And mixed-use developments, with apartments over corner shops, mean people don't have to get in the car for every errand.
Police were positioned in front of a block of small businesses topped with apartments in the village of Herkimer on Wednesday evening.
With apartments rapidly being converted to condominiums, they started building new apartment complexes to absorb all the renters who didn't want to buy.
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"It comes with apartments, a car showroom, an office block, a town hall, a department store, a hotel and a cafe, " said Mr O'Hara.
The first building will feature about 17, 000 square feet of ground-floor space for businesses like cafes, delis and banks and 91 rental units on the upper four stories, with apartments designated for residents of various incomes.
In 1980, a developer divided it into a co-op with nine apartments.
What we do know now is that people sit with intimates in great rooms and studio apartments each with their own laptop, smartphone, tablet, e-reader, game console or whatever and call it spending time together.
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently praised the notion of small apartments with numerous people.
The district tore down public housing units and replaced them with expensive upscale apartments.
If you really want to hide out, there are also four private apartments with their own garages.
Under the plan by Mr. Baron and the city, the development would include community swimming pools and apartments with central air.
The idea was to find rental tenants, and sell the apartments with tenants to investors, who would be able to draw immediate income.
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The company also wants to convert the historic Rosetta House into three apartments with a further six houses being created from the current stable block.
Like convertible cars, more apartments with outdoor space are sold and rented in June, when people know they can use the space right away, he added.
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The new strategy often means the farmers are crammed into apartments with no backyards to raise chickens or store tools, and they face a longer journey to their fields.
The complex in Doha City Center contains the Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel, the Courtyard by Marriot and a Marriott Executive Apartments with 132 serviced luxury units.
Apartments with double-height living spaces were all taken, but we found a duplex that was 15 feet wide by 28 feet long on the first level and a little larger on the second.
One of Christine Quinn's signature pitches as she runs for New York City mayor is a housing plan that would create 80, 000 new low-cost apartments with prices that potentially could stay below-market rate forever.
What is more, in anticipation of the economic disruptions caused by the on-again-off-again approach of Mikhail Gorbachev to economic reform, many Soviets in recent months have systematically stocked their apartments with up to 2-3 years supply of select foodstuffs and other basic necessities.
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The city also tore down high-rise public housing towers and replaced them with garden-style apartments.
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When apartments bought with government subsidies are included, the figure rises to nearly half.
In the next five years 80 high-rise condominium towers with 37, 000 apartments are slated to go up.
Those with 100 sq m apartments will end up paying close to 2, 500 euros over three years.
Mr. Maudsley, 57, spent a week meeting with brokers and viewing apartments in Recoleta and Palermo, a hip, bohemian neighborhood.
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The company specializes in mixed-use complexes and towers that combine office and retail space with high-end apartments and green areas.
Roomzzz does a smart line in swish open-plan apartments, with enormous beds, walk-in rain showers, glossy white kitchen areas and iMacs in every room.
The Sonia Sotomayor Houses, renamed in 2010 in the justice's honor, encompass 28 seven-story buildings with 1, 497 apartments and nearly 3, 500 residents.
Students and travellers can stay at the onsite Kibbutz Ketura Country Lodging, comprising 45 modern apartments each with its own kitchen, balcony or lawn.
Some of the city's hotels offer serviced, furnished apartments (with full access to the hotel's facilities) for rent by the day, week or month.
Eight years later, Il Borro reopened as a rustic resort with three private villas along with 18 suites and apartments spread across the restored medieval village.
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