Management folks at Brittany Woods, a 377-unit apartment complexat 759 Burr Oak Lane, in far south suburban University Park, are notkidding around when they brag about their free after-school programfor children.
The "latchkey" plan at the complex's large bilevel lodge "isdesigned to ensure the parents that their children are safe just assoon as they get off the school bus," said Mario Adrian-Palaggi,director of recreation. "Parents know where their children are atall times.
"We'll help the kids with their homework first. We try to goheavy into the educational bit. Since the idle mind is mischievous,we have all kinds of activities: board games, pingpong, billiards,cable TV, movies on the VCR. Plus, I teach about arts and crafts.Every day, we'll have 30 or 40 kids here." Tenant profile: A mixture, but a significant number of children. Building facts: 377 units; Style A - 5-story buildings with 59 unitseach (177 units in mid-rise buildings); Style B - 2-story buildingswith 12 or 16 units per floor. Living area: 1-bedroom apartments, 663 to 825 square feet; 2bedrooms with 1 1/2 baths, 996 to 1,035 square feet; 2 bedrooms with2 full baths, 1,100 to 1,325 square feet; 3 bedrooms and 3 baths,1,325 square feet. Rent: 1-bedroom, $435 to $518; 2-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath, $510 to $615;2-bedroom, 2-bath: $540 to $635; 3-bedroom, 2-bath, $650 to $740. Heat, air conditioning: Forced-air and central air conditioning inmid-rise units; individual controls; wall unit air-conditioners inlow-rise buildings. Residents pay. Security: Intercom phone system for each building in mid-rises.Locked doors and doorbells in low-rise buildings. Transportation: Metra station three miles south of development;seven-minute drive to several interstate expressways. Management: Aspen Square Management, (708) 534-6501.
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