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Overview

This tutorial will show you the basic concepts of building an apartment in the Apartment Life expansion.

Start with an empty residential lot. You can use any size you like. Enter the lot in build mode to begin building.

NOTE: Do NOT use a beach lot. Beach lots become hopelessly corrupted when changed to apartments. There is no known fix for this.

NOTE: Use a completely flat lot. This doesn't mean that you should level a lumpy lot with the level terrain tool or use the "level to road" tool - it means you should start with a regular flat lot. Not only can non-flat lots cause issues even when they're not apartments (like cause holes in the terrain and make it impossible to place other lots where those un-level lots were before), but they apparently cause a similar corruption to beach lots for some users. You should, as a builder, get in the habit of using flat lots. You can always use the terrain sculpting tools to make them look unlevel once you're there - just make sure all of the edges are flat.

You must make sure the door is facing the right way, with the mat on the outside.

You may only have one main accessible door to the outside - the apartment door. That is, you cannot have a back door that opens onto the main lot.

You may only have other exterior doors if:

The back yard will be considered part of the apartment, not common area, so any furnishings you place there will disappear when you move in a family unless you choose to Rent Furnished.

NOTE: You could probably use the above cheat/trick with an invisible fence to make a balcony leading to the ground floor. Just use a wall section instead of a foundation.

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Last week, the Lombard Village Board of Trustees approved a conditional use permit for the Highlands of Lombard apartment complex, and in December, another proposed project, the Amico Yorktown Apartments, received final site plan approval from the village's Plan Commission, said Lombard's director of community development, Bill Heniff.

Additionally, he said, a massive apartment and townhouse complex is planned for an unincorporated area near Finley Road and Oak Creek Drive, as well as a senior assisted living facility and apartment building for individuals with disabilities both of which are currently under construction.

The soon-to-be-constructed Highlands of Lombard apartment complex at 2740 S. Highland Ave. will stand on the last tract of land available for development within the Highlands planned development project, which was initially approved by the village in 2000, Heniff said. The planned five-story apartment building will include 181 units of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments.

"We haven't had any new apartment projects in a number of years, 14 to be exact," Heniff said.

The Highlands of Lombard project "and some of the other ones in the planning or construction phase are really indicative of where current market trends are," he said.

Though the condominium market is stagnant, Heniff said there is plenty of demand both locally and within the Chicago area for additional apartment units for rent.

The Highlands project was designed to look very similar to the City View at Highlands complex, which was constructed in 2001, Heniff said. The new building will be located south of the City View apartments.

Heniff said construction of the Highlands apartment complex is expected to begin this year and will likely last a year.

Final building plans are also in the works for the Amico Yorktown Apartments, a proposed seven-story apartment building at 2239 S. Highland Ave., Heniff said.

Heniff expects to see a building permit for the Amico apartments to be submitted sometime this year. The proposed project includes 78 apartment units and is located immediately west of the existing Yorktown Apartments and parking garage, he said.

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WEST PITTSTON The building at 311-313 Luzerne Avenue is still marked as West Pittston High School, but senior citizens will be able to call it home by the beginning of next year.

United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania broke ground on the Old School on Luzerne development project Friday morning. The agency plans to gut the inside of the former school and transform it into an apartment complex for seniors featuring 22 apartments and 24/7 medical care.

West Pittston borough council chairman Jim Rose said the three-story building had been used as a warehouse after the school closed down. When UNC approached the borough about the apartment project, Rose said borough officials welcomed the idea.

They have another apartment complex ... that has been a great asset to the community, he said. Were excited to have this as well. Itll fit nicely in the neighborhood.

UNC CEO Michael Hanley said the former school building fit what UNC looks for in a building to renovate.

Were always looking throughout the northeast for buildings that are solid, have a historical significance for the communities theyre in and can be re-purposed, Hanley said. This was a prime example of one that we thought could really be redone as a neighborhood asset.

Hanley said the complex will offer support services and medical facilities for its age 62 and up residents. He expected to start renting out the units by December of this year.

Crews from Champion Builders of Kingston worked inside the building on Friday. Ralph Melone of Melone Architects said crews have already put in about two months of work on the building, gutting the interior, removing partitions between rooms and replacing the roof.

The building will feature 15 one-bedroom units and seven two-bedroom units. Hanley said the project will cost a total of $6.5 million.

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The old Taco Bell building, at the corner of East Grand River Avenue and Bailey Street, may finally be replaced after remaining vacant since the early 2000s.

A proposal to replace the vacant restaurant with a five-story apartment building is being reviewed by the East Lansing City Councils Planning Commission, who met Wednesday evening.

Located at 565 E. Grand River Ave., the restaurant was constructed in 1972 and remained in business until Taco Bell moved across to the northwest corner of Bailey Street.

At this site, David Krause from the Stonehouse Village development company is proposing a five-story building featuring 30 apartment units designed for students on the upper floors. The ground floor would be designated for commercial space.

The citys planning department is currently reviewing the proposal, and will be further discussed during the Planning Commission meeting on April 22. If approved, construction would begin this summer with the goal of being completed within 12 months.

At Wednesdays meeting most of the planning commissions time was focused on a Site Plan and Special Use Permit Application staff report, brought forward by Lingg Brewer, for a revised proposal previously brought forward in the fall of last year. It detailed a four-story building at 500 Albert Ave. and 122 Division St.

The building would be constructed between existing apartment buildings and require bulldozing the house on the corner of Division Street. The proposed development would include six studio apartments and seven two-bedroom units on the upper floors. The first floor would be entirely commercial in use.

Apartments in the new building would be marketed towards upperclassmen and graduate college students, with rent expected to remain similar to the current level of the apartment building at 500 Albert St.

There were concerns from members of the commission regarding the proposed demolition of the house at 122 Division St. While the proposal has existed for several years, no progress has been made to modify the property.

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It's a big deal when Denver's top architect publishes an essay saying this city is failing at design downtown. That we are building one mundane apartment building after the next. That we are wasting the opportunity to become a national leader and ruining the urban landscape by putting profit above civic pride.

Jeff Sheppard said all that, though in more polite ways, in a guest editorial in last Sunday's Denver Post. And we'd be wise to hear him and do what he's suggesting: Knock it off immediately.

Sheppard

Actually, he said that part more nicely, too, proposing that we "pause and consider whether there might be more appealing, innovative approaches to building a timeless, dynamic residential urban core before it's too late."

My interpretation: No more blocky apartment buildings that create nearly flat, five-story walls along our pedestrian streets, obliterating sunny sidewalks. No more structures that ask people to live in shoe boxes with a bare minimum of windows and balconies. No more quick construction of lofts-that-aren't-really-lofts, set along anonymous corridors that dissuade neighborly interaction.

At least until we make a plan to encourage developers to do a little better. And we can, as a community, do better than to erase our own past by tearing down important buildings that tell the city's history, replacing them with nondescript structures that increase our housing stock but don't improve it.

Now's the time, as they say. This city is experiencing a building boom unparalleled in any era. The economy is strong and demand for housing will only rise because our population is expanding rapidly. We can afford to slow down and think for a minute.

Developers won't shape up unless we make it attractive to them. Architects won't lead the charge because they don't want to bite the hand that feeds them. They are a notoriously silent bunch.

That's what makes Sheppard's essay so interesting. He's taking a business risk. Though, he's not just any architect.

He's the official Colorado Architect of the Year, an honor recently bestowed upon him by the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. -

Allentown officials plan to rezone part of a mid-city block to pave the way for construction of a 61-unit apartment building.

Called Sacred Heart Senior Residences, the four-story building is proposed to be built at the northeast corner of Fifth and Turner streets in the city.

A total of 15 properties containing 28 residential units now are in the project area. Developers said some of those homes are vacant and in bad shape.

One mixed-use property, a former laundromat, is at the corner of Fifth and Turner.

All those structures will be torn down.

City Council has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed zoning change for 6:30 p.m. May 20 in City Hall.

Council may adopt the amendment to the zoning ordinance at its regular meeting, which will begin at 7 p.m. on the same night, immediately after the hearing.

The proposed change would rezone an area bounded by North Fifth Street to the west, North Penn Street to the east, West Turner Street to the south, and the northerly property lines of 215 N. 5th St and 218 N. Penn Street.

The zoning would be changed to High Density Residential from Medium High Density Residential and Institutional/Government.

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The construction sector in Australia expanded in March,driven by a solid increase in house building activity, the latest survey from the Australian Industry Group and the Housing Industry Association showed Thursday.

The Ai Group/HIA Australian Performance of Construction Index,or PMI, climbed by 6.2 points to 50.1 in March from 43.9 in the previous month.

A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the sector, while any score below 50 suggests contraction in the sector.

The improvement in March was largely driven by a solid increase in house building activity, with the corresponding index rising by 10.4 points to 55.8.It was the strongest rate since October 2014.

Apartment building activity also strengthened in March while mining related engineering construction weakened further and commercial construction again declined.

New orders increased solidly by 12.1 points to 50.8 in March. It was the first expansion since October 2014. Employment level in the construction sector stabilized, with the sub-index rising to 50.0 in March from 47.6 in February.

"It is therefore important that new home building activity does not end up being stifled by the unhelpful policy settings in place, both for the sake of economic growth in the short term and Australia's housing requirements over the longer term," HIA Senior Economist, Shane Garrett, said.

"In this regard, the RBA's decision not to reduce interest rates this week adds to uncertainty across the economy and represents a lost opportunity."

by RTT Staff Writer

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