Apartment City

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...

Virginia Hammontree (Photo: Submitted) Hammontree selected as 2017 Outstanding Senior CRAWFORD COUNTY - Virginia Hammontree has been selected as the  2017 Outstanding Senior Citizen for Crawford County by the  Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging Inc. She was nominated by Cassie Herschler, Crawford County Council on Aging. Virginia and her husband Pat will celebrate their 46-year anniversary in September. Her list of involvement and interests in the community is vast, and includes serving as a past president and holding other officer positions in Rotary Club of Bucyrus; co-chair of the Bucyrus Christmas Parade ; a board member and treasurer of Contact, a 24-hour helpline; a board member and treasurer for Bucyrus Tourism; a board member and treasurer for  Bucyrus Backpack Program ;  and a teacher for six kindergarten Junior Achievement classes for 18 years. She also delivers meals three days a week for the Council on Aging and was selected as Volunteer of the Year in 2013 by the ...

It’s hard to stand out in New York’s microcosm of over-the- top real estate , where eight-figure listings are a dime a dozen and co-op boards are as steely as they come. One building, however, has managed to take the cake year after year as one of the city’s most exclusive addresses: 834 Fifth Avenue. The co-op, which sits on Fifth Avenue between 64th and 65th streets overlooking the Central Park zoo , was once described by the New York Observer as “the most pedigreed building on the snobbiest street in the country’s most real estate–obsessed city.” How does a building in a city of millions of buildings get this distinction? As one of its units continues to hold the distinction of most expensive apartment for sale in New York, we thought it was time to understand why. An living area photographed shortly after the building was constructed in 1931. Photo: MCNY/Gottscho-Schleisner / Getty Images Background Designed by Sicilian- American architect Rosario Candela , 834 Fifth was built ...

DECATUR, GA -- The Decatur Housing Authority (DHA) will hold a Grand Opening Ceremony for Phases I and II of Trinity Walk, the exciting redevelopment of the former Gateway Manor and Oakview apartments in downtown Decatur, near Atlanta.  The new, affordable apartment community at 421 West Trinity Place is fully occupied and now boasts 121 one, two and three- bedroom energy - efficient apartment flats and townhomes in six contemporary, three-story buildings.  Thirty-two of the apartments were created for the elderly and/or disabled, while the remaining 89 units were designed for families.  The Grand Opening will be held at Trinity Walk on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m.  Invited guests include Decatur ’s Mayor and City Council, HUD officials, DHA staff project investors and partners and Trinity Walk residents , who worked with DHA, HUD and the City of Decatur to create a unique revitalization strategy for the redevelopment.“The former Gateway Manor development spanned two highly des...

Staff writer NATALIE WICKMAN hitched a ride with Champaign city officials and council members this week on a bus tour showing progress of ongoing capital improvements . Here's what she learned about four of them. CARLE AT THE FIELDS Cost to city: None. Due date: Early 2018 for the Carle and Health Alliance office building and the new Fields South Drive, which will connect Curtis and Windsor roads; sometime in 2018 for the Hampton Inn and Ambulatory Surgery Center. Carle Foundation Hospital 's new campus — located in the northwest quadrant of the Curtis Road interchange — will be anchored by a 300,000-square- foot office building for 1,400 employees. Surrounding it will be new medical buildings and a commercial center. The city's LACEY RAINS LOWE said the commercial center is being viewed by Carle as a "mini-downtown area." Another part of the campus will include a new Hampton Inn, surrounded by four mixed-use buildings with ground- floor commercial spaces a...

Last month, we cut ribbons on Talmadge Gateway and Cypress Apartments — two affordable-housing projects that will provide a combined 122 new homes in San Diego for struggling seniors and people who have been chronically homeless. At Talmadge Gateway, we met Marvina and Michael — two local seniors who expressed profound relief to finally have roofs over their heads and the chance to lead a stable life after years of instability. Projects like these are critical as housing has become increasingly unaffordable. Virtually every Californian can attest to the increased cost of living we have seen in recent years. Since 2000, the median rent in the San Diego region has spiked by 36 percent. However, the median household income for renters has risen just 4 percent. Our lowest- income earners spend nearly 70 percent of their income on housing and, to meet the current demand from the middle and working class, we would need to build 142,000 rental homes. The problem on its surface is supply-...

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...

Colorado Park Apartments - 1141 Colorado Avenue , Palo Alto, Calif." title=" Colorado Park Apartments - 1141 Colorado Avenue , Palo Alto, Calif." width="250" height="150" class="im2" /> Colorado Park Apartments - 1141 Colorado Avenue , Palo Alto, Calif. PALO ALTO, Calif. - Aug. 17, 2017 - PRLog -- Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff , City Council Members , and other local leaders gathered today 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 ...

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...

CHAMPAIGN - When brothers Jeff, Steve and Mike Hartman went into the real estate development and management business together, they combined more than the initials of their first names. They also merged everything their father taught them about the construction business and all their mother taught them about family loyalty in their three enterprises, JSM Apartments, JSM Development and JSM Management. Under the JSM umbrella, the Hartmans now own and manage 700 apartments and 114,000 square feet of commercial space in Champaign-Urbana, including the new Technology Plaza apartment/retail/office complex in Campustown. And they have more developments on the way. Already started are a new apartment/retail complex on Gregory Street in Urbana, near the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and a new retail center on South Neil Street in Champaign, where Hillcrest Lumber used to be. The Hartmans say they work well together in business, running things jointly and never undertakin...

Uptown Newport Village will replace two industrial buildings with a walkable neighborhood of shops, restaurants, parks and upscale housing. Newport Beach, one of Southern California's most affluent cities, is about to transform an industrial area near John Wayne Airport into a distinctly urban community of homes and shops. Uptown Newport Village will replace a pair of aging industrial buildings on 25 acres near the airport with a walkable neighborhood of shops, restaurants, parks and upscale homes and apartments, according to Shopoff Group, an Irvine developer. Mayor Rush N. Hill, who is an architect, said he is excited about the project and pleased that it will be a dense neighborhood by local standards. "It's a relatively new kind of product for us with respect to density and height," he said. "We look at this as a great stride forward in walkable communities. We think it's very appropriate for the area." The first phase of the project will cost ...

Share This Article: Mission Valley ." width="640" height="360" />Entrance to the Aquatera apartments in Mission Valley . Aquatera, a 254-unit eco- friendly apartment community in Mission Valley , has taken energy consciousness to a new level by enabling residents to get 100 percent of their electricity from the sun. When first built in 2009, Aquatera featured a 282- kilowatt photovoltaic solar energy system that supplied 90 percent of the community’s common-area electricity. Developer H.G. Fenton Company installed new solar panels this spring to add 539 kilowatts of   solar power capability . Solar panels at Aquatera. Each apartment unit now features sophisticated Nest thermostats so residents can control the power use in their unit as well as their individual utility bills . “Our residents can control how much energy they consume and have the potential to reduce their energy costs to zero or even receive a rebate,” said Mike Neal, president of H.G. Fe...

In Reseda, an elderly couple fret about where they will go at the end of the month, when they are forced out of the one-room apartment they have lived in for 29 years. In Tujunga, a retired woman lives in a backyard shed, treating her high blood pressure with tea made from her garden and bathing in an outdoor tub with water heated by the sun. In Arleta, a supermarket employee rents a makeshift room in a house that is home to 10 people, and often waits in a long line to shower before work. I didn't set out last Wednesday to tie these stories together; I was following leads in search of the small dramas that play out daily, beyond the headlines, in homes that do not make the Hot Property column . I traveled the 101 and the 405, the 118 and the 210, and the stories intersected as the highways do, here in a land where all too often plans fall apart, and the daily challenge is to adapt, to endure, to survive. :: "Help!!!!" Caroline Malloy pleaded in an email to me. Her pa...