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A building at Woodcreek Apartments in Ypsilanti Township remains abandoned as the management and insurance company settle a dispute over the insurance settlement. Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com An eight-unit, burned-out apartment building in the Woodcreek Apartments off East Forest Avenue continues sitting vacant after a Molotov cocktail attack damaged it in a July 10 arson. A building left vacant with no timetable for demolition or repair is rare in Ypsilanti Township , where officials are tenacious in their efforts to quickly address blight . But this time, the township is caught in the middle of a settlement dispute between an insurance adjuster, Woodcreek management and the building's insurer. Also at stake is $120,000 in insurance money. The insurance adjuster, Craig Trombley of American Adjusters, was hired by Woodreek's owner, Ken Sharrock . Trombley is paid a percentage of the $120,000. The two accuse an Ypsilanti Township building official of putting residen...

French architect Stéphane Malka has a very interesting proposal for how to renovate an old apartment building in Paris. Plug-in City 75, as the project is named, calls for attaching a series of wooden boxes to the building’s façade, which will have the dual function of increasing the interior space of the apartments, as well as make the structure more energy efficient. Malka came up with this idea because the local building codes do not allow for extending buildings upward , but extending them outward is allowed. He has already designed the wooden boxes to be used for this purpose. They vary in size and are all prefabricated off-site. The building that is to get this interesting facelift is located in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, and was build in the 1970s. The prefab boxes to be used will be lightweight, and built using sustainably-sourced wood. Plans call for them to be mounted onto the building’s facade. The occupants of the building will be able to decide what they want to use the ...

Over the next week, SouthBMore.com will be posting development photo tours of all the projects under construction in South Baltimore . This tour features development in Otterbein, Federal Hill, and Sharp-Leadenhall. Check out SouthBMore.com’s South Baltimore Development Rundown for information about all the real estate projects under construction, recently completed, or in planning in South Baltimore . 414 Light Street The currently under- construction 414 Light Street development will include 394 apartments, 40,000 sq. ft. of outdoor and indoor amenity space , 12,300 sq. ft. of ground floor retail space , and a 550- car parking garage . More than 25 floors have been constructed and exterior glass is being installed. The site was formerly a McCormick & Company spice factory . Each of the building’s 41 floor plans will be named after a spice. 414 Light Street will offer studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments. More than half of the units will have private balconies. Ba...

Extra Space Storage in Wicker Park"> Extra Space Storage in Wicker Park. " /> Extra Space Storage in Wicker Park View Full Caption WICKER PARK —  You can now store all your extra stuff close to home. The new Extra Space Storage in the former Wieboldt's department store building features more than 1,200 units. "Self storage is driven by life needs. You are moving, between apartments. Some tenants stay longer than expected, some always have a storage locker . It's becoming a part of people's lives," said John Mengel, owner of JSM Venture, a prominent developer of self- storage facilities . Mengel said more than 40 people rented storage units during the new location's first few weeks and that points to the fact neighborhood residents — particularly the "younger and more mobile" — needed the "extra space." Extra Space Storage opened in late July at 1300 N. Ashland Ave. in the Wicker Commons shopping mall . Th...

Plans to renovate Lassiter Courts , a public housing complex in the city’s Southeast Community, will move forward after getting state approval this summer for an important piece of funding. But the state’s rejection of similar funding at Spratley House will delay plans there until at least next year. The Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority plans to do the same kind of work at Lassiter — about $5.9 million worth — that it has done at Oyster Point, Cypress and Brighton apartment complexes : renovating kitchens, fixing up roofs and floors, and working on HVAC systems, to name a few plans. public housing complex es get step closer to renovation" class="trb_em_ic_img" title="Two Newport News public housing complex es get step closer to renovation" src="src" /> Those properties have been or will be renovated under a program called Rental Assistance Demonstration , or RAD, which is operated under the Department of Housing and Urban Develop...

Colorado Park Apartments – 1141 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303 PALO ALTO, Calif. – On August 17, 2017, Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff , City Council Members , and other local leaders gathered to celebrate the grand re-opening of Colorado Park Apartments , an affordable residential rental community developed by Palo Alto Housing (PAH).   “The City of Palo Alto is proud to be a longstanding partner of Palo Alto Housing ,” said Mayor Scharff. “Preserving and renovating high- quality affordable housing , like Colorado Park, helps ensure that Palo Alto continues to be a great place to live, work, and raise a family.” The City of Palo Alto was also a partner in the original construction of Colorado Park in the early ‘70s. Colorado Park Apartments is a seven-building, 60- unit garden walk -up complex originally constructed in 1972 by PAH. The property has a diverse unit mix with eight one-bedroom, 24 two-bedroom, 22 three-bedroom, and six four- bedroom apartments . The latter two...

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From Monaghan Communications, Inc.: On August 17, 2017, Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff , City Council Members , and other local leaders gathered to celebrate the grand re-opening of Colorado Park Apartments , an affordable residential rental community developed by Palo Alto Housing (PAH). "The City of Palo Alto is proud to be a longstanding partner of Palo Alto Housing ,” said Mayor Scharff. “Preserving and renovating high- quality affordable housing , like Colorado Park, helps ensure that Palo Alto continues to be a great place to live, work, and raise a family.” The City of Palo Alto was also a partner in the original construction of Colorado Park in the early ‘70s. Colorado Park Apartments is a seven-building, 60- unit garden walk -up complex originally constructed in 1972 by PAH. The property has a diverse unit mix with eight one-bedroom, 24 two-bedroom, 22 three-bedroom, and six four-bedroom apartments. The latter two unit types are two-level townhouses with washer/drye...

The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE:HHC) Q2 2017 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2017, 10:00 AM ET Executives David Striph - Executive Vice President , Investor Relations David Weinreb - Chief Executive Officer Grant Herlitz - President David O’Reilly - Chief Financial Officer Peter Riley - General Counsel Analysts Alexander Goldfarb - Sandler O’Neill Robert Majek - CJS Securities Will Randall - Citigroup Waheed Khorsand - BWS Financial Alex Barron - Housing Research Center Steve Shaw - Compass Point Operator Good morning. And welcome to The Howard Hughes Corporation Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [ Operator Instructions ] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [ Operator Instructions ] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to David Striph, Executive Vice President , Investor Relations . Please go ahead. David Striph Good morning. A...