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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...

465 North Park is a 48-story, 444- unit apartment tower under construction at 465 N Park Dr in Streeterville. The building has nearly 12,000 square feet of ground- floor retail space and 181 resident-only parking spaces. The building is targeting LEED Silver certification . The groundbreaking ceremony for the building was held in September of 2016. First occupancy is slated for the summer of 2018. Jupiter Realty is the developer with Pappageorge Haymes as the architecture firm and Power Construction as the general contractor. The apartments The unit mix includes studios , convertibles, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, and nine two-story townhomes on the fourth and fifth floors. Kitchens will feature high-end appliances and cabinetry, and all units will have walk-in closets and full-size washers and dryers. The top two penthouse floors will feature top-of-the-line kitchens. Views . The building’s floor plate, based on angled ellipses, orients windows toward view corridors. M...

ONE WEEK LEFT TO REQUEST APPLICATIONS FOR THE BEVERLY, BOSTON’S FIRST 100% AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN 25 YEARS Residents must download applications by  August 30  and submit by  September 6   Residents have seven days remaining to request applications for The Beverly, Downtown Boston’s first 100% workforce and affordable housing development in more than a quarter century. Applications are available at www.thebeverlyboston.com until next Wednesday, August 30th  and must be submitted by  September 6th  to be eligible for January 2018 move-in. Located in the North Station neighborhood , across from the TD Garden, The Beverly is an incredible opportunity to live in the heart of the city at an affordable price. It provides 239 downtown luxury apartments with capped rents, including a mix of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and much needed family-sized three-bedroom units in a premier transit-oriented location. Workforce units will be available to households with ann...

Abbi Matheson The project to turn the former Arlington Heights Methodist church , located at the corner of Westminster and Lowell Streets, into nine affordable housing units has secured additional state , funding. The 20 Westminster Ave. project is slated to cost $3,975,762. Key funding came from a new Massachusetts state program , Community- Scale Housing Initiative (CSHI), which contributed $320,000 to the Westminster project. This initiative is a new, joint pilot program from the Department of Housing and Community Development and state affordable housing finance agency MassHousing . The funds go towards the creation of smaller scale affordable housing projects . Arlington is one of the first communities to receive funding from the CSHI. “I am thrilled that our community has been awarded this grant to help increase the availability of affordable housing in Arlington,” state Sen. Cindy Friedman, D-Arlington stated in a press release. The town of Arlington contributed ...

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...

The hotel industry may be waging war on Airbnb, but that hasn’t stopped hotels in Miami-Dade from sleeping with the enemy. Of course, to most properties that have chosen to list some of their hotel rooms on the home-sharing platform, Airbnb is anything but an enemy and rather just another site to advertise their product. They’re far removed from the ongoing tension between Airbnb and the American Hotel and Lodging Association, which has devised a detailed plan around the nation to squash the growth of short- term rental platforms . The intersection of hotels and Airbnb has, naturally, found a home in Miami-Dade, one of the top five short- term rental markets in the country. More than 100 South Florida boutique hotels list some, if not all, of their rooms on Airbnb, the company estimates . They are part of a growing number of properties in the U.S. that have moved onto the site, particularly since last November when Airbnb started aggressively courting boutique hotels to list on the...

Fort Lauderdale , Fla.—Greystar has begun construction on Elan 16Forty, a new 261-unit, mid- rise apartment community in Fort Lauderdale ’s growing downtown district , which will also offer 2,300 square feet of retail space. “Elan 16Forty will be minutes from the beach, Galleria shopping, Hollywood Park, the Las Olas district and downtown,” Gary Wallace, Greystar’s managing director of development, tells MHN . “It is the latest community we have developed under the Elan brand.  Elan communities embody Greystar ’s philosophy of developing stylish, high- quality apartment homes in distinctive locations.” Elan 16Forty will offer a variety of one-, two- and three- bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 686 to 1,599 square feet of living space. Units will include stainless steel appliances , custom kitchen islands with European cabinetry, granite countertops with under mount sinks, pendant lighting, bamboo flooring in living areas, contemporary carpeting in bedrooms and ceramic tile ...

Long Description: Stylized Art Deco Sphinxes decorate the exterior of the grand Hinds Co. Courthouse in downtown Jackson MS , which was added to the US National Register of Historic Places in 1986. They are located on the second tier of the courthouse facade , framing the figure of Moses, the Giver of Laws, on the top tier of the courthouse. For more on the architectural details of the Hinds County Courthouse see the NRHP Nomination Form here: (visit link) "The Hinds County Courthouse is located at 407 East Pascagoula Street between South Congress Street and South President Street in Jackson, Mississippi. The Hinds County Courthouse and jail is a five-story and basement, 90' by 196', nine-bay by seven-bay, H-shaped plan, Art Deco style structure with its principle facade facing north . The Hinds County Courthouse functions are housed in the basement and on the first three floors. The jail is located on the fourth and fifth floors. A modern jail facility has been...