Moving to Akron/Canton area -- need suggestions, please!

[CityGrrl77]

Originally Posted by timesrchangin

What do I want to spend? As little as possible for as much "trendy/new" as I can get - I.E., bang for my buck! I'd really like to get into the heart of the action as much as I can. Who knows -- right?

Lol, well, the newest you will find will be the ones we already spoke of (I believe Northside Lofts are actually renting out their condos because they can't get people to buy them) but that is going to be expensive nonetheless.
Next to new would be some of the standard apartment complexes in Fairlawn/Copley area but this doesnt put you in the middle of everything (and a good 10-15 minutes from downtown Akron) - it just puts you in boring, suburban Fairlawn. I actually have this joke running that Fairlawn has a 9pm curfew on any given night lol. If it was my choice, I would choose something like the second one below because atleast its super close to restaurants, freeways, people and a lot of traffic to watch from your balcony if you ever get bored lol
Park Hill at Fairlawn, Park Hill Luxury Apartments, Park Hill at Fairlawn Luxury Apartments
Summit Rise Apartments Apartments For Rent in Copley, Ohio - Apartment Rental and Community Details - ForRent.com

There really are no 'new' options in the downtown Akron area other than NSL and Spicer V.
There are 3 highrises in Highland Square (about the most eclectic/artsy area you can get around here), which is 5 minutes or so from 'downtown'. Other than those 3, you're looking at brick buildings built in the late '20s, rich with architecture - prices will range from as low as $400 for a studio/efficiency all thee way up to $700 for a 3 bedroom.

~Highland Towers start around $635 for a 1 BR Welcome Home
~The Highland Square is probably around the $600 mark to start Welcome Home
~Tower 80 is the nicest and I think 1 BRs start at $635 Tower Eighty Luxury Apartments

[SquareBetterThanAll]

Originally Posted by CityGrrl77

Lol, well, the newest you will find will be the ones we already spoke of (I believe Northside Lofts are actually renting out their condos because they can't get people to buy them) but that is going to be expensive nonetheless.
Next to new would be some of the standard apartment complexes in Fairlawn/Copley area but this doesnt put you in the middle of everything (and a good 10-15 minutes from downtown Akron) - it just puts you in boring, suburban Fairlawn. I actually have this joke running that Fairlawn has a 9pm curfew on any given night lol. If it was my choice, I would choose something like the second one below because atleast its super close to restaurants, freeways, people and a lot of traffic to watch from your balcony if you ever get bored lol
Park Hill at Fairlawn, Park Hill Luxury Apartments, Park Hill at Fairlawn Luxury Apartments
Summit Rise Apartments Apartments For Rent in Copley, Ohio - Apartment Rental and Community Details - ForRent.com

There really are no 'new' options in the downtown Akron area other than NSL and Spicer V.
There are 3 highrises in Highland Square (about the most eclectic/artsy area you can get around here), which is 5 minutes or so from 'downtown'. Other than those 3, you're looking at brick buildings built in the late '20s, rich with architecture - prices will range from as low as $400 for a studio/efficiency all thee way up to $700 for a 3 bedroom.

~Highland Towers start around $635 for a 1 BR Welcome Home
~The Highland Square is probably around the $600 mark to start Welcome Home
~Tower 80 is the nicest and I think 1 BRs start at $635 Tower Eighty Luxury Apartments

Fir Hill would put them in the mix over by the U. It's right over by all the activity. Of course it's not new and there's usually drunken college kid puke sloshing in the elevators, but what can you do?

[SquareBetterThanAll]

And also, do they do single-person rentals at 22 Exchange? That's brand new and right downtown.

Welcome to 22 Exchange!

[CityGrrl77]

Originally Posted by SquareBetterThanAll

And also, do they do single-person rentals at 22 Exchange? That's brand new and right downtown.

Welcome to 22 Exchange!

I'm pretty sure that you have to be a full time (or atleast part time) student at the UofA to utilize those.

Plus there is a crazy long waiting list. They are already completely full for this year.