Emerson Place Apartments

I just moved out. Very expensive, close to MGH but not a very charming neighborhood. Old building, not well maintained, inside fixtures including kitchen are cheap. Our apartment was on an upper level and the wind would come screeching through the old windows. There is always loud construction going on, but I fail to see improvement on the building. Oh, they put a fun blue stripe on the outside = polishing a turd. Water gets SCALDING hot– would not want kids in that building.
And the elevators… The building in 25+ floors, and there are 2 old elevators, one of which is broken a solid 30−40% of the time. There is also a fright elevators that is reserved for moving. Its infuriating to wait 5+ minutes for an elevator many mornings leaving for work.
Yes, the gym is in a non-​adjacent building, as is the pool which is an extra fee. Most of the classes at the gym are an extra fee. All in all you feel nickeled and dimed. But they have pot lucks and mixers you will get many many emails about.
The office staff I’ve found to be young and unprofessional. The one I was working with left the company when I was arranging to add someone to the lease, and no one seemed to know where she left off. Concierge is very nice, but seem to let any one into the building.
For what they charge there are much better options. I would hope the company would stop spending money or effort on these silly social events and work on upgrading the building.