AvalonBay's Kanso - MFR with no on-site staff, elevators, amenities

Curious whether anyone's familiar with this property or with other developers who are trying out this model.

https://blog.realestate.cornell.edu/2022/02/08/how-avalon-bay-communities-built-a-self-serve-apartment-building-to-reach-the-missing-middle-housing-sector/

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I mean omitting 4 sets of elevators is like taking out half a million bucks on 4 stories, I think it's more just getting every inch of efficiency you can by taking out all of the amenities. FWIW, I spoke to some folks at AVB about this and it seems like you can cut OpX down to like 25% and juice out a couple more units in exchange for rents. Even though I'm in multifamily, it's pretty appealing to me since I like the minimalist style and would rather get value out of it, and I'm sure they've done some market research on it to double check. 

 

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