Urban Living: Townhomes, Apartments, Mixed-Use
Urban Living: Townhomes, Apartments, Mixed-Use
The Near Southside offers an assortment of urban living options and all of the conveniences that a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood can offer. Newly constructed projects offer the latest in modern amenities and contemporary floor plans. Historic properties offer the authentic character and timeless appeal only found in buildings from the early 1900s. The gallery to the left shows some of the Near Southside’s most popular housing.
Among new townhouse projects, you’ll find the Fairmount Lofts, Magnolia Green Townhomes, Oleander Place, and Texana Townhomes. News mixed-use projects include medical office and loft apartment buildings by Drs. Aggarwal, Bajaj, Chunduri, and Raj as well as projects by Joe Frank and Tom Malone. These buildings are the modern equivalents of the historic mixed-use structures that once lined the district’s retail corridors. Today mixed-use buildings once again make financial sense, and FWSI spearheaded the zoning updates to allow their construction.
Built in 2013, The Phoenix, a luxury apartment community of 170 units, is the first market-rate new-construction project of this scale in the Near Southside. Amenities include a fitness center, outdoor swimming pool and covered secure parking.
Units in historic buildings still comprise a large percentage of the district’s housing. Most of the Near Southside’s historic apartments and mixed-use buildings have been restored and are now among the most popular housing options. Units in historic buildings come in all types, from authentically restored units complete with original hardware and cabinets, to open lofts with modern fixtures in former industrial or warehouse buildings. Mixed-use buildings offer second-floor units above ground floor stores and restaurants at prime locations on Magnolia Ave. and South Main Street. Pioneering mixed-use renovations include the Modern Drug and the Sawyer Lofts. Popular historic apartment buildings include the Markeen, Leuda-May, and LaSalle apartments. Miller Lofts and Supreme Golf Warehouse lofts offer an urban feel in a former industrial building, and the Homes of Parker Commons includes two former school buildings from the 1920s.