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Article: Big House concept is latest trend; The housing industry has taken another step toward apartments that have the amenities, privacy and convenience of a single-family house.(HOMES)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- July 17, 1999
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1/3 Three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,640 square feet. A two-car attached garage. A tidy little yard with a patch of green grass. A back door, a front door and an alarm system. A roomy Roman tub, cove moldings and a full-size washer and dryer.
Sounds like a pretty nice suburban rambler, doesn't it?
Well, it's not. It's an apartment at the Grand Reserve, a new $43 million rental community in Woodbury. The project is the latest example of a trend in the multi-housing industry toward apartments that have the amenities, privacy and convenience of a single family house, without the mortgage and the maintenance.
Laurence Harmon, president of ...