Changing The Face Of Multi-Family
Dated: August 23, 2012
Builder Architect Magazine Article
BY DEBORAH RIDER ALLEN
The biggest criticism of multi-family developments is the monotony of the building design creating a sea of big box, monochromatic starkness which strikes a chord against the individualistic expression people are looking for today.
Not so in Aurora, Illinois on Ogden Avenue just off Route 59 where Landreth Companies in a joint venture with Farmview Builders built a mixed development of 368 luxury rental apartment along with 66 for sale villas (town homes)
The town homes are designed like villas giving a single family look yet are clustered together to provide optimal privacy, with hidden garages, and floor to ceiling windows for light.
The apartments have two different building types and sizes with large steep roofs and lots of gables. Each apartment building has a different color scheme than the one next to it diversifying the complex.
These unique properties are the innovation of John Landreth, principal of L
