flats, the University of Kentucky has completed the most comprehensive transformation of student housing in public higher education ," said Eric N. Monday, UK's executive vice president for finance and administration. "Working with EdR, we have constructed 6,850 new beds and nearly 200 active learning spaces to create a housing system that is singularly focused on student success through modern, technology- rich living spaces that foster a sense of community. At UK, we put students at the center o...

Copyright © 2015 Albuquerque Journal Platinum Apartments construction project employs a 60-foot- high building crane to lift prefabricated framing panels into place. Building cranes on an urban skyline are a common sign that a city is experiencing redevelopment. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal)" width="265" height="400" /> The Platinum Apartments construction project employs a 60-foot- high building crane to lift prefabricated framing panels into place. Building cranes on an urban skyline are a common sign that a city is experiencing redevelopment. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) Optimism was in the air in early 2007 when preliminary plans got underway for a four- story housing project a block south of Central Avenue at the east end of Nob Hill. “Over the next decade, you’re going to see the entire landscape in that area change,” Chicago- based developer Rick Goldman told the Journal in an article from February of that year. Go...