intowner

You're correct, travel guy_73. The building's so-called "balconies" will be accessible via windows, not doors!!! I learned from a real-estate agent who has some familiarity with the Herrin project that what are being marketed as balconies are really just four-foot-deep ledges that are being affixed to the building's exterior at window height. Also related to the marketing of the building . . . the Herrin units are being promoted on the HAR Web site (and, hence, to prospective buyers!) with square footage amounts that include the aforementioned ledges! For example, an available unit might seem, through one's reading of a description in the HAR and MLS listings, to be a unit of particular size for sale at a particular price, though one should keep in mind that the listed square footage figure for most units includes the balcony square footage, which, depending on the unit, might be 90+ square feet or so of what many of us would consider not-really-usable space! On a quality-related note: I've heard that much of the kitchen and bathroom cabinetry being installed in the building are IKEA products. I know someone who was giving some serious thought to purchasing a unit in the building. Upon learning all of this information, her interest level decreased significantly! I think she was most turned-off by the idea of paying something like $15,000 (her example was 90 sq. feet of balcony x $160 avg. per sq. foot) to purchase a loft that "features" (she's fond of using "air quotes" when she talks) a deep window ledge with a pretty railing attached to it!