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A lower-rise apartment building on the left side of the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, juxtaposed next to a skyscraper apartment building. An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English) [a], or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building ...
Garage-apartment: an apartment over a garage; if the garage is attached, the apartment will have a separate entrance from the main house. Garlow: a portmanteau word "garage" + "bungalow"; similar to a garage-apartment, but with the apartment and garage at the same level.
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country.
Multifamily – This category includes apartment complexes or high-rise apartment buildings. Generally, anything larger than a fourplex is considered commercial real estate. [3] Land – This category includes investment properties on undeveloped, raw, rural land in the path of future development.
An apartment hotel or aparthotel (also residential hotel, or extended-stay hotel) is a serviced apartment complex that uses a hotel-style booking system. It is similar to renting an apartment, but with no fixed contracts and occupants can "check out" whenever they wish, subject to the applicable minimum length of stay imposed by the company.
Samsung Tower Palace in Seoul, South Korea, is the tallest apartment complex in Asia. In Seoul, approximately 80 percent of its residents live in apartment complexes which comprise 98 percent of recent residential construction. [43] Seoul proper is noted for its population density, eight times greater than Rome, though less than Manhattan and ...
Similarly, a triplex apartment refers to an apartment spread out over three floors. These properties can be quite expensive and include the most expensive property in Manhattan as of 2006 (according to Forbes magazine), a triplex atop The Pierre hotel. [4] In this context, an apartment located on only one floor may be called a simplex.
Residential (Group R) - places providing accommodations for overnight stay (excluding Institutional). Examples: houses, apartment buildings, hotels, and motels. Storage (Group S) - places where items are stored (unless considered High-Hazard). Examples: warehouses and parking garages. Utility and Miscellaneous (Group U) - others.