Summer 2019
J Magazine, Summer 2019
J Magazine, Summer 2019
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THE BIG<br />
PICTURE<br />
SHIPPING<br />
Container<br />
APARTMENTS<br />
IN THE WORKS<br />
RENDERING BY<br />
Fisher Koppenhafer<br />
Architects<br />
If all goes to plan, a three-level<br />
apartment complex built with 18<br />
shipping containers will soon pop<br />
up on an empty lot in Downtown’s<br />
Cathedral District.<br />
According to JWB Real Estate<br />
Capital President Alex Sifakis,<br />
each container would house a<br />
320-square-foot apartment, roughly<br />
the size of a hotel room, with a<br />
living room, full-sized bathroom,<br />
small bedroom and kitchen. Rent<br />
could start at $550 a month.<br />
“We’ve been getting people<br />
coming out of the woodwork<br />
interested in it,” Sifakis said. “it<br />
seems like 50 percent think it’s the<br />
dumbest thing … and about 50<br />
percent think it’s the greatest thing<br />
ever and they want one now.<br />
“You’ll be able to tell they’re<br />
shipping containers from the<br />
outside,” he said, “but some really,<br />
really good-looking shipping<br />
containers.”<br />
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J MAGAZINE | SUMMER <strong>2019</strong>
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