Note the construction of the new "Burlington" Apartments (74 Broad St) vs Coastline down the street
We have two new prominent apartment buildings going up downtown right now, the new currently unnamed midrise building on the site of the Burlington Coast factory on corner of Summer/Broad and the highrise building down the street on Gay/Broad called "The Coastline".
Take a look at the two buildings mid construction when you get a chance and look at how different they are. And yes, while Coastline is definitely will be a much bigger building than Burlington, it is clear that one uses a superior construction technique to the other.
"Burlington" is the standard heavily cost-engineered all-wood construction that we saw at The Asher down the street (it is built by the same company). Get ready to hear your upstairs neighbor's footsteps all day, deal with mosiure issues and potentially increased fire risks.
"The Coastline" is clearly a far more substantial building with a massive concrete footing and steel framing for the floors above. I am confident that this building will be better to live in than Burlington and have less noise transmisison between units as the structure is much sturdier.
Ultimately these two buildings will probably rent for a similar price tag, so I think it's important for people to know what the buildings are like inside before signing a lease.