DOWNTOWN GATEWAY MIXED-USE SENIOR HOUSING COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - A three-story building going up in downtown will be the Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's first to mix shops or restaurants and homes. Part of the city's efforts to rebuild the aging neighborhoods north of Lancaster Boulevard, the senior housing development called Arbor arbor Garden shelter providing privacy and partial protection from the weather, most commonly a lightweight, latticed framework (trellis) of wood or metal with interlaced branches of vines or climbing shrubs trained over it. Grove is being built by the same firm that built the new Arbor Gardens senior apartments four blocks away. ``This building will be the gateway to the north downtown area,'' said Scott Ehrilich, a partner in the development. Going up on 5.3 acres at the northeast corner of 10th Street West and Jackman Street, Arbor Grove will include four three-story buildings around a central courtyard. The developers expect it to be finished by July. On the ground floor along 10th Street West will be about 10,000 square feet of space for shops or restaurants. What kinds of shop and restaurants has not been decided, but the developers said they have had a number of businesses express interest. The buildings will contain 150 one-bedroom apartment units. In a unique design, the units will have connecting ``pass through'' doors between them - like some hotel rooms - for people who want to pair up with a friend, relative or caregiver care·giv·er n. 1. An individual, such as a physician, nurse, or social worker, who assists in the identification, prevention, or treatment of an illness or disability. 2. . The buildings fronting 10th Street West will have rounded turrets Turrets can mean or be confused with:
Additionally there will be two 580-square-foot multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective community rooms at the center of the site for residents' use only. The concept of joining commercial and residential uses in one building is an old idea, revived re·vive v. re·vived, re·viv·ing, re·vives v.tr. 1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate. 2. To impart new health, vigor, or spirit to. 3. in recent years in many downtowns - as at Pasadena, Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. and Long Beach. Shops with apartments above them - often occupied by the shop owners - were a typical form of urban development before World War II. Such a building still survives in downtown in Lancaster, although the upper rooms are no longer used as living quarters. The concept generally died out in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor suburban growth with separate residential neighborhoods and commercial areas. Insite Development recently completed a 76-unit senior housing complex, Arbor Gardens, that has been described as the first major construction project in the revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. of north downtown. The Arbor Gardens complex at the southwest corner of Kettering Street and Elm Avenue is full to capacity, with a waiting list of seniors who want to be tenants. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Construction is under way on the Arbor Grove mixed-use senior housing development in Lancaster. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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