Hands down, far and away, the worst renting experience I've ever had in my life (i.e. - 15 years of renting).
Construction began roughly 6-7 months ago to convert the 18th and 19th floors to residential space. We were never notified by management or ownership--we just woke up one day to the sounds of hammering and drilling. It took them weeks to even acknowledge what was happening, and even then they only did so because tenants (like us) were stopping by the leasing office to ask about it.
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At this point, it is very clear to me that this building will eventually be entirely residential. See other recent reviews for more details on that front. The ownership's apparent game/strategy is to fill up the building on a piecemeal basis so that they can continue to fund additional construction. Of course, this also means that residents should be expect to endure the noise for years to come.
Here are just some of the issues we have dealt with, many of which are obviously construction related:
-We have had our power and/or water shut off numerous times on weekends;
-One weeknight all of the residents had to stay in a hotel room up the street so that the power could be shut off to the entire building;
-We have been locked out of the building numerous times due to card reader failures. In one instance, it took roughly a week to even get management to believe and/or understand that there was a real problem;
-In just the last three months, we have been notified on two separate occasions that our water would be shut off for 7-8 hours at a time during the day for "preventative maintenance" and/or "flooding" on other floors. In both instances, we were given short notice and no compensation. In spite of their explanations to the contrary, I have no doubt these shut-offs were largely construction related. We have asked ownership and management to tell us when the shut-offs would be expected to end, but they will not even respond to our emails (this is not an exaggeration).
Max of 2. The non-refundable fee is $300 for 1 pet, and $500 for 2 pets.