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Time granted to reach compromise on apartment plans in Burlington (The Journal Times) BURLINGTON — City consideration of a proposed 18-unit apartment building at the site of a former industrial complex will be delayed at least until July. The delay, the city’s mayor says, is being done to try to reach a compromise between developers and worried residents living near the site. Apartment Managers Lock Balcony Doors after Deck Collapse Injuries in Little Canada (FOX 9 News Twin Cities) Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a balcony to collapse at a Little Canada apartment complex May 16. In the meanwhile, building supervisors have installed locks on all the sliding doors, which has tenants up in arms. Apartment vacancy rate edges lower: survey (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Apartment vacancies in Canada's 35 largest cities edged lower in April, according to a survey released on Thursday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. Windsor apartment vacancy rate nation's highest (Windsor Star) Windsor's apartment vacancy rate is not only the highest in Canada at 13.2 per cent, it's more than twice as high as the second-place community, according to a report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Apartment roof collapses (WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg) A roof collapse at an apartment building has left 20 people homeless. Roof Collapses In Apartment Building (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- American Red Cross of the Susquehanna Valley volunteers responded to a roof collapse Thursday afternoon at an apartment building on Rawleigh Street in the Quail Run Apartment Complex, Lower Paxton Township. Harwood planning Uptown apartment tower with gourmet grocery (Dallas Morning News) Harwood International's first apartment building in Dallas' Uptown will also include the neighborhood's first gourmet grocery store. Harwood hopes to start construction in late 2009, with the Square opening in late 2011 or 2012. It's marketing the project online at www.thesquareat harwood.com. Apartment fire in USF area doused after damaging multiple units (St. Petersburg Times) TAMPA -- A two-alarm fire at an apartment building near Fletcher Avenue and 56th Street left three or four units damaged this afternoon, according to Ray Yeakley, Hillsborough Fire Rescue spokesman. Yeakley said it took about 45 minutes to put... Arson suspected in Fort Worth apartment fire (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Five units responded early Thursday to a one-alarm fire at an apartment building at 2309 Ellis Ave. in what has been ruled arson, a fire department spokesman said. Firefighters had the fire under control within about 20 minutes, Lt. Kent Worley said. Damages are estimated at $95,000. Speedway closed near Pantano; man in apartment may be armed (Tucson Citizen) Tucson police have barricaded Speedway Boulevard on the East Side because someone officers want to talk to has holed himself up in his apartment and may be armed. |