The 234 Apartment

Amazon launches Instant Pickup service to compete with convenience stores. Having spent the last few days moving into a new apartment, I've made about twenty or so trips to local stores to get the one last thing I think I'll need. Whether it has been hand soap, various ingredients for different recipes, or more of those 3M Command hooks than I thought possible, I've spent a lot of time in different store aisles. Amazon launched a service that would have been perfect for me. Amazon Instant Pickup is another service for Prime and Prime Student subscribers to pick from certain convenience items that can then be picked up within two minutes at a nearby pickup location . Of course, Amazon is also offering their Alexa-powered devices for when you really have to have your smart speaker right this second. The service is launching in Los Angeles and Berkeley California, Columbus Ohio, Atlanta Georgia, and College Park Maryland . From Amazon: Amazon today introduced Instant Pick...

CHICAGO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Waterton, a U.S. real estate investor and operator, today announced the acquisition of a 404- unit rental community in Arlington, Va., approximately 3 miles southwest of the Pentagon. Built in 1992 and formerly known as Windsor at Shirlington Village, the property at 3000 S. Randolph St. is being rebranded as The Citizen at Shirlington Village following Waterton’s acquisition. Offering a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans – 132 units in an eight-story tower and 272 in a low-rise component – the community is located within The Village at Shirlington, a small transit-oriented neighborhood with a host of shopping, dining and entertainment options. “The Citizen offers the walkable, urban-inspired lifestyle many renters seek in an accessible location close to the Pentagon and jobs throughout the D.C. metro,” said Matthew Masinter, senior vice president of acquisitions at Waterton. “Because the property was developed 25 years ago, it also prese...