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Newport Beach’s newest luxury apartment complex is now clear to have live entertainment on the grounds. Villas Fashion Island got Planning Commission clearance Thursday to amend its permit to allow live entertainment and an outdoor sound system . The entertainment, not limited to musical acts, could include performers such as magicians, jugglers or stilt walkers, according to a city staff report . The commission voted 5 -0, with members Kory Kramer and Peter Zak absent , to approve the change. Michael Ayaz, a lawyer representing the complex’s owner, the Irvine Co., told the commission the Villas had every other amenity a high-end resort would have, except live entertainment . “Most of the residents are really seeking this,” he said. The 16-acre, 524-unit complex in Newport Center spares few luxuries for its tenants, featuring onsite massage therapy , a dog spa, a putting green and bocce court, five saltwater pools, dining terraces with pizza ovens, an indoor- outdoor yoga studio...

Copyright © 2013 Albuquerque Journal Construction is expected to begin in early October on the $ 23 million Broadstone Cottonwood , a 254- unit luxury apartment project on the hill between the Intel Corp. plant in Rio Rancho and Albuquerque’s Cottonwood area. A joint venture of Albuquerque’s Titan Development and Phoenix- based Alliance Residential , Broadstone Cottonwood will be built on 13.3 now-vacant acres on the west side of N.M. 528. It will consist of 24 mostly two- and three-story buildings with a total of 325,433 square feet of space, which includes rental garages . Designed in what could be called a California Mission style of architecture, the Cottonwood project will be a variation of another Titan-Alliance collaboration, the 280- unit Broadstone Santa Monica apartments at 6401 Santa Monica NE , east across Interstate 25 from the Journal Center . Advertisement Continue reading The Cottonwood and Santa Monica projects combined create work for about 700 workers in constr...