Burnham310
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Burnham310 will be an 18-story, 259-unit apartment complex in the Burnham District on the Urbana-Champaign campus. Marquette Management owns the complex and Chicago-based developers Pickus Companies constructed it. The complex is under construction, but residents were allowed to move into the first six floors on November 10, 2008.
The building's address is 310 E. Springfield Ave. in Champaign. The landlord's e-mail address is info@burnham310.com and its telephone number is (217) 239-2310.
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Location
The site is on the corner of Third Street and Springfield Avenue, which was the former location of the Burnham Hospital. The hospital had been vacant for a number of years before its recent demolition.
The site of Burnham310 and the adjacent six acres is scheduled to compose Burnham District, which will sit north of Campustown and east of downtown Champaign. A 28,000-square-foot County Market grocery store will be constructed next to Burnham310.
The complex claims to be more than just a building but "about a lifestyle" and "offer all the amenities for an urban lifestyle."
Pricing
Prices for the 2009-10 school year range from $827 for a studio to $2,043 for a three-bedroom unit.
Construction delays
The landlord notified future residents on July 11, 2008, that the building would not be completed by the beginning of fall 2008 semester because of a rainy construction season and moldy drywall. The landlord was "hopeful" that the building would be completed by October 31, 2008, about two months after the first day of fall semester instruction.
Residents were required to live in temporary housing until construction was finished. The landlord offered rental reimbursements, moving services and living arrangements provided by at least three apartment complexes, none of which are on campus:
- The Village at Colbert Park, 812 S. Sixth St. in Champaign
- 88 West, 2001 N. Moreland Blvd. in Champaign
- Indigo Place, 117 Sterling Court in Savoy
Whether University Group, 309 S. First St. in Champaign, an on-campus apartment complex, will offer two-month leases was unclear. Reportedly, some students have been able to break their leasing contracts, depending on the "version" of the contract the lessee or lessees signed.
Deposit dispute
The landlord asked for $1,000 deposits from lessees in fall 2008. The lease did not include a deposit clause, according to the university's Tenant Union. The landlord stopped asking for the deposit when some of the lessees hired a lawyer, although some students still paid the deposit. All lessees will be required to pay for cleaning or damage to the apartments after moving out, regardless.
Amenities discrepancies
The official website lists the amenities "cable, high speed Internet, and wireless two-story atriums." However, the cable is on one television on the first floor, and the costs of cable and Internet for individual units is not included in the rent, a listed amenity some students thought was misleading. Free wireless Internet is available, however, in the complex's atriums.
Links
- Official website
- New luxury apartments rising high above the standards
- Council OKs incentives for grocery
- Burnham 310 will not be ready for August 2008 renters
- Burnham 310 behind schedule; lessees asked to seek temporary housing
- Displaced Burnham 310 tenants face limited, off-campus options
- Burnham 310 tenants asked to pay deposit
