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Bayside Villas may be under new ownership but residents, who complain of deplorable conditions and discrimination, say nothing has changed. “Nothing has changed,” Bayside Villas resident Barbara Williams said. “It has gotten worse.” The Bradenton Herald first reported on the “deplorable” conditions found at Bayside Villas last November. Multiple government investigations are underway, including one by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s office, at the apartments located just off 20th Lane East in Palmetto. But previous property owner Robert Goodman said his recent sale of the complex was not related to the probes. “We were never contacted by any local or state agency regarding any investigation in any matter regarding the property,” Goodman said in an email Friday. “We sold because the sale and the timing of the sale fit our business model.” It was when the 44- unit apartment complex last changed ownership in 2013 that residents say conditions started to deteriorate. In May 2013, Highland ...

But 5th lawsuit now filed by PMC Property Group By Mary O’Leary, moleary@nhregister.com @nhrmoleary on Twitter Published 7:25 pm, Friday, August 18, 2017 Photo: File Photo Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 The Smoothie Building in New Haven. The Smoothie Building in New Haven. Photo: File Photo New Haven wins lawsuit that had challenged future developments Back to Gallery NEW HAVEN >> The city has won a serious challenge to future developments filed by the litigious PMC Property Group , even as the company brings a fifth suit over an approved apartment building that competes with its Strouse Adler units . U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Meyer has dismissed the 2015 suit by 26 Crown St. Associates, one of the properties owned by PMC, which charged that New Haven’s combined sewer and storm drain system overflows during heavy rainfall and damages his apartment complex and “thousands of other New Haven” properties. PMC, a major real estate owner out of Philadelphia, b...

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX - Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services , the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm , has arranged the sale of Windridge Apartments , a 720- unit apartment complex in Grand Prairie, Texas. The terms of the sale were not released. William Jarnagin and Michael Ware, both senior associates in Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office, represented the buyer, Milwaukee- based MLG Capital . SIMC Management of Dallas will manage the asset.  Jarnagin and Ware also represented the seller, an out-of- state property owner . “Dallas/Fort Worth has been a hotbed of economic activity this year, creating favorable conditions in the apartment market for both buyers and sellers,” says Ware. “Despite some recent volatility, interest rates remain attractive and apartment vacancy in the Metroplex is near a five-year low.” Built in 1987 on approximately 40 acres, the property is located at 2301 East Avenue H in Grand Prair...

If plans work out, the city will be gaining a new restaurant called the Spin-N-Win Cafe. During its meeting Aug. 7, the Highland City Council voted to increase the number of class D2 liquor licenses from 10 to 11 permits. A D2 license allows restaurants to operate video gaming terminals . The council also approved the issuance of the additional license to Surjuit “Sunny” Tut, the owner of Tut Properties Inc. and Highland Liquor and Food Mart, located at 201 Walnut St. In a letter to Mayor Joe Michaelis , Tut said he is in the process of negotiating with a chain food service provider in hopes of opening a restaurant called the Spin-N-Win Cafe. Tut said he originally wanted to open the restaurant out of his existing business. But he decided it would not provide enough space, so instead he purchased a property at 213 Walnut St. with the intent of tearing down a dilapidated home and garage on the property. He said the plan is to construct a new structure for a restaurant. The restaura...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Ann Arbor officials are resuming talks of potentially putting a city income tax proposal before voters. The city's staff is scheduled to make a presentation to the City Council at a special work session on Sept. 11. The meeting is dedicated to the topic of city revenue and the idea of implementing a local income tax . Ann Arbor officials have discussed the idea for many years, mostly in the context of finding a way to generate tax revenue from the tens of thousands of people who live outside Ann Arbor and commute here for work, including many University of Michigan employees. UM has a large footprint in the city and does not pay property taxes . The idea of a city income tax reemerged at a city budget retreat last December, where there were talks of updating a 2009 feasibility study and putting a proposal on the November 2018 ballot. State law requires letting city voters decide whether to implement a local income tax . Ann Arbor's city charter also re...

By Diana Hubbell Travellers have long looked towards Asia – with its shimmering azure waters and near-limitless selection of palm-fringed white-sand beaches – in their search for paradise. Intrepid hippies put the area on the map as a tourist destination in the 1960s. The intervening years, meanwhile, have seen rustic bamboo beach shacks edged out by a growing phalanx of upscale hotels and resorts. Indeed, these days it is just as likely to be high- powered investors making for the region’s resort destinations as singlet-wearing backpackers and other holidaymakers.   Countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia and the Philippines, can ably cater to the most demanding of buyers, with sumptuous properties ranging from secluded island hideaways to palatial residences with easy access to first-class restaurants and highly developed transport infrastructure . MORE: The Mediterranean is still the dream second home for wealthy Asianssztbauwa Investors who are as keen on po...

Shares 273 By Maggie Lee Up on Peachtree Road on a sticky July morning , the sign at the Darlington Apartments already read 87 degrees a little after 10:30. James Curtis was on the sidewalk about a block up, alongside northbound traffic , eyeballing a work crew off the side of the road up ahead. He pointed to a broken-up patch of sidewalk at his feet that had filled with sandy dirt. That could stop an electric wheelchair, said Curtis. lacks good sidewalks . Credit: Maggie Lee" /> James Curtis says he wants to know why Peachtree Road, Atlanta’s main artery and one he uses often, lacks good sidewalks . Credit: Maggie Lee On just a few blocks to the north of the Shepherd Center where he volunteers in several departments, Curtis pointed out a half-dozen other obstacles that make it hard or dangerous to get by for folks who use mobility aids. There are cracks that could catch a wheelchair’s small front wheel , tip it over, throw out its user. There’s broken pavement and commercial...

Cathy Czerniak, community development director for Lake Forest, has proposed calling 2017 "the year of the crane." "One morning when I looked at the skyline, I saw four different cranes piercing the skyline from the central business district ," Czerniak said. The Lake Forester recently spoke with Czerniak about the state of various ongoing construction projects in town. Lake Forest Hospital The hospital is still on target to open its outpatient clinics this fall with the rest of the almost $400 million hospital to open in the first quarter of 2018. Final work on the interior of the buildings is being completed, a temporary parking lot is being removed and the height of a berm on the south side of the property is being increased. Kelmscott Park (formerly Laurel and Western) Three apartment buildings with a total of 111 units are expected to open in January, February and March 2018. Pre-leasing of apartments is scheduled to start this October. One single family ho...

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...

Whitney and Luke Bowerman dream of building cottages on one of the few larger lots remaining in Olympia’s Eastside neighborhood. They want to leave the existing trees on the Fairview Street Southeast lot , and reflect the character of the neighborhood in their design. The cottages would join a new, three-bedroom house also designed to fit the area. But the city of Olympia has made it expensive to build cottages, the Bowermans said. They estimate that city fees alone will run $30,000 to $40,000 per cottage. And the cottages will be just between 500 and 800 square feet. “The impact fees for a 500-square-foot cottage are almost the same as for a single-family home,” Whitney Bowerman said. “But you can’t rent them for as much,” Luke Bowerman said. If changes aren’t made to reduce the costs, the Bowermans said, they might have to abandon the cottage idea and build a more traditional subdivision. Out of respect for the neighborhood, they don’t want to do that. Meanwhile, Olympia is poised...