Apartment

An apartment (in American and Canadian English) or a flat (in British English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, correctly, on a single level without a stair. Such a building may be called an apartment building, apartment complex (in American English), apartment house (in American English), block of flats, tower block, high-rise or, occasionally mansion block (in British English), especially if it consists of many apartments for rent. In Scotland it is called a block of flats or, if it's a traditional sandstone building, a tenement, which has a pejorative connotation elsewhere. Apartments may be owned by an owner/occupier, by leasehold tenure or rented by tenants (two types of housing tenure).

Terminology

The term apartment is favoured in North America (although flat is used in the case of a unit which is part of a house containing two or three units, typically one to a floor) and also is the preferred term in Ireland. In the UK, the term apartment is more usual in professional real estate and architectural circles where otherwise the term flat is commonly, but not exclusively, for an apartment without a stair (hence a 'flat' apartment). Technically multi-storey apartments are referred to as 'duplex' (or 'triplex') indicating the number of floors within the property. Usage generally follows the British in Singapore, Hong Kong and most Commonwealth nations.

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The ‘mad egghead’ who built a mouse utopia

The Guardian 21 Nov 2024
John Calhoun designed an apartment complex for mice to examine the effects of overcrowding ... Calhoun told his audience each building had “four four-unit walk-up one-room apartments”, for a total of 256 units, each of which could comfortably accommodate about 15 mouse residents....
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Morgan Hill welcomes 73 units of affordable housing to help farmworkers, homeless residents

East Bay Times 21 Nov 2024
It features 30 units set aside for farmworker families and 18 units set aside for rapid rehousing of homeless individuals and families, which help move people from the streets into subsidized apartments The rest of the units are reserved for those making between 30% and 50% of the median income for the county....
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The Grand Pool Plan: What you said about Geocon's development application

Canberra Times 21 Nov 2024
Keep the pool or build two apartment towers with hundreds of units? ... ....
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Here’s a look at development around Schweitzer ski resort as ski season kicks off

The Spokesman-Review 21 Nov 2024
Next door, a 26-unit expansion to White Pine Lodge condominiums called 5 Needles was finished in 2023. Badger said there is one unit left for sale ... “It is hard to believe they don’t intend to build a lot more residential units.” ... The next project was to build Schralpenhaus, an 84-unit apartment complex in Ponderay that opened a year ago....
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Nashville community cornerstone, Bill Freeman, passes at 73

Nashville Pride 21 Nov 2024
William H. Freeman (Bill), entrepreneur, community leader, and one-time mayoral candidate passed away on Sunday, November 17, by suicide ... He will be sorely missed ... Bob Freeman.” ... He and his dear friend, Jimmy Webb, started Freeman Webb Company in 1979, and they grew it from one apartment community to over 18,000 units that are managed today ... report ... .......
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148-unit apartment complex planned for south Midland

MRT 20 Nov 2024
Planning and Zoning commissioners approved a zone change to pave the way for a new apartment community .......
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Apartments proposed near Sarasota Memorial campus in Venice rejected by planning board

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 20 Nov 2024
The Venice Planning Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to recommend against both growth plan and zoning map changes to allow for construction of the 65-unit Curry Lane Apartments ... Under the current residential multi-family zoning of the five-acre parcel, a developer could still build 35-foot-tall apartment buildings, but only a total of 25 units....
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Raritan Mall redevelopment proposal gets third try amid ethical misconduct allegation

My Central Jersey 20 Nov 2024
Of the 276 apartments in the plan, 234 would be market-rate units. The market-rate apartments would be 144 one-bedroom units, 59 one-bedroom and den units and 31 two-bedroom units. The affordable units would be eight one-bedroom apartments, 25 two-bedroom apartments and nine three-bedroom apartments....
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Apartments, hotels, offices next on tap for 100-acre CityNorth project in Phoenix

Azcentral 20 Nov 2024
It is adjacent to High Street and east of Desert Ridge Marketplace.3,000 apartment units planned ... The first building to be completed at CityNorth, a 272-unit luxury apartment complex called Sunela, which was co-developed with Greystar, finished construction over the summer and is about 25% occupied by tenants....
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Apartment buildings wrap up $1B in HUD funds for lower utility bills and climate upgrades

Chatanooga Times Free Press 20 Nov 2024
Resident Joseph Cousineau Sr., 73, agreed the 1970s building “needs some love.” Water leaks through the windows when it rains and the heating and cooling units in some apartments don't work, he said ... At Island Terrace Apartments, a 21-story, 240-unit high rise for families, an ......
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South Shore Plaza apartments take another step forward. It's far from over, though

The Patriot Ledger 20 Nov 2024
BRAINTREE – The town council has voted to move forward with plans to build 325 apartments on the South Shore Plaza property ... In its latest iteration, ZOM wants to build a four-story, 325-unit apartment structure on the southeast corner of the plaza’s property at 250 Granite St....
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Check out these Kings Mountain residential developments

The Star - Shelby 20 Nov 2024
Earle said there is a range of housing being proposed, including townhomes, apartments, single family houses and what is called "cottage court developments," all of which will help attract people to the area ... Church Street Apartments ... The plan includes commercial space, 71 single-family lots and 24 apartment units....
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Improper disposal of burning material causes Wells apartment fire

Bangor Daily News 20 Nov 2024
Several apartment units were consumed by fire in a blaze at a Wells apartment complex on Monday evening. The fire at the Sanford Road apartment ......

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