San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 06, 2014

350 Union Street Apartments,(http://www.350unionapts.com) has announced the welcoming of their new Director of Residential Operations for their luxury top scale apartment building in the Telegraph Hill district of San Francisco: Tina DiRienzo. Ms. DiRienzo joins the Trinity Management team with extensive experience in property management including renovation projects, marketing, and resident relations. She was most recently the recipient of the General Manager of the Year award from the San Francisco Apartment Association. She is coming off an extensive construction project and successful lease-up at the Pinnacle on Nob Hill. Her knowledge and expertise will work seamlessly with the upscale apartment building located at 350 Union Street on Telegraph Hill.

Our luxury apartment complex on Telegraph Hill is very popular and sought out by people wanting to live in San Francisco. It requires the best of the best in Residential Operations Management, and Ms. DiRienzo is San Franciscos best, explained William Harlow, marketing manager at Trinity Management Services. Our apartment rentals in this favorable location almost always have a waiting list for rentals to become available. Residential Operations Management is of the utmost importance and Ms. DiRienzos experience and expertise is exactly what we need to fulfill our commitment to tenant satisfaction.

To learn more, please visit the apartment complex website at http://www.350unionapts.com, where the interested party can browse Telegraph Hill apartments for rent in a variety of floorplans, including studio and 1 bedroom apartments for rent.

Telegraph Hill Apartments for Rent and Localization

Telegraph Hill is today primarily a residential area, much quieter than adjoining North Beach with its bustling cafs and nightlife. Aside from Coit Tower, it is well known for its gardens flowing down Filbert Street down to Levi Plaza. The Telegraph Hill of 2013 is known for supporting a flock of feral parrots, primarily Red-masked Parakeets, descended from escaped or released pets. The flock was popularized by a book and subsequent documentary, both titled The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

About the Apartments at 350 Union Street

Right in front of the famed Coit Tower in San Francisco lies beautiful, luxurious studio and 1 bedroom apartments for rent. The Apartments on Union Street are located on the edge of Telegraph Hill, near North Beach and Chinatown - two of San Francisco's most famous districts.

Live in complete luxury in these studio and 1 bedroom apartment rentals, with all the modern amenities, including a community sundeck.

Corporate suite rentals are also available, and the friendly staff is always available to help with rental and leasing needs. Renting an apartment in the heart of San Francisco makes public transportation an important necessity and the Apartments on Union Street are near public transportation - always close by and readily available.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 06, 2014

Marina Cove Apartments (http://1550Bayapts.com/) located at 1550 Bay Street in San Francisco has announced the welcoming of their new Director of Residential Operations for their luxury top scale apartment building in the Marina district: Tina DiRienzo. Ms. DiRienzo joins the Trinity Management team with extensive experience in property management including renovation projects, marketing, and resident relations. She was most recently the recipient of the General Manager of the Year award from the San Francisco Apartment Association. She is coming off an extensive construction project and successful lease-up at the Pinnacle on Nob Hill. Her knowledge and expertise will work seamlessly with the upscale apartment building located at 1550 Bay Street.

"Our luxury apartment complex in the trendy Marina district of San Francisco requires the best of the best in managing Residential Operations, and Ms. DiRienzo is San Franciscos best," explained William Harlow, marketing manager at Trinity Management Services. "Our corporate rentals in this trendy, hip location are always in demand at Marina Cove Apartments. We needed to find the right match for the job, and we hit a bullseye with Ms. DiRienzo."

To learn more about Marina Cove Apartments, please visit http://www.1550bayapts.com where potential apartment seekers can browse inventory of available studio, one and two bedroom apartments for rent in the Marina District.

About Marina Cove Apartments

The Marina Cove Apartments are surrounded by many beautiful locations in San Francisco. Marina Cove offers studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments for rent or lease. Rent one of the complex's luxurious apartments and enjoy all its amenities including a heated pool for a refreshing swim and state-of-the-art fitness center.

A dream apartment is only one block from the San Francisco Bay, near Fort Mason; and is a short walk to all the great shops, boutiques and restaurants near the Marina District of San Francisco. While jogging on the Marina Green, apartment residents can see the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, the Marin Headlands, and the constant marine activity on the San Francisco Bay. the apartment seeker's a short walk from the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts and the fascinating Exploratorium. Cyclists and joggers have an easy ride or run to and across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Furnished apartments are available, and the complex also offers short term leases, and corporate suite leases or rentals. The complex's friendly and professional staff is always ready to help the apartment seeker.

Marina Cove Apartments Web.http://www.1550bayapts.com Tel. 415-474-0333

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File photo: Artist David Loewenstein's mural honoring black Kansans was unveiled Wednesday Sept. 17, 2007.

Before developers can start construction on a seven-story, downtown apartment building, city commissioners want them to deal with a more ground-level problem how to save a prominent mural on a building slated to be demolished by the project.

Commissioners directed a development group led by Lawrence businessmen Doug Compton and Mike Treanor to have discussions with interested members of the arts community about how a 2007 mural by noted Lawrence artist Dave Loewenstein can be saved near the northeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets.

It really is an important piece of art for the entire state of Kansas, Susan Earle, curator at Kansas Universitys Spencer Museum of Art said of the piece, which is entitled Pollinators, and features seven black artists who have ties to Kansas.

The art museum commissioned the mural in 2007. Earle said the museum has had preliminary discussions with the development group about saving the approximately 20 by 80 foot mural.

The mural is on the northern wall of the former Black Hills Energy building at the northeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets. The building could be torn down later this year to make way for a 114-unit apartment building.

Commissioners at their weekly meeting stopped short of saying they would require the mural to be saved before giving the project its final approval. But they said the issue was a serious one.

A discussion about the mural cant be put off, Mayor Mike Dever said. I want to see what it would take to move the wall or reproduce it, as a worst-case scenario.

Several mural supporters said they wanted to see if the wall could be left in its current location and incorporated into the design of the building.

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The urban geography of the Sergeant Jasper apartment building has always been peculiar. The low-rent, high-rise apartment building is situated just north of Broad Street in the midst of millionaire homes, a small real estate miracle that has allowed students, tour guides, and F&B workers to live near the southern end of the peninsula, rubbing elbows with the lawyers, tycoons, and socialites South of Broad.

Now that the Sergeant Jasper's owners at the Beach Company have announced the building's impending demolition, some of the residents are wondering whether they'll be able to afford to rent again downtown. "Oh no, definitely not," says Ryan Camelon, a researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina who moved into the Sergeant Jasper from Boston just a month ago. "I think this is the nicest for the cheapest amount of money. Everything downtown's pretty expensive."

He's right. Most housing downtown is expensive (see p.14). And with the loss of the Sergeant Jasper's 221 reasonably priced units, the available stock of workforce housing just got that much smaller.

The Sergeant Jasper was named after a Revolutionary War hero, but it was never a place for old money. Up until the demolition was announced in mid-February, it was still possible to rent a studio there for $835 a month or split a two-bedroom apartment with a roommate for $585 apiece. Savannah Mooneyhan, another member of the final generation of renters, says most of the residents are students and downtown workers, plus a few older longtime residents and young families. She's determined to find another rental downtown, but she knows her options are limited. Residents are being evicted one floor at a time, starting at the top in mid-May and ending at the bottom in August.

"Even when you're looking on Craigslist, you're competing with 200 people at the same time, so I'm looking now," Mooneyhan says.

For Mooneyhan, who works at the downtown Irish bar Tommy Condon's and attends the College of Charleston, leaving the peninsula is a nonstarter. "Parking at CofC is terrible and expensive," Mooneyhan says. "I'm going to stay downtown. If I have to move to the other side of the Crosstown, I'll do that before I move off the peninsula."

Karen Bacot, director of marketing for the Beach Company, says the company has not yet decided what sort of residential development will go in the Sergeant Jasper's place, but the plan is to include some affordable housing. She says the company is still meeting with the Preservation Society and the Historic Charleston Foundation to discuss the next steps, and any plans will have to be vetted by the Board of Architectural Review and other city agencies.

Whatever gets built, it won't be as tall as the 16-story Sergeant Jasper. "No one wants to build that tall again us included," Bacot says. "Everybody has agreed on that one thing."

In the meantime, the Beach Company is organizing a mid-March housing fair for its current Sergeant Jasper tenants, inviting the company's competitors to come and offer reasonable downtown rental rates. Alternatively, the company is offering to let renters lock in their current rental rates if they move across the river to another Beach Company property, Mt. Pleasant's Riviera at Seaside.

"I think there's a lot of speculation and fear that things are going to change wildly, but that's an assumption that's been misguided," Bacot says. "We understand the workforce is important, and we're going to incorporate that in any plans."

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 05, 2014

1188 Mission at Trinity Place Apartments http://www.1188missionapts.com/ has announced the welcoming of their new Director of Residential Residential Operations for their luxury top scale apartment building in the SOMA district of San Francisco: Tina DiRienzo. Ms. DiRienzo joins the Trinity Management team with extensive experience in property management including renovation projects, marketing, and resident relations. She was most recently the recipient of the General Manager of the Year award from the San Francisco Apartment Association. She is coming off an extensive construction project and successful lease-up at the Pinnacle on Nob Hill. Her knowledge and expertise will work seamlessly with the upscale apartment building located at 1188 Mission Street.

Our luxury high rise apartment complex in the SOMA district of SF is high in demand and requires the best of the best in managing Residential Operations, and Ms. DiRienzo is San Franciscos best. explained William Harlow, marketing manager at Trinity Management Services. Our sheik, popular apartment rentals in this favorable location are almost always filled to capacity. Residential Operations management is of the utmost importance and Ms. DiRienzos experience and expertise is exactly what we need to fulfill our commitment to resident satisfaction.

To learn more about 188 Mission at Trinity Place, please visit http://www.1188missionapts.com/ where potential apartment seekers can browse inventory of available studio, and one-bedroom apartments for rent in the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood.

SOMA (South of Market): One of San Franciscos Hottest Neighborhoods

SOMA has become one of the most exciting areas for apartment rentals and apartment living in San Francisco. Known for its tech crowd, the SOMA neighborhood has attracted residents working in the new Silicon Valley of the Bay Area, San Francisco, home to businesses such as Yelp, LinkedIn, and Twitter as well as commuters to the old Silicon Valley farther south for businesses like Google and other stalwarts of technology in the San Francisco Bay. SOMA brings together an urban flair for living with cafes, restaurants, and other urban attractions plus convenient transportation options such as close access to the 101 freeway, Interstate 80 corridor, and BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Apartment dwellers can enjoy urban living and yet easily commute (or escape) to the larger attractions of the San Francisco Bay Area.

About 1188 Mission at Trinity Place

One's dream apartment awaits apartment seekers. Rising with stunning views of downtown San Francisco South of Market, the all-new Trinity Place is as architecturally stunning as it is comfort-filled and convenient. These luxury apartments located in the SOMA District of San Francisco are more than just a building and an address. They are a community, with a fitness center, a residents lounge with Wi-Fi, childrens play area, front desk associates and 24-hour Courtesy Patrol.

These luxury apartments are a central starting point for getting anywhere in San Francisco with ease. The furnished studio and 1 bedroom apartments are near the Orpheum Theater, Moscone Center, the new Twitter Headquarters and AT&T Park home of the San Francisco Giants. Convenient to Muni or BART, head to work or a night on the town in San Francisco. At Trinity Place, apartment seekers can rent or lease one of the gorgeous studio or one bedroom apartments which include spacious tall ceilings and large windows for spectacular city views. The resident will enjoy preparing gourmet meals in apartment seekers modern kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances and black granite counters. Wood-style and ceramic tile flooring add to the beauty of apartment seekers apartment, where apartment seekers can be proud to entertain guests. Furnished apartments are also available to rent or lease. San Francisco corporate suites also available.

1188 Mission at Trinity Place Web. http://www.1188missionapts.com/ Tel. 415-864-3333

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A worker removes snow, one shovel at a time, from the surface of the planned multi-story hotel building, currently under construction at the southeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire. Developers are asking city commissioners to restart the approval process for a seven-story apartment building at the northeast corner of the same intersection.

Soon, tall buildings are going to start growing at Ninth and New Hampshire streets like the grass grows in May.

Work on a five-story Marriott hotel under construction on the southeast corner is expected to move into a higher gear in the next month. And leaders of the same development group are asking city commissioners to restart the approval process for a seven-story apartment building at the northeast corner of the same intersection.

Youll start seeing things move a lot faster down there, said Micah Kimball, an architect with Lawrence-based Treanor Architects, which is designing both projects.

Construction on the 91-room Marriott TownePlace extended-stay hotel recently hit a milestone: It moved above ground. For months, crews have been working on the underground parking garage. But when the weather clears, they'll will pour concrete for the ground-floor lobby, Kimball said.

It is a lot smoother sailing once you are above ground, Kimball said.

Work on the hotel is moving along well enough that the development group, led by Lawrence businessman Doug Compton and architect Mike Treanor, is homing in on a start date for the 114-unit apartment building. Kimball said construction could start mid-year and last about 18 months. Work on the hotel is expected to last until late 2014.

City commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday will be asked to set an April 8 public hearing for a final vote on an incentives package for the apartment development. Commissioners gave preliminary approval to the package in the summer of 2012 as part of the incentives deal for the hotel development. The April 8 vote will finalize the details. They include:

The development group will receive up to $4.75 million in tax increment financing over 20 years. The money can be used to pay for the private underground parking garage and other infrastructure improvements. The money comes from new property taxes generated by the building.

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Residents of The Marke apartments soon will be able to choose between cocktails at the rooftop pool while watching a movie or exercising with a personal trainer at the nearby fitness center.

Without leaving the newly built complex, they can get their pets groomed at the pet spaw, buy snacks at an in-house store or go bowling in the upstairs gaming arcade. Or they can just stay home and summon one of the complex's on-call massage therapists.

Orange County is undergoing an apartment-building boom. At least 18 big complexes, with a total of 8,800 units, are planned for Orange County over the next three or four years.

Developers are rebounding from years of slow apartment growth, spurred by a growing number of renters and high occupancy rates.

The sudden increase is likely to help tenants by keeping rents in check. But there's nothing cheap about most of the complexes. To offset high construction costs, developers are building luxury units, offering the finest pampering that rent dollars can buy.

The amenity wars are in full swing, said Bill Montgomery, president of multifamily acquisitions for developer Sares-Regis Group of Irvine.

Common areas have more private spaces. Complexes offer more entertainment and meeting areas. There are large, commercial-level fitness facilities, Internet cafs and resort-level pool-spa spaces.

Developers expect to complete at least 3,200 new units in Orange County this year. Apartment tracker MFP Research in Dallas has data showing that as many as 5,035 units could be completed in 2014 the most in at least two decades.

Building permits issued last year for multifamily developments which includes apartments hit a high not seen since 1990.

In raw numbers, it's a lot, said Frank Suryan Jr., chairman and CEO of Newport Beach-based Lyon Communities, which is building The Marke and another luxury apartment project in Santa Ana.

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This Oct. 21, 2011file photo shows workmen at an apartment building under construction in Williston, N.D. As the western North Dakota oil patch hub of Williston grows, so does the amount of money the city needs to subsidize housing for city employees. Williston plans to seek more state money for housing subsidies, which currently are funded with a mix of state funds and city sales tax revenue. AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) As the western North Dakota oil patch hub of Williston grows, so does the amount of money the city needs to subsidize housing for city employees.

City workers get $500 per month for housing, and the total went from $643,000 in 2012 to $1.2 million last year, the Williston Herald reported (http://bit.ly/1loXIXz ).

"It's just going to continue to grow unless the rents start to moderate to some degree," City Commissioner Brad Bekkedahl said. "I don't see it being less than $1.5 million this year."

The oil boom has led to a housing crunch as people have flocked to the region in search of high-paying jobs. A national study from an apartment renting guide recently found that Williston had the highest average rent in the U.S., at nearly $2,400 a month for a one-bedroom apartment. The amount is higher than New York City's and Los Angeles' average rates.

Williston plans to seek more state money for housing subsidies, which currently are funded with a mix of state funds and city sales tax revenue. The 2013 Legislature gave Williston $60 million for essential housing projects, but the city has about $300 million in needs, according to Bekkedahl.

"As long as we're identified as the highest rent community in the state, this will continue," City Auditor John Kautzman said.

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Information from: Williston Herald, http://www.willistonherald.com

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 27, 2014

1190 Mission at Trinity Place Apartments http://www.1190missionapts.com/ has announced the welcoming of their new Director of Residential Residential Operations for their luxury top scale apartment building in the SOMA district of San Francisco: Tina DiRienzo. Ms. DiRienzo joins the Trinity Management team with extensive experience in property management including renovation projects, marketing, and resident relations. She was most recently the recipient of the General Manager of the Year award from the San Francisco Apartment Association. She is coming off an extensive construction project and successful lease-up at the Pinnacle on Nob Hill. Her knowledge and expertise will work seamlessly with the upscale apartment building located at 1190 Mission Street.

Our luxury high rise apartment complex in the SOMA district of SF is high in demand and requires the best of the best in managing Residential Operations, and Ms. DiRienzo is San Franciscos best. explained William Harlow, marketing manager at Trinity Management Services. Our sheik, popular apartment rentals in this favorable location are almost always filled to capacity. Residential Operations management is of the utmost importance and Ms. DiRienzos experience and expertise is exactly what we need to fulfill our commitment to resident satisfaction.

To learn more about 1190 Mission at Trinity Place, please visit http://www.1190missionapts.com/ where potential apartment seekers can browse inventory of available studio, and one-bedroom apartments for rent in the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood.

SOMA (South of Market): One of San Franciscos Hottest Neighborhoods

SOMA has become one of the most exciting areas for apartment rentals and apartment living in San Francisco. Known for its tech crowd, the SOMA neighborhood has attracted residents working in the new Silicon Valley of the Bay Area, San Francisco, home to businesses such as Yelp, LinkedIn, and Twitter as well as commuters to the old Silicon Valley farther south for businesses like Google and other stalwarts of technology in the San Francisco Bay. SOMA brings together an urban flair for living with cafes, restaurants, and other urban attractions plus convenient transportation options such as close access to the 101 freeway, Interstate 80 corridor, and BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Apartment dwellers can enjoy urban living and yet easily commute (or escape) to the larger attractions of the San Francisco Bay Area.

About 1190 Mission at Trinity Place

One's dream apartment awaits apartment seekers. Rising with stunning views of downtown San Francisco South of Market, the all-new Trinity Place is as architecturally stunning as it is comfort-filled and convenient. These luxury apartments located in the SOMA District of San Francisco are more than just a building and an address. They are a community, with a fitness center, a residents lounge with Wi-Fi, childrens play area, front desk associates and 24-hour Courtesy Patrol.

These luxury apartments are a central starting point for getting anywhere in San Francisco with ease. The furnished studio and 1 bedroom apartments are near the Orpheum Theater, Moscone Center, the new Twitter Headquarters and AT&T Park home of the San Francisco Giants. Convenient to Muni or BART, head to work or a night on the town in San Francisco. At Trinity Place, apartment seekers can rent or lease one of the gorgeous studio or one bedroom apartments which include spacious tall ceilings and large windows for spectacular city views. The resident will enjoy preparing gourmet meals in apartment seekers modern kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances and black granite counters. Wood-style and ceramic tile flooring add to the beauty of apartment seekers apartment, where apartment seekers can be proud to entertain guests. Furnished apartments are also available to rent or lease. San Francisco corporate suites also available.

1190 Mission at Trinity Place Web. http://www.1190missionapts.com/ Tel. 415-861-3333

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