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In a move that will help prepare for the expected onslaught of visitors to its “Star Wars” land opening in two years, Disneyland Resort is adding more parking spaces to its off- site parking lot . Disneyland got unanimous approval from the Anaheim Planning Commission last week to add an additional 455 parking spaces to its Toy Story lot off Harbor Boulevard and Convention Way. Guests parking there are shuttled over to the theme parks’ entrance. The Toy Story lot will increase to 5, 378 parking spaces . Disney charges a $20 parking fee. “We’re pleased to be able to offer even more parking options for our guests,” said George Savvas, a Disneyland spokesman. Disneyland received approval to add 455 parking spots at the Toy Story lot next to the Anaheim Convention Center . (By Joseph Pimentel, SCNG)" src="src" /> Disneyland received approval to add 455 parking spots at the Toy Story lot next to the Anaheim Convention Center . (By Joseph Pimentel, SCNG) Public Hea...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Phil Luciano Journal Star columnist @lucianophil Wanted: Doorman. That’s one of the employment opportunities arising at Stonewood Luxury Apartments , the planned 20- unit transformation of the old Julian Hotel, 724 SW Adams St . But the position might be hard to fill, if one of the requirements is experience, especially locally. Doormen, once an elegant staple of Peoria’s hotels and movie houses, became extinct here decades ago. “It’s something long forgotten,” says Kelly Petersen , who with his wife, Ashley, is developing Stonewood. I couldn’t helped but notice the news in this paper that the complex “will include a doorman.” I’m not the only one intrigued about that notion: Petersen (who with his wife owns ARMS/Absolute Risk Management Solutions, an East Peoria- based investment development company ) says he has been peppered with questions about the novelty. A doorman isn’t quite as anachronistic as, say, an ice man or milkman. But it’s certainly a throwback to Peoria’s...

HAVERHILL — In addition to receiving state money to construct veterans housing on Washington Street, the city will also be getting state money to renovate the last remaining downtown eyesore . As part of a state award of $72 million in housing subsidy funds and both state and federal tax credits , 62 units of housing will soon be built at 98 Essex St., a structure often referred to as the Chen building. City officials are confident that renovating a blighted building with the new housing will not only raise the values of all nearby properties, but will also make apartments at the nearby Hamel Mills and Cordovan buildings easier to market once they become available. The project is being sponsored by the Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative Inc. of Braintree. The city of Haverhill will also be providing money toward the project. It is one of 25 projects in 17 Massachusetts communities receiving state housing money . Of the 62 prospective units, a majorit...

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 9 a.m. Figueroa Street , Downtown" /> Wendy Gilmartin Even before construction crews broke ground on the Orsini apartment complex back in 2001, its developers made themselves locally infamous for wriggling out of an inclusionary zoning provision that requires new residential apartment developments to contain at least 15 percent affordable units . (Attorneys on the developer's side argued the provision would cause "difficulties and hardships" by lowering the owners' cash flow.) Flash forward 11 years later (and two additional phases and two enormous additional buildings later) and the Orsini apartments at Figueroa Street and Cesar Chavez Avenue downtown are currently more than 15 percent vacant. They also host one of the hottest parking garages in town for car break-ins and petty criminal activity . Aside from its politically contentious past and crime riddled present , what makes the Orsini " apartment resort "...