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Greenhaven area . // Photo by Lance Armstrong" title="" width="525" height="349" class="size-large wp-image-8976" /> Ellsworth C. Zacharias Park was named in honor of a former land owner in today’s Greenhaven area . // Photo by Lance Armstrong Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part series about the history of the Greenhaven 70 subdivision. Greenhaven 70, as presented in the first article of this series – which was published in the Oct. 18 edition of this paper – was established as the Pocket’s first subdivision. As previously mentioned, in 1958, L & P Land Development acquired more than 700 acres for the development of Greenhaven 70. Before any subdivision could be approved by the city, however, L & P was required to present their proposed plan for the Pocket’s entire 4,674 acres. This plan was known as the Pocket Area General Development Plan and included schools, a shopping center , two churches, a hospital with medic...

Construction Of Towers Into Historic Six-Acre Site Seen By Activists As Giving Area And Denver Another Black Eye by Glen Richardson Country Club Gardens — the historic 1940s five-building three- story apartment complex located in a six- acre landscaped garden environment adjacent to the Downing Street Parkway — is about to get hit with a pair of huge apartment houses as densification of the Cherry Creek and Country Club areas continues on unabated. The Broe Group is demolishing two existing garden apartments and replacing them with two overwhelming 30-story towers near the intersection of Downing St. and Ellsworth Ave. The twin skyscrapers will be the tallest buildings outside of downtown Denver and will be equal in height to the One Tower Center on 17th Street, the 15th tallest building in Denver. By comparison, Plaza Tower One — one of the tallest towers in the Denver Tech Center — is only a 22- story building . The two towers will contain a total of 533 apart ment units ...

Construction of a new park in the Kenmount Terrace area of St. John's began on Friday with a ceremonial sod turning , and while most residents in the area are elated, not everyone is quite as enthusiastic. 'Now we can be out and be active, and be safe.' - Brittany Tibbo The $10-million Kenmount Terrace Community Park comes after years of complaints from residents who felt the relatively new neighbourhood lacked the green space and walking trails they were promised during the early years of development. But following a two- year engagement process and the creation of a steering committed made up of residents, the park is now set to become a reality. The cost for the new park is being shared equally between the provincial government and the city of St. John's. Brittany Tibbo kenmount terrace" width="100%" /> Brittany Tibbo lives in the Kenmount Terrace area and was on the steering committee for the new park. (CBC) Kenmount Terrace resident Brittan...

Late on a humid Sunday afternoon , July 30, at Twin Oaks apartments on East 36th Street , about a dozen residents mingle under a large oak tree . Some sit on stoops, others pace. Some sit quietly, others discuss the conundrum they've found themselves in through no fault of their own. "I just don't know what I'm supposed to do," one woman stammers between sobs. The residents are young, old and in between. Some have lived here for nearly a decade, some moved in this year. One thing all of the neighbors share in common: they don't know where they'll be living on September 17. Each resident living in the 18 remaining units in the complex — two other units were heavily damaged by fire in February — received a letter on July 13 stating the company they were leasing from, Beatty Investment Homes LLC (BIH), had sold the property and would be knocking it down. Local development firm The Drakeford Company (TDC) and builders Shea Homes plan to build more than 30...

SEGUIN - Two large apartment complexes have opened this year in the city, and management teams at both complexes are being kept busy with inquiries from prospective residents. The Ranch at State Highway 123, a 180-unit complex, opened in March in the 3000 block of North 123 Bypass, and Oak Hollow, a 160-unit complex, began leasing in July at its location on Jim Barnes Drive east of the intersection of South 123 Bypass and Barnes Drive. Oak Hollow's management describes it as "a community of apartment homes." It consists of 80 one-bedroom apartments, 72 two-bedroom units and eight three-bedroom units. "It's not your everyday apartment complex ," said Lacey Garner, assistant vice president with Greystone Asset Management . "Our builders and our owners have taken into consideration trying to reduce our carbon footprint. "We want to help Seguin ‘go green,'" Garner said. Oak Hollow was constructed of sustainable materials and provides energy...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Officials at Harris County Emergency Management are watching the radar and monitoring updates on Harvey as they come in from the National Weather Service . Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said they're expecting flooding in the area. The county is expecting a major rain event , meaning we'll likely see steady rain that hangs around. Emmett said Harvey is expected to sit on our area until Monday, which means flooding is likely. Officials anticipate 12-15 inches of rain in Harris County. Emmett said the weather we've had of late proves helpful as we gear up for Harvey. "There's good news in that we haven't had any rain in a while, so the reservoirs are empty. The watersheds are all in good shape, but if we get that amount of rain, over a very sustained period of time, then we're on the Gulf Coast and people are going to experience flooding," Emmett said. The Harris County Flood Control District said crews are working to make sure...

When Amy Franklin, 30, bought her one-bedroom condominium in Arlington County’s Colonial Village seven years ago, she found the neighborhood’s pretty 1930s buildings and graceful expanses of lawn pleasingly familiar . “I was 23, just out of college, and it felt like a college campus,” she says. Other Colonial Village residents say the community, with more than 50 acres of red- brick buildings linked by paths that wind among plentiful trees and landscaped lawns, is “parklike,” “serene” and an “oasis” in Arlington’s busy and increasingly high-rise Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. “The location can’t be beat: It’s closer to downtown than parts of Northwest [Washington], and you can walk to two Metros,” says Bob Somers, 54, a government attorney who has lived there since 1992. “But what makes it so nice is the parklike setting. They would never build like that now.” As it turns out, people have always clamored to live in Colonial Village. The community was built as a rental complex by deve...

RIVERVIEW — A new luxury apartment community has opened in the Progress Village area touting itself as a distinct living option just 10 miles from downtown Tampa. Alta at Magnolia Park is a 292-unit complex that is already approximately half full . Monica Briant, the senior residential manager , said most residents have migrated here for work as teachers, healthcare workers , bankers and insurance agents or for military service at MacDill Air Force Base . She said many of them are drawn to the creature comforts at Alta. "The floor plans are very different to the market," said Briant. "We offer a foyer entry so you are not walking right into your living room. That doesn't create a sense of home." Located at 9104 Canopy Oak Lane , Alta at Magnolia Park features granite counter tops and stainless appliances, sport court and a pet spa for bathing, grooming, drying your pet, four electric outdoor kitchens for the grillers out there and a salt water pool . Wash...

By JAKE SHORE of WFUV The Norwood News, in partnership with WFUV and BronxNet TV, brings you a four-part series on development projects happening across the Bronx and its impact on community residents. Luxury Student Housing Rises in Bronx’s Little Italy" width="696" height="522" />CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR future luxury unit marketed for students on Hoffman Street in Belmont, a few blocks from Fordham University . Photo by Jacob Shore For Fordham University students, living off campus is a respite from on- campus housing prices and its rules. It’s worked for Brendan Batcheller, a senior at Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business. The public accounting major said living off campus is markedly cheaper than living within Fordham’s gates. “The cost of a year’s rent for us is less than nine months’ worth of living in a dorm,” Batcheller said in an email. “There is definitely a greater sense of independence living off campus–having to deal with a landlord, p...

By Katherine Shaver The Washington Post From the rooftop terrace of their new townhouse, Keisuke and Idalia Yabe take in their suburban Maryland neighborhood : a staid, 1970s- era office park of glass office buildings and concrete parking garages . The Yabes say they have found the advantages of urban living in a shorter commute and the ability to walk to shopping centers and a park. They also have what feels like the best of suburbia -- mature trees, plentiful parking , Bethesda's sought-after schools and a more affordable mortgage. From the Washington and New York suburbs to North Carolina's Research Triangle Park , traditional corporate campuses that have struggled since the Great Recession are trying to transform from sterile worksites into vibrant mini-towns. In addition to housing, they're adding restaurants, grocery stores, playgrounds and outdoor concert spaces -- anything to draw people in and make them want to stay. Although it might sound strange at first, th...