WaHu Student Housing - 1000 Washington Avenue SE

[Wedgeguy]

According to Finance & Commerce, the sale of the properties included in this project closed December 18th. Here is the rendering they released.

This is what they were showing when they sold the place. Good luck with the cantilever crown actually being built. But we can hope that it was part of the design that they paid for.

[Nathan]

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/p ... alton.html

This was posted June 9th to BizJournals

[Nathan]

I also discovered this on a company who does renderings for marketing with a quick google image search... very real, very stripes.

http://schoncreative.com/site/wp-conten ... apolis.jpg

[exiled_antipodean]

Even in the genre of architectural renderings that is something. Who knew there were plans for Huron to get a sidewalk on the western side with a grass buffer to the street?

The couple that look like they've just jaywalked across the street together is a nice touch as well

[FISHMANPET]

So in a Daily article about stick construction, CPM says that this is their only Steel building: http://www.mndaily.com/news/campus/2014 ... ilt-sticks

[Didier]

Thanks for the pictures. I thought I saw stick construction on the tower part so figured it would be topping off at six floors.

[Nathan]

Thanks for the pictures. I thought I saw stick construction on the tower part so figured it would be topping off at six floors.

I think they are putting pre assembled stick panels between the steel beams.

[go4guy]

Driving by the construction site, I still cannot tell which direction they are going with design. Anyone know for sure which one they are doing?

Edit: Now that I look at it more, is the taller portion on the corner bisecting the property with the two shorter buildings running along both streets?

[Nathan]

Both designs have the same shaped and height of buildings it's just a difference in the exterior material.

[min-chi-cbus]

Driving by the construction site, I still cannot tell which direction they are going with design. Anyone know for sure which one they are doing?

Edit: Now that I look at it more, is the taller portion on the corner bisecting the property with the two shorter buildings running along both streets?

To answer your question: yes. The diamond-shaped taller building bisects the two shorter buildings, essentially making a 'W' of sorts

[Nathan]

I believe it's more of a triangle of stick buildings with the tower splitting the triangle in half.

[FISHMANPET]

I grabbed a flyer from the leasing office as I walked by, and checked out their website. I gotta say, the floor plans of these units look terrible. All the units with bedrooms have the same number of bathrooms as bedrooms, but none of them have a bathroom accesible from the main living area, they all require going through a bedroom. And the in 2bdr, 3bdr, and 4bdr, there are tons of pointless hallways.

These apartments aren't huge, every square foot counts. I don't know why they've laid them out like this.

The website in question, have a look for yourself: http://liveatwahu.com/

[seanrichardryan]

I don't see any pointless hallways-they make better use of the sq/ft.

*EDIT: The three bedroom is weird...*

[EOst]

They look very similar to the layouts at Metro Park East, where a friend of mine lives (and doesn't like it). I wonder if private bathrooms might be important in units like these, though, because people (and, more to the point, parents) worry about mixed-gender apartments.

[FISHMANPET]

They're fully furnished and offer roommate matching, so these are much closer to "dorms" than "apartments." I'll annotate some pointless hallways when I'm not phone posting.

But they're really locking themselves into student housing, no faculty or staff member that wants to stay close to campus (I'm that person!) is going to want to live here.

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[seanrichardryan]

The studio layout is atrocious.

[FISHMANPET]

The only thing it has room for is a single lonely chair. The loneliest of apartments.

2 bedroom wasted space:


3 bedroom wasted space:


4 bedroom wasted space:

[Silophant]

2 bedroom wasted space:

That's clearly a beer pong nook. Seems perfectly reasonable for an undergrad apartment.

[mamundsen]

The 2 bedroom (and then same layout in 4 Bed) has to be the closet. Right?

[Silophant]

It provides closet access in the 4 bed, but doesn't appear to be doing anything in the 2 bed layout. The closet there is adjacent to the door.