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Sign-up for the Urban Milwaukee daily email River House Milwaukee’s newest luxury apartment complex is open for business. Residents have begun moving into the River House, a two- building apartment complex at 1785 N. Water St. consisting of 243 units. Developed by Atlanta- based Atlantic Realty Partners , the project marks the first entry into the city for the firm founded by two brothers originally from Whitefish Bay. The company, which has developed approximately 8,000 rental units across the country, has a handful of other developments in the Milwaukee area , including a cluster of buildings on W. State St. in Wauwatosa. I toured the complex in late January with property manager Alexis Criscimagna and Atlantic Realty Partners project manager Matthew Schossow . Criscimagna was upbeat, the first two units had residents and 17 leases were signed. The model units were recently finished and one floor a month was coming online in the first, six-story building. The second building will ...

The Late Victorian period in the United States—roughly the last third of the 19th century—produced some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the history of Western civilization . It also produced some of the most hopeless slums. In response to the crisis of industrial cities, the modern discipline of city planning emerged . The tools of this new profession helped clean up many unhealthy aspects of urban industry , but also stifled some of the best innovations of Late Victorian urbanism . By the 1920s, planners in the industrial world had established the legal authority to promulgate land-use regulations, and over the next generation, they succeeded at slowing the construction of slum housing and segregating noxious industries from incompatible activities, such as housing and office space. Through some of the same devices, however, planners curtailed some positive features of 19th- century urbanism , including the rich variety of free- form industrial development and the adaptiv...

The innovative project looks to transform this downtown district through the infusion of a diverse set of programs that will provide activated street frontages and a variety of housing typologies at all levels of affordability. The Exchange LOS ANGELES - Aug. 25, 2017 - PRLog -- KTGY Architecture + Planning unveiled today the preliminary design for a new mixed-use development that was selected as part of Salt Lake City 's plan to revitalize its downtown core developed by The Domain Companies , one of the nation's leading real estate investment and development firms specializing in sustainable mixed-use development, and the GIV Group, which combines a non-profit and entrepreneurial approach to community development. Called The Exchange, the design envisions a pedestrian- and transit-oriented mixed-use district focused on innovation and includes "startup" micro-unit apartments, business incubator space , creative office space , affordable and market-rate apartm...

Colliers International in Greater Phoenix recently completed the sale of the 468-unit, Class C Willow Springs Apartments in Phoenix for $13.25 million or $28,312 per unit ($42.66 per square foot). Resort on 27th LLC of Los Angeles purchased the property, located at 4715 N. 27th Avenue, from MLCFC 2007- 7 North 27th Avenue LLC of Miami Beach, Florida. Bill Hahn, Jeffrey Sherman, and Trevor Koskovich, executive vice presidents with Colliers International ’s HSK Multifamily Southwest Team , represented both buyer and seller. Built in 1986, the apartment community consists of 14 three- story buildings constructed on a rectangular-shaped site, situated on 13 acres. The property is north of Indian School Road , south of Glenrosa Avenue and west of the I-17. Within 310,596 square feet of living space, the unit mix is 252 one bedroom/one bath, 108 two bedroom/one bath and 108 two bedroom/two bath apartments . Unit amenities include walk -in closets, dishwashers, storage rooms and priv...

PHOENIX, AZ - Colliers International in Greater Phoenix recently completed the sale of the 468-unit, Class C Willow Springs Apartments in Phoenix for $13.25 million or $28,312 per unit ($42.66 per square foot).Resort on 27th LLC of Los Angeles purchased the property, located at 4715 N. 27th Avenue, from MLCFC 2007- 7 North 27th Avenue LLC of Miami Beach, Florida. Bill Hahn, Jeffrey Sherman, and Trevor Koskovich, executive vice presidents with Colliers International ’s HSK Multifamily Southwest Team , represented both buyer and seller. Built in 1986, the apartment community consists of 14 three- story buildings constructed on a rectangular-shaped site, situated on 13 acres. The property is north of Indian School Road , south of Glenrosa Avenue and west of the I-17. Within 310,596 square feet of living space, the unit mix is 252 one bedroom/one bath, 108 two bedroom/one bath and 108 two bedroom/two bath apartments . Unit amenities inclu...

The Exchange KTGY Architecture + Planning have unveiled the preliminary design for The Exchange, a new mixed-use development by The Domain Cos. and the GIV Group that hopes to revitalize downtown Salt Lake City . The $ 110 million development represents The Domain’s first foray into the Salt Lake City multifamily market and is expected to break ground in fall 2018. The design envisions a pedestrian- and transit-oriented district that features affordable and market-rate apartments, business incubator space , creative office space and ground-level retail and restaurant space. Out with the old Located at 320 E. 400 S. and 338 E. 400 S., on two city-owned, 2.2-acre sites, the project is intended to replace three under-used retail and commercial buildings with nine stories of residential, retail and co-working spaces. The parcels include the old five- story Barnes Bank building and the two- story Salt Lake Roasting Co., directly north and east of the city’s public safety building , and...

Wicker Park Lofts , 1515-17 W Haddon, Chicago" src="http://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/116/305116.jpg?preset=yosize" class="imgfull" alt="image" /> Lease-up is underway at Wicker Park Lofts , a 40- unit apartment building at 1515 – 1517 W Haddon. The transit-oriented development, which is nearing completion, is just 570 feet from the Division Blue Line stop and a short walk from popular bars, restaurants and shops. Wicker Park Lofts , 1515-17 W Haddon, Chicago, at arrow" src="http://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/118/305118.jpg?preset=yosize" class="imgfull" alt="image" /> Wicker Park Lofts is a short walk from the ball field, gyms and pool at Pulaski Park. Wicker Park Lofts takes advantage of the property’s uniquely-shaped site and offers studio, 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom “soft loft” apartments. The units feature top -of-the-line finishes and state-of-the- art design elements . Fourth and fifth- floor apartmen...

We offer our predictions on communities that will rank among the city's most desirable in 2026. Plus a look at developers who are working to make those visions a reality. February 18, 2016 (page 7 of 7) 8 developers with insight who are rethinking our urban neighborhoods   BY DEBRA SMIT G reat neighborhoods — with ample green space , commerce and good housing stock — empower their residents to grow and prosper. Developers are key when it comes to weaving together the physical threads of a community, particularly in urban neighborhoods frayed by years of blight and decay. These are among the developers who are working to revitalize some of the city’s most challenged neighborhoods, striving to be restorers of streets in which to dwell. All have one eye, certainly, on the bottom line. Still, they are well aware of expectations that they give measured consideration to quality of life in the neighborhoods in which they build.   Wi...