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Orlando, Florida Based Contractor Begins New Project to Grow Senior Housing Market in Florida's Capitol ORLANDO, Fla. - Aug. 24, 2017 - PRLog -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (August 24, 2017) – Roger B. Kennedy Construction broke ground July 10 for the Tapestry Tallahassee Walden assisted living and memory care additions and renovations, under a contract of approximately $8 million.  Located at 3080 Walden Road and designed by Distyle Design PC , Minneapolis, Minn., the two three- story building additions and renovations will add 89 new assisted living and memory care units to the Tallahassee senior housing market when completed in March 2018. The scope of work will also include associated site development with outdoor amenities including secure courtyards and gathering spaces. The Kennedy organization has been in continuous operation as a family- owned construction business for 147 years, and opened its Florida office in Orlando in 1972.  Headed by Roger B. Kennedy, Jr., Presi...

Court of Appeals of Georgia. FOREST COVE APARTMENTS , LLC et al. v. WILSON. No. A15A0799.     Decided: August 21, 2015 Following the grant of their application for interlocutory appeal, Forest Cove Apartments , LLC and American Apartment Management Company (collectively, the “defendants”) appeal the trial court's order denying their motion for summary judgment in this premises liability action brought by Teresa R. Wilson after she fell from an upstairs bathroom while performing independent contractor work for the defendants at an apartment complex. Because the uncontroverted evidence of record shows that Wilson had equal knowledge of the dangerous condition that caused her fall, we must reverse the trial court's denial of summary judgment to the defendants. On appeal from the denial of summary judgment[,] the appellate court is to conduct a de novo review of the evidence to determine whether there exists a genuine issue of material fact, and whether the undisputed facts, v...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The grand opening of Creekside Village , the University at Buffalo's newest student housing complex , will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 22 in the community building of the complex on Skinnersville Road on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The fifth apartment-style complex to be built for student housing by UB in five years at no cost to New York State taxpayers , Creekside Village will open this month for graduate and professional students, including married students . The five projects have provided fully furnished apartments for 2,170 students that did not exist five years ago. The $ 11 million Creekside Village project , sponsored by the University at Buffalo Foundation and UB Alumni Association , is comprised of 13 two- story buildings featuring 102 two-bedroom townhouse units and 14 two-bedroom ranch-style units for a total designed occupancy of 232. Seven of the buildings are located along the west side of Bizer Creak on the northern edge of the North Campus near ...

DEERFIELD, IL - The co- development team of Conor Commercial Real Estate , a national real estate development firm and a member of The McShane Companies , and Ravine Park Partners (RPP), a Jeff Annenberg and Greg Moyer company , is pleased to announce the highly- anticipated grand opening of Woodview Apartments.  The new 248- unit luxury residential development is situated at Deerfield Road and Interstate 94 in Deerfield, Illinois, and is accessed via Parkway North Boulevard by both Deerfield Road and Saunders Road.   The amenity-rich multi-family property is located within minutes of downtown Deerfield, the Metra Station and an array of nearby retail, restaurants and businesses.  Move-in opportunities began in May with over 100 leases signed within the first 100 days.The four- story complex offers a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units.  Each residence incorporates upscale finishes and appliances including quartz countertops , stainless steel appliances , plank fl...

An apartment development valued at $48 million is coming to West Ashley. Charleston-based Middle Street Partners  said it has broken ground on the 316-unit Atlantic at Grand Oaks complex on Ashley Gardens Boulevard . It's near West Ashley Circle at Bees Ferry Road and Glenn McConnell Parkway . The rental complex will feature 16 two- and three-story buildings and a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, cafe and community kitchen overlooking a pool. The 26-acre site also will feature large open spaces and several grand trees for which the property is named. Apartments will include kitchen islands with granite countertops, 9-foot ceilings and screened porches. Live Oak Contracting of Jacksonville, Fla., is the general contractor. Construction should be completed in October 2018. Now renting A new 240- unit apartment complex is now open in Goose Creek. The Passage at 100 Underwood Lane, owned by Woodfield Investments and managed by CF Real Estate Services , is ...

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...

CHICAGO – The co- development team of Conor Commercial Real Estate , a national real estate development firm and a member of The McShane Companies , and Ravine Park Partners (RPP), a Jeff Annenberg and Greg Moyer company , is pleased to announce the groundbreaking for Woodview Apartments, a new 248- unit luxury apartment development in Deerfield, Illinois.  Prominently situated at Deerfield Road and Interstate 94 in the north suburban Chicago market , the multi- family development will provide luxury rental residences incorporating an upscale array of features together with well- appointed tenant amenities .  The co- development team will begin tenant occupancy in first quarter of 2015 while the remaining portions of the complex will be completed in summer 2015. The four-story, 432, 000 square foot apartment development will be constructed with thoughtful architectural and landscape design in order to seamlessly integrate into the surrounding neighborhoo...

How the fight against displacement calls for New York City’s Asian immigrant communities to defect from the “ model minority ” narrative. Media Gallery When NYU sophomore Sam Kim attended a rally outside Manhattan’s City Hall in March, he didn’t think that he would be ushered into the spotlight. Kim had learned of the rally through the local housing organization CAAAV (Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence), which called on New Yorkers to oppose President Trump ’s proposed $6.2 billion cut to the 2018 budget of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This cut would dramatically reduce federal funding for New York City public housing , which currently provides rent-subsidized homes to 600,000 New Yorkers. Along the City Hall steps , Kim and two fellow student organizers joined a rare gathering of tenants from otherwise disparate peripheries of the city. Asian immigrants from Chinatown and Queens stood alongside Black and Latino residents of Brooklyn and the Bronx...