Monthly Archives: November 2006

SkyLofts MarketSquare | SkyLofts Has it All

ROYAL OAK, MI – With Royal Oak restaurants and nightlife just up the street, SkyLofts MarketSquare is the perfect home for loft owner Mike Smith and his roommate, Kevin Birchler, both 24. Transportation? No problem. Their vehicles of choice to get to a recent interview at the Royal Oak Brewery were their skateboards. “I like…
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Liberty Lofts | Honoring a Building’s Past

ANN ARBOR, MI – In designing Liberty Lofts, the architects’ goal was to capture the “Honest, industrial motif of the existing building,” according to Robb Burroughs, vice president of Ann Arbor’s Hobbs and Black Associates, architects for the project. The development, at 315 Second Street, combines a 70,000-square-foot, five-story early 20th-century concrete industrial building with…
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Condo, Loft Development Booming in Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The state may be struggling with high unemployment and a housing market that is softening more than most, but demand for downtown housing is hot in at least one Michigan city. In the next two years, almost 800 new residential units will become available for living in downtown Ann Arbor, a…
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Downtown Ann Arbor is Hot Spot for Housing

ANN ARBOR — The state may be struggling with high unemployment and a housing market that is softening more than most, but demand for downtown housing is hot in at least one Michigan city. During the next two years, almost 800 new residential units will become available in downtown Ann Arbor, a city of 110,000….
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At 59, Owner’s no Longer Living Like a Student

In his new loft, 1st-time home buyer says he feels like he’s ‘visiting someone’ BY STEFANIE MURRAY News Business Reporter Past workmen in hard hats in the lobby, up to the second floor in an elevator lined with plywood and down a quiet hallway is Liberty Lofts condo #206. Inside, the 1,004-square-foot space is in…
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New Condos Lure More Residents Downtown, Developers Closely Watching Demand for Units

BY STEFANIE MURRAY AND TRACY DAVIS News Staff Writers It doesn’t quite compare to her previous living quarters in New York City, Chicago and Israel. Still, it’s close. First-time home buyer Shirli Kopelman closed Wednesday on her upper floor, one-bedroom Liberty Lofts unit – which features views of Michigan Stadium, floor-to-ceiling windows and a spiral…
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