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Delays force Champaign high-rises to postpone move-ins
August 21, 2008
CHAMPAIGN – First, Brian Davidson signed a lease for an apartment in a new luxury campus high-rise on Green Street known as the "Whopper."
Then, last April, two of his roommates backed out. So Roland Realty let Davidson transfer his lease to a smaller apartment building under construction at 54 E. Chalmers St.
As it turned out, neither building will be ready Friday, the original occupancy date. The Whopper, in fact, has a giant crane sitting on top of it. Full story »
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