The
first part of the huge housing (700+ units), housing, hotel and
commercial development, Cambrian Rise, on North Avenue opened this
summer. Liberty House, the former Catholic orphanage, conversion to
32 studio/32 one bedroom apartments has been renting. Some
interesting observations at the first housing Liberty House (the
former Catholic Orphanage) with available unit rents between $1,350
and $1,900. A count of license plates today found 16 out-of-state
and 13 Vermont. This does not include one covered motorcycle, a
U-haul moving truck and a car with temporary Vermont plates.
With
Burlington colleges opening this week, it is reasonable to assume
that over half the renters so far are likely composed of out-of-state
and even a few in-state students (2/3 of the 13,000 UVM student are
out-of-state residents).
