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Two Massive 30-Story Apartment Houses To Dominate Country Club Area

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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 ...

Historic Fremont School to be renovated as upscale apartments - News - GoUpstate

Alyssa Mulliger Staff Writer @AMulligerSHJ An Albany, Ga.-based developer has plans to renovate the now- vacant Fremont School building near downtown Spartanburg to create 41 market-rate apartments. Pace Burt, the project’s developer, said the multimillion-dollar project will preserve the character and architectural integrity of the 102-year-old schoolhouse at 600 Magnolia St. while repurposing it for stylish apartments. “The project is going to be a historical renovation, so we will bring the building back to its original grandeur. There are beautiful columns and workmanship on the brick,” he said. “The apartments will be very upscale and have high ceilings, plenty of windows and original wooden floors .” The new apartments will consist of one- and two-bedroom units that will rent for around $850 and $1,000 per month, respectively, Burt said. The project includes onsite parking , landscaping and a fence that will make it a gated property. No n...

Landmarks Commission Again Backs 3-Story, 23-Apartment Project in Downtown Santa Barbara | Local News

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High- density proposal in El Pueblo Viejo District draws opposition from historic preservationists , Anacapa School unit apartment building is proposed for 800 Santa Barbara St . in downtown Santa Barbara . The project would include eight studios, 10 one-bedroom units and five two-bedroom units; commercial space; and underground parking for 29 vehicles." height="667" width="1000" id="upsize" /> A three-story, 23- unit apartment building is proposed for 800 Santa Barbara St . in downtown Santa Barbara . The project would include eight studios, 10 one-bedroom units and five two-bedroom units; commercial space; and underground parking for 29 vehicles. (Hochhauser Blatter Architecture & Planning rendering) A three-story, 23- unit apartment complex with an underground parking garage has received a key approval for its proposed construction at the corner of Santa Barbara and De la Guerra streets , near El Presidio de Santa Bá rbara State Hist...

Hidden megamansion to be built in Manhattan's UES

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Two townhouses in the Carnegie Hill area of Manhattan's Upper East Side are to be combined into a stunning megamansion, if plans approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday go ahead. Matthew Harris, a partner at the investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners , bought up 53 and 55 East 92nd Street , just a block and a half from Central Park, with the intention of creating a stunning six- story super mansion . The front of the buildings, which were build around the turn of the century, will remain much the same, but the rear will be replaced with a massive glass facade , while the back yard will be turned into a sunken garden - a far cry from the traffic of nearby Madison and Park Avenues. But it's the inside that will see the real changes, dnainfo reported.  55 East 92nd Street (pictured) are a pair of ordinary townhouses" class="blkBorder img-share" /> Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday go ahead, its rear (seen in mock-up...

Correction: Factory Sites-Apartments story - StarTribune.com

MUNCIE, Ind. — In a story Aug. 21 about apartments planned in Muncie, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city where Wisconsin- based Commonwealth Development Corp . is based. It's Fond du Lac, not Fon du Lac. A corrected version of the story is below: Apartments planned for 2 ex- auto factory sites in Muncie A developer is working on plans to construct apartments at the sites of two former auto industry plants in Muncie MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A developer is working on plans to construct apartments at the sites of two former auto industry plants in Muncie. The proposal from Commonwealth Development Corp . would convert a two- story brick factory dating to 1912 into a 36- unit apartment building southwest of the city's downtown. The developer also plans a 35- unit townhouse apartment building on a portion of a vacant site that was once a General Motors transmission factory a few blocks away. The (Muncie) Star Press reports the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin- based devel...

Forest City sells its last lingering pieces of Tower City for $16 million to the K&D Group

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Forest City Realty Trust , Inc., passed the torch at Tower City Center on Thursday, selling off its final pieces of the mixed-use complex in the heart of downtown. With the sale of the Post Office Plaza and a nearby parking lot , Forest City - once downtown Cleveland's dominant landlord - finished a six-year-long exit from property ownership in the center city. The publicly traded company will stick around as a tenant, moving its headquarters and hundreds of workers from Terminal Tower to Key Tower in the spring. The K&D Group paid $15 million for Post Office Plaza , a 477,000-square- foot office building that is 55 percent vacant. In a separate transaction, K&D paid $1 million for a triangular parking lot next to the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel , west of Public Square. Doug Price, K&D's chief executive officer , confirmed the details during an interview late Thursday . "We think it's a real strategic purchase ," he said of Post...

Correction: Factory Sites-Apartments story | State-regional

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — In a story Aug. 21 about apartments planned in Muncie, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city where Wisconsin- based Commonwealth Development Corp . is based. It's Fond du Lac, not Fon du Lac. A corrected version of the story is below: Apartments planned for 2 ex- auto factory sites in Muncie A developer is working on plans to construct apartments at the sites of two former auto industry plants in Muncie MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A developer is working on plans to construct apartments at the sites of two former auto industry plants in Muncie. The proposal from Commonwealth Development Corp . would convert a two- story brick factory dating to 1912 into a 36- unit apartment building southwest of the city's downtown. The developer also plans a 35- unit townhouse apartment building on a portion of a vacant site that was once a General Motors transmission factory a few blocks away. The (Muncie) Star Press reports the Fond du Lac, Wisconsi...

No matter your budget, cozy up to NYC’s cutest cottages

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Wa nt the charming coziness of a country retreat but can’t quit the urban hustle and bustle? You don’t have to choose! From Brooklyn to the Bronx, cottage- style dwellings sit smack -dab in the city. The most recent (and eye-catching) example is the East Village property that hit the market in July. But never fear, fully-on-the- market options abound . Set atop a ho-hum structure — and recently listed for $3.5 million — the penthouse/cottage combo has just gone into contract. NY Post Brian Zak East Village Price: $3.5 million (in contract); Beds: 4; Baths: 3½; Sq. Ft.: 2,736 New York is chockablock with unique properties, but it’s hard to imagine an apartment more one-of-a-kind than the duplex penthouse of a five-story walkup at 72 E. First St. The penthouse comes with the Nantucket-style shake-shingled cottage on the roof. It’s as if someone airlifted a New England sea shanty and plopped it atop an East Village tenement building . Inside the cottage and penthouse, you’ll find all th...