Park Lafayette

We have lived here for over three years, both towers. Management set up an apartment, furnished in 24 hours for my husband and three months later we moved to the other tower (after checking out every neighborhood in our new town) with a gorgeous lake view. Everyone that has worked here and does work here is great. Safety is a priority and I always feel safe, even when the dog needs to go out at 2:00 a.m. and my husband is snoring away. Neighbors are nice and everyone, even on the street, knows my dog’s name! Not mine, necessarily. On his first visit, the Concierge gave my husband the location of local restaurants, drycleaner and grocery. When I arrived he actually had cereal, milk, juice, tea, bread and fruit on hand. Incredible what good deeds a non-​cooking, non-​homey guy can do with inspiration! Thanks, P-​L

I have lived here for two years. These are my pros and cons:
Pros:
— the view
— location
— staff is friendly but not always helpful. Many of the issues below remained unsolved.
Cons:
— Internet sucks. If you are planning on streaming HD movies/​videos forget about this place. Also you don’t have a choice of providers. You pay 60 $ for this service. They promise 20mb speed but you get ⁴⁄₅ on average.
— Be ready to purchase shades/​blinds. They show you apartments with blinds but once you move in you find out that they are not included.
— During the winter there is a substance leaking from the garage ceiling that will ruin your car. It will require professional clean-​up services. Management has been trying to fix this for the last couple of years but they don’t seem to be doing it the right way since that stuff is still ruining cars.
— DirecTV is the only tv provider you can get. They’ll give you their oldest equipment which you will not be able to upgrade once installed. Any operation on the device will take from 5 to 10 seconds. Very frustrating
— On top of paying rent which in this place is not cheap you also need to pay to reserve the community room. We were once having an event and they left the restroom door locked so that all of our guests had to use our restroom 9 floors above. When we asked the front desk for help they smiled and said they’d work on it but never did.
— Property in the garage is not secured. There have been smashed windows and our bikes got stolen.
— I wish they washed the windows more than twice a year. The views would be much better.
— Packages are not always delivered the day they arrive.
Overall they claim these are luxury apartments, which they are in terms of views, but I expected way more for all the money they charge. My wife and I are very excited to move to a different place.

I have lived here for a month now so I feel qualified to write a review. I have been very impressed with Park Lafayette. I have called maintenance for several small items and they have come within 12 hours and taken care of everything. My primary problem has been not knowing which electric outlets are connected to which light switches. Maintenance is also available to assist with personal items like hanging pictures for a small fee.
Several items of importance, I gave never run out of hot water and cannot hear neighbors next door or above me. Occasionally folks on the green roof patio will be noisy past 10 pm, but I could shut my windows to stifle that small inconvenience. I just choose not to.
The concierge service is absolutely wonderful. Package delivery notices are via my smart phone as well as posted on an electronic message board. All concierges are very friendly. Note that they are located in the south building, so if you come and go thru the north building you will not see them without going out of your way. For that reason, I prefer the south building.
In my short time here, the windows have been washed, hall carpets cleaned and garage stalls power washed (spring cleaning).
So, in summary, well-​maintained, friendly, quiet, great location and wonderful views! I am very happy at Park Lafayette!

I started renting here before Mandel Group took over management and unfortunately renewed my lease. I really thought Mandel Group would bring upgrades to amenities here, but instead they are «eliminating» our security guard/​concierge and trying to spin it as a «security upgrade,» since we will now how an exterior intercom system.
I have to say… I have a two bedroom apartment on a lower floor and am paying a little more than $ 2800/​month plus $ 110/​month/​parking space to now live in a building with horrible management that will not even give you a direct email address — Now, anyone on the street will be able to buzz someone’s apartment, pretend to be a neighbor that doesn’t have a key card and potentially break into our «luxury, secure» building. I signed a lease with the main selling point being a ²⁴⁄₇ security guard/​concierge and with less than two weeks notice, the security guards are being fired and my fellow tenants and I now have an «upgraded security system» consisting of an outdoor intercom system.
Oh — and by the way, if you forget your access card or happen to lock yourself in the garage, you now have to walk outside to the other tower and hope the concierge will be able to buzz you in because now they are also being asked to deliver packages to pissed off tenants in the North tower that no longer have their packages being delivered to their actual building!
I agree, the views are amazing, but some tenants I know with 3 bedroom apartments are paying almost $ 4k/​month… NOT WORTH THE MONEY!
I have already written an email asking to break my lease since I signed under the impression I would be living in a secure building.