Envy Apartment

Neighbors' Complaints Bout Noise And Crime Help Kill A 630-apartment Expansion Of The Quadrangle Development. March 24, 1999 | By Kevin Spear of The Sentinel Staff Homeowners near the University of Central Florida and developers were stunned Tuesday when Orange County commissioners denied requests to build more than 600 apartments near the college. The construction was opposed by neighbors who complained of noise, crime and unruly behavior at several hundred apartments built in recent years. In unanimous votes, commissioners rejected proposals to add 630 apartments to the existing 750 at the Quadrangle, a development of business, offices and apartments just outside UCF. ``I can't believe it - I'm absolutely floored,'' said Sue Eberle, who lives near the Quadrangle and helped lead opposition to apartment expansion. ``I always had hope, but this is beyond anything I had hoped for.'' Part of the shock stemmed from the fact that many of the proposed apartmen...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Some LSU students cannot start moving in just yet because their apartments are not ready. The Park Place apartments , which are privately owned and just off LSU's main campus, are still under construction.  Classes at LSU begin Monday , Aug. 21 and many students are moving in this week, but not those who will be staying at the Park Place Apartments .  "We got an email a couple of days before move in that basically said they would not be ready," said Ciera Handsborough.  "They put us in a hotel for a little bit. For me it is only a week. I know for some people it is Sept. 1. At least they gave us something and not make you scramble on your own," said Christian Christoffersen.  Christoffersen is just one of the students impacted. The apartment's corporate owner is providing housing at nearby hotels for everyone and even storage for the inconvenience. Christoffersen gets to move in this Friday, but Handsborough has to spend three weeks...