I have lived at Emerald Plaza for 16 months. The location is great, right off of Miracle Mile, within walking distance of Bally's, Walgreens and Winn Dixie. The units themselves are OK. They are not too big but if you get a unit on the front or back there are HUGE Balconys. I think they are 19'x6'. Everything else is not so great.
I can hear my neighbor's conversations through the walls. This is especially bad if there are people on the balconies. I can hear the TV's and the video games and I can almost tell you word for word what they are saying.
The parking is terrible for anyone who has two cars. One spot per unit is assigned. The "guest" parking is supposed to be 4 hours max but this is not enforced. So what you get are people rushing to get one of the 5 guest spots and when those are gone they park along the wall making the trip in and out of the building a one lane driveway. It's dangerous.
Maintenance is a joke as is building managment. There is no building management. The developer has one of his staff "managing" the building. Both elevators have been out for over 24 hours before. I've had to call fire rescue because people have been stuck in the elevators. Cell phones don't work in the elevators. The staff at the developer's office are incredibly rude and do not return phone calls or address concerns at all.
The "decorated lobby" we were promised never came to fruition. The lobby is empty. The reason that the rent is less expensive that other buildings in the area is that there are no amenities. There is no security, no gym, no common area.
In mid-December all of the tenants who rent from the developer were served with notices of foreclosure. The papers we were served with say that the developer stopped making payments in May. At this point none of us know if the foreclosure will go through, if we will be forced to move and if we will get our last month and security deposits back.

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