Level Apartments

[dankrutka]

The rental market is underserved now so as some of these projects are finished prices may not rise due to actual competition... Right now, Legacy is one of few downtown options.

[Spartan]

Those are very good prices for the location. I'd think they will escalate quickly in the coming years. That seemed to be the bad thing about living downtown--your rent was sure to go up year to year. I checked in at Legacy out of curiosity a few weeks ago, and the type of 1-bedroom apartment I'd lived in has gone up $175/month since I lived there (almost 3 years ago).

And their units are notorious for shoddy construction-disastrous problems.

[G.Walker]

Drove by Level today on my lunch break, they have started adding stucco to the southside of the complex, actually doesn't look that bad, looks contemporary and sleek, 100x better than renderings...no pic though...too muggy and foggy outside.....just wanted to give a little update...

[OKCisOK4me]

Muggy? Lol

[G.Walker]

Muggy? Lol

ok, cold and muggy, lol

[Spartan]

Drove by Level today on my lunch break, they have started adding stucco to the southside of the complex, actually doesn't look that bad, looks contemporary and sleek, 100x better than renderings...no pic though...too muggy and foggy outside.....just wanted to give a little update...

I'll go out and take some pics tomorrow, I think.

[catch22]

Yesterday (click for larger versions):

[mcca7596]

Thank you so much catch22!

[Rover]

Is this real stucco or EIFS?

[dankrutka]

It has been stated on here previously that it is real stucco.

[betts]

It's real stucco. I saw them applying it this morning.

[Rover]

It has been stated on here previously that it is real stucco.

Thanks, and sorry. I guess I had missed it. I was curious as it doesn't appear to be stucco as applied in Phoenix, Santa Fe, Albuquerque or other places I am more familiar with. I couldn't tell from the photos, but it seemed like it didn't have the same layers of slats and wire mesh, etc. Must just not be visible. That's why I asked.

[betts]

It doesn't have slats and wire mesh. It looked like they first put up concrete board or something like it. But they were definitely applying stucco with a trowel this morning.

[dankrutka]

It's all good. I only worded it that way b/c I don't have the expertise to know myself. I just am relaying info from others on the board...

[Spartan]

Just took these with my phone camera so not as sharp as catch22's, but a different vantage point nonetheless.

[OKCisOK4me]

That view will disappear in the coming months!

[Spartan]

Nah, it will only get even better! By the way, just saw the gray brick added along Walnut. Wow, that brick looks sharp. We can already see the minor details coming together very nicely on this project.

Way to go, McKowns.

[Rover]

It doesn't have slats and wire mesh. It looked like they first put up concrete board or something like it. But they were definitely applying stucco with a trowel this morning.

I am sure this is just fine, but the stucco out there also generally has board backing, vapor barrier, slat spacers, wire mesh and stucco material over. This looks like fewer steps,but I am not a stucco expert. I am always concerned about the cheapening up that doesn't show up until years later. Downtown buildings should be expected to be better construction for long term viability so we don't create urban slums in 20 yrs or a scrape and replace mentality.

[wschnitt]

Nah, it will only get even better! By the way, just saw the gray brick added along Walnut. Wow, that brick looks sharp. We can already see the minor details coming together very nicely on this project.

Way to go, McKowns.

YEAH IT WILL!!!! The A-Loft Hotel will block it. Another petty arguement

[MDot]

YEAH IT WILL!!!! The A-Loft Hotel will block it. Another petty arguement

If you're talking about OKCisOK4me's comment (That view will disappear in the coming months!), he wasn't making a petty argument, he meant it as an excited argument. LOL

[OKCisOK4me]

If you're talking about OKCisOK4me's comment (That view will disappear in the coming months!), he wasn't making a petty argument, he meant it as an excited argument. LOL

Thank you, Mdot. Its as if people are confused by the simple meaning being that Aloft will build up 7 stories and Level will disappear behind it... SMH.

[Urbanized]

EIFS has a troweled-on "plaster" surface. It is a styrofoam-like board product that is then usually covered with fiberglass mesh and then 100% skimmed over with a plaster-like product.

[wschnitt]

I was kidding as the midtown thread has repeating "petty arguements" AND yes this is very exciting. I did not understand why that view would soon disappear at first read either.

[MDot]

I agree, it is exciting.

[OKCisOK4me]

I was kidding as the midtown thread has repeating "petty arguements" AND yes this is very exciting. I did not understand why that view would soon disappear at first read either.

Its ok, wschnitt. I forgive you ;-)