Upscale student housing opens near Buffalo State
CEO Jim Swiezy, left, and general manager Elizabeth Fonzi. Greenleaf Development has completed its two-building Campus Walk student housing project, which is opening in time for school this fall. 300 students will move in next week. This is at 140 Rees St., corner of Rees and Rockwell near Buffalo State College.
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Exterior of Campus Walk. Campus Walk features 84 units of two, three and four bedrooms, with rents ranging from $765 per month to $880 per month per person. The more bedrooms - that is, the less privacy a student wants - the lower the rent.
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A bedroom at Campus Walk. Students have their own bedrooms and private bathrooms with shower tubs, while still sharing kitchen and living space with up to three other people.
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A bathroom.Students have their own bedrooms and private bathrooms with shower tubs, while still sharing kitchen and living space with up to three other people.
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The kitchen in an apartment at Campus Walk. The fully furnished units come with full-sized beds, 52-inch "smart" LG televisions in the common living room, olive-toned microfiber couches and new black kitchen appliances.
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Sarah Witherell, project manager, shows off one of the study chairs in a hallway that converts for privacy at Campus Walk.
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Study chair.
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Bike locks and storage at Campus Walk student housing project near Buffalo State.
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Internet in every unit at Campus Walk.
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Elizabeth Fonzi, general manager, shows off one of the study chairs in a hallway that converts for privacy.
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Kitchen.
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Living room in a unit at Campus Walk.
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Security is tight, with over 96 cameras throughout the complex, as well as electronic keyfob access to the buildings, the apartments and individual rooms.
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Room desk.
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Thermostat means each student can control the temperature of the room.
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Exterior near the fire pit at Campus Walk.
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The Grant Street side of Campus Walk includes three retail spaces, designed to provide amenities as food services, a convenience store, a coffee or donut shop, or a pizzeria. Swiezy said about 20 to 30 vendors have expressed interest, but the developer narrowed the list to four or five.
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Exterior of Campus Walk near Grant Street. Greenleaf owns two acres of additional property immediately to the south on Grant, where it is knocking down old houses in preparation for clearing the site and erecting two more buildings.
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From left touring one of the unit's model kitchens, Sarah Witherell, project manager, Emily Thron, regional manager, and Elizabeth Fonzi, general manager.
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Living room common space in one of the units at Campus Walk.
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Bedroom suite at Campus Walk. Each 200-square-foot bedroom comes with a bed with a two-drawer dresser underneath, as well as a desk and chair. Power outlets include USB ports.
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Living room at Campus Walk.
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Fitness center at Campus Walk has a Jacob's Ladder machine, medicine balls, other cardio- and weight-training machines, and free weights.
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General manager Elizabeth Fonzi tries out the popular Jacobs Ladder exercise climbing machine in the gym at Campus Walk.
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Computer room for Mac users at Campus Walk.
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Study meeting room at Campus Walk. Jim Swiezy's Greenleaf Development has completed its two-building Campus Walk student housing project, which is opening in time for school this fall.
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Jim Swiezy's Greenleaf Development has completed its two-building Campus Walk student housing project, which is opening in time for school this fall. 300 students will move in next week. This is at 140 Rees St., corner of Rees and Rockwell near Buffalo State College
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Nate Brown, left, and Ty Williams, right, play on the basketball court at Monarch 716 near Buffalo State. Monarch also has a dog park and a pool for residents
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A model living area at Monarch 716, which is farther away from Buffalo State. Monarch offers two-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments.
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Just outside the clubhouse is the resort-style pool and a patio area with a grill, a fireplace hearth and cushioned wicker patio furniture. There's also a basketball court and a dog park..
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Monarch 716 in Buffalo is a much larger and more sprawling student-housing community on Forest Avenue near the intersection of the Niagara Thurway and Scajaquada Expressway. the nine residential buildings of the $25 million Monarch 716 complex is slated to include 176 suites with 592 beds, plus a clubhouse with a two-lane bowling alley and an outdoor swimming pool.
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Monarch 716 in Buffalo. The apartments include nine-foot ceilings, double windows, granite countertops, a kitchen island with a sink, faux-wood flooring, coffee tables, chairs, and plastic gray bar stools, in addition to the couches and TV. Each bedroom has a bed, desk, chair and dresser.
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Students from left to right; Cindy Rodriguez, Oasis McBride, James Foxworth, Lisa Lin, and Kaylyn Padilla carry their belongings to their room on move-in day at Monarch 716 in Buffalo Saturday.
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A study area in the clubhouse at Monarch 716 in Buffalo. The clubhouse houses the leasing office and a model unit, along with a couple of "hangout" areas with couches and fireplaces
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The bowling alley for residents at Monarch 716, complete with balls and shoes, next to a glass overhead door that can be opened up to the outside for parties.
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A model bedroom at Monarch 716. Monthly rents are $899 per person for the four-bedroom units and $965 per month for the two-bedroom apartments. Rates include all utilities, with a $30 cap for electricity. "They're really buying into a lifestyle," said company founder company founder and CEO Shannon King.
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A model bathroom at Monarch 716 .
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Students from Buffalo State and other local colleges and their parents use the clubhouse on move-in day at Monarch 716 in Buffalo Saturday.
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Campus Walk and the Monarch 716 complex are off-campus options for upperclassmen at SUNY Buffalo State and are transforming the neighborhood.
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