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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Second luxury apartment complex completed at Perkins Farm in Mystic

The Day 04 Apr 2025
MysticLess than two years after local developer Dave Lattizori broke ground on the second of two luxury apartment complexes at Perkins Farm, 52% of the units are occupied, and almost 60% are leased ... 121 luxury apartments, known as Harbor Heights Beacon, and 50 townhouses....
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SMART Team Faces Challenges Of Hot Weather, Dust In Sagaing, Myanmar

Malaysian National News Agency 04 Apr 2025
Apart from that, SMART Training Unit head , Senior Fire Superintendent II Mohamad Hafiezul Abdul Halim said the unstable communication network is also a test for them to carry out the ......
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Developers unveil 551-unit apartment project near the University of Cincinnati

Business Journal 03 Apr 2025
Chicago-based Core Spaces and Uptown Rental Properties have taken the lid off a 551-unit Uptown apartment project targeting students at the University of Cincinnati and young professionals at the area's other institutions ... ....
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Queens sees dip in rental competition while Manhattan surges: report

The Villager 03 Apr 2025
By analyzing five key metrics for rental competitiveness for 139 different markets across the United States, rental competitive index (RCI) scores were calculated ... Thanks in large part to this high renewal rate and little construction of new apartments, less than 5% of the units in Manhattan are available....
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Cupertino apartment site is bought for hundreds of millions of dollars

East Bay Times 03 Apr 2025
CUPERTINO — A big apartment complex in Cupertino has been bought for hundreds of millions of dollars by a real estate titan in a deal that hints at uncertain Bay Area property markets ... A Koret affiliate already owned the other 358 units in the apartment complex at the time of that transaction....
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Auburn Gresham gets a new two-building affordable apartment project

Chicago Sun-Times 03 Apr 2025
Two new affordable apartment buildings are now open in Auburn Gresham, as part of a larger citywide strategy to bring more development to Chicago’s South and West sides ... with 30 units and a three-story building at 838 W ... with 28 units. Both properties have one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ... The land where the apartment building at 838 W....
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Will Portsmouth hit 25,000 population? 1,000 to 1,500 new housing units coming

Seacoast Online 03 Apr 2025
The apartments planned for the project site — where the vacant former Christmas Tree Shops and Bed, Bath & Beyond stores are located — will be a mix of studios, one-bedrooms, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units spread between 17 three- and four-story buildings, according to Brett Bentson of Utile Architects, which is part of the project team....
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Council defers Governor St. rezoning in response to residential protest of new apartments

Iowa City Press-Citizen 03 Apr 2025
The Iowa City City Council chose to defer the first consideration of a rezoning along North Governor Street that would have opened the door for a pair of new apartment buildings ... The rezoning would make way for a pair of 42-unit, multi-family apartment buildings developed by TSB Holdings, LLC, a company owned and operated by Tracy Barkalow....
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Community reinvestment area agreements considered for two Zanesville apartment complexes

Times Recorder - Zanesville 03 Apr 2025
ZANESVILLE ‒ Munson Crossing and Zane Commons apartment complexes are being considered for community reinvestment area agreements (CRAs) ... "Households making up to $42,562 would qualify to live in a Woda Cooper apartment," Schley explained ... Both apartments have already started leasing, too ‒ 16 units signed for Munson and 11 for Zane....
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These are the most and least expensive North Shore homes sold in February and March

North Shore News 03 Apr 2025
Looking to the North Shore, sales have been relatively flat in North Vancouver, with detached home sales up 11 per cent, and apartments down four per cent from January to March 2025 over the same period last year ... Most expensive apartment. The most expensive apartment to sell on the North Shore is a 1,973-square-foot unit in West Vancouver....
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San Jose affordable apartment complex is bought by L.A. investors

SiliconValley.com 03 Apr 2025
SAN JOSE — A big San Jose apartment complex with income restrictions for prospective tenants has been bought by a Beverly Hills-based investment group ... The 224-unit apartment complex, built in 1963, is located at 1315 Eden Avenue in southwest San Jose ... The apartment complex ......
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L.A. housing authority turning luxury Woodland Hills apartments into affordable housing

The Los Angeles Times 03 Apr 2025
Just off the Topanga Canyon exit of the 101 Freeway sits a prime example of modern, luxury apartment living ... The apartments themselves are spacious — on average two-bedroom units top 1,000 square feet and go for more than $3,000 a month ... The first major property acquired using those funds was the $156-million Clarendon Apartments....
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'Don't buy it': Developer says Whittenton complex will only add 56 kids to schools

Taunton Daily Gazette 03 Apr 2025
into a 390-unit market-rate housing development ... Developer estimates 56 school-aged children will live at new apartment complex ... With two-bedroom units, he said, on a national level, “you’ll find that you don’t see much children” in these apartments, until you get to the three-bedroom units....

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