The document outlines 15 ideas for designing the perfect apartment complex, including being close to but not in a city, having access to public transportation and pools for adults and children, on-site daycare, nightlife and amenities within walking distance, bike paths, social events scheduled through a mobile app, an exercise facility, movie nights, and unique architecture. The author envisions these elements coming together in a town square-like setting to form their ideal apartment living situation.

1. Top 15 Ideas for the Perfect Apartment
Complex
Although I own a house, I sometimes think about the benefits of apartment living. I would love
to sit with an architect to design my perfect apartment complex. Here is how I envision it:
1. Close to a city, but not directly in it
2. Access to public transportation, such as the subway within walking distance
3. Two pools: one for adults, and one strictly for kids; some distance apart, but close enough so
parents can still see their little ones
4. On-the-spot day care (that didn’t cost an arm and a leg)
5. Nightlife with live music on Fridays and a nice menu for Saturday lunch
6. Built into a ‘town square’ like setting, where you can walk to just about everything, especially a
grocery store, ice cream and sushi
7. Bike path around a lake, with two varying degrees of difficultly; challenging and normal
8. Routinely scheduled social events with a mobile app to tell you about them; no annoying flyers
9. You would pay a nominal fee each month for the social events – thus, more people would be apt
to attend
10. No real need for cash: you earn points for attending social events, doing good deeds, achieving
your goals at the exercise facility, or cooking for events

2. 11. You can use ‘points’ in the town square, too. There would be incentives such as gifts, awards or
specials to use them.
12. Exercise facility with ‘Disney’s fast pass’ system in place
13. Free Movie Night outside
14. Designated Driver Program, for those nights you spend outside of the ‘town square’
15. Unique and cool architecture; something different that you don’t see every day. When giving
directions, you can tell people, “look for the eagle wing” or something relevant.
There you have it, a short list of items that would make up my perfect apartment complex. Does
such a perfect apartment complex exist? Perhaps there are a few that meet some of the items on
my list.
What does your perfect apartment complex look like?
By John Boyer, Director of Marketing for Coldwell Banker Commercial
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