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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 © 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...

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...

When Matt Metzger and Carly Wingert showed up to view apartments early Friday afternoon at a complex on the south end of town, the property management office was closed. Another tenant pointed them to the mailbox with applications they could take and fill out. But it was empty. So they were off to make more calls. They'd already looked at a couple of places, including one that still was under renovation. "The struggle is real," Wingert said, still cheerful nonetheless. "It's not easy at all," Metzger said. After looking at just a handful of units, they were already talking about how to adjust their budget and possibly work overtime to afford a suitable home.  Wingert and Metzger plan to finish their degrees at the University of Montana — he's studying wildlife biology and she's interested in literature and the environment. They're among a slew of students looking for housing around the same time. Despite all the construction that's been ...

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...

Briarcliff Development Co. plans a ribbon cutting Tuesday on its $42. 5 million apartment complex that has added 340 high- end residential units to the Northland. The Landing at Briarcliff, which accepted its first tenants in September and now is 55 percent leased, has nine residential buildings, a club house, and a stand-alone fitness facility. “The fitness center is a real plus,” said Richie Benninghoven, the development company ’s president. “We may give a tenant a free session with a personal trainer or a massage as an incentive for signing a lease.” Other tenant incentives include a large, heated, outdoor saltwater pool , pet-friendly buildings, community garden plots , and — something that’s proved popular — the ability to paint accent walls in the units. The company allows one living room wall and one wall in each bedroom to be painted according to tenant choice, choosing from a provided palette of bright red, slate gray, navy blue and yellow. “Slate gray is winning,” Benn...

Three of the four men charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting the girl are also behind bars. The men are from Honduras, immigrants who found a home at the Heatherwood Apartments. The complex, near Peoria and Colfax in Aurora, is a racial melting pot , one that came to a boil on August 7, when a girl trying to leap to womanhood in a single summer got a very adult lesson. The violence bred more violence -- and more victims. News accounts the next day reported that a seventy-person mob had delivered street justice to one of the accused rapists. Although the reports weren't quite right -- nothing in this saga is -- street justice may be the only justice here. Anna grew up in the neighborhood and has a huge family of siblings and half-siblings. Anna has another daughter who was also taken away by Social Services when Anna went to prison. The girls have a baby brother, too, a child Anna gave birth to after she got out of prison two years ago. That baby has a different father w...

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...