While the structural aspects are the same from string to string, Forest City changes the architectural and material finishes with each string, so no two townhouse strings are exactly alike.Ī likely timeline for these units would be a spring 2024 delivery for the six-string, and something in late 2024 or early 2025 for the next four-string. The walls between each townhouse unit are insulated and fire-proofed, and the overhead beams of the garages are steel, likely for added durability and stability.Ī second four-unit string is just starting work, with the site cleared and leveled, and excavation for the foundation walls now underway. This year’s four-unit townhouse addition has already hit the market, and the next six-unit string is partially framed with the standard wood studs covered in plywood sheathing and house wrap. Prices for the newest homes are coming in at the upper $500,000s, and selling near asking price. The approach has become fairly standardized at this point, delivering at least one new townhouse string each year.Įach newer string of homes ranges from four to six units, with three-bedroom, four-bath units of about 2,600 square feet in size, and featuring all the premium fits and finishes one expects of a higher-end townhouse unit. The Jonson-Bonniwell family, doing business as Forest City Realty, has continued the steady buildout of its Heights of Lansing for-sale townhouse project in the Village of Lansing. Also, it appeared that a second apartment complex, 42 units planned by Park Grove Realty at 1061 Dryden Road, had yet to start site prep. Initial estimates in 2020 stated $1,100/month was the target price for a studio, and $1,200-$1,300 for a one-bedroom unit given the past couple years of inflation, it’s probably a little higher than that now.Īs a side note, for those hoping for a comeback by the Plantations Bar & Grill next door, there was no notable progress to speak of on the new restaurant structure to replace the one destroyed by fire. An untroubled buildout period would plausibly allow for a certificate of occupancy by next summer. ![]() The apartment complex will be about 14,250 square feet, relatively large by Dryden standards. The building will be all-electric and Wawak plans to utilize rooftop solar on the south side of the building’s roof to provide for all of its energy needs - while it’s not explicitly stated in documents, that would make it a net-zero energy building. The parking lot will host space for 40 cars, and enclosed bicycle storage will be provided for 30 bikes. The plans also include a small storage structure as a tenant amenity, as well as the usual retinue of stormwater and landscaping treatments. ![]() The building’s unusual manor-like design, by local architect Jose Guisado-Cortes, is derived from the Magnus Ridge Winery in Yates County. The existing commercial greenhouse has been demolished and the site is being graded and cleared for the slab foundations of the building.Īs planned, the 28-unit complex would include 16 studio apartments with lofts in the main section of the building and four one-bedroom units, and two smaller “wings,” in this case smaller buildings decoratively attached to the main structure, with four one-bedroom units apiece. 1279 Dryden Road (Town of Dryden)įirst proposed back in 2020 and approved earlier this year, Lansing businessman Ryszard (Richard) Wawak has started site preparation for his new apartment complex at 1279 Dryden Road, just east of the Hamlet of Varna. With any luck, the building will be ready for its first tenants before winter arrives, though as always with projects like this, that’s dependent on materials and volunteer labor availability. The rough opening for the door is temporarily covered by ZIP panels, and the outline for the porch and its roof is clear - porches, balconies and non-critical structural additions will happen later in the construction process. The outside is faced with vinyl siding, and the roof and trim are complete. Each will come with a kitchen and combination bathroom and laundry room. The small apartment building is a plain two-story structure that will blend in with the many others surrounding it. Two of the building’s units will be two-bedroom apartments, suitable for women with children, and two units will be one-bedroom apartments. ![]() Along with the donated funds, Second Wind is building out the structure with the help of volunteers who donate money, time and skills to transform the house from wish to reality. Unlike Second Wind’s Newfield development, which provides small cottages for 18 formerly homeless men, the “Dryden House for Women” is intended to service previously unhoused women.
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