Envy Apartment

General Rating:  Rated    on average by 1 people. 1 review(s) By  SubLover  on 6/12/11:    We have lived at the Villa Del Sol apartments on Evelyn and Sunnyvale in Sunnyvale for 8 years. These luxury apartments have many nice characteristics, such as 9 foot ceilings, large rooms, in-home laundry, crown moulding, and large storage rooms . With the underground large garage with ample secure parking , this place met all our requirements. As with most things, there are a few down sides. Frequent false fire alarms plagued the complex for months, but they seemed to have that under control now. The apartment complex is next to the CalTrain tracks. But with the double pain thick windows , the noise is not bad. Plus we like trains, so to be able to look out the rear bedroom windows and see trains going by is an attractive point for us. The rent is high, but reasonable compared to the nearby luxury apartments . With the swimming pool, and exercise room it has most of what is expected in a l...

455 Eye Street NW, a new apartment building, incorporates three historic buildings . All images from Equity Residential used with permission. As DC grows, new buildings are often required to incorporate historic structures . That’s easier said than done, but the results can be worth the effort. Here’s how one new apartment building in Mount Vernon Triangle incorporated three historic buildings for new uses. Located within the Mount Vernon Triangle Historic District , 455 Eye Street is a 174- unit residential building that opened this June. It consists of a tower atop three historic buildings around a landscaped courtyard. The historic structures provide a focal point and now house the building’s amenity spaces and a future restaurant. Here’s how they did it The District of Columbia is home to 27,000 buildings in 60 historic districts, including 600 buildings designated as historic landmarks with the National Trust for Historic Preservation . DC’s Office of Planning reviewed m...