Quarterside

I’ve lived at Quarterside for 15 months, and it has been mostly horrific. The walls are so paper thin that I often hear my not just my upstairs neighbor’s footfalls as he/​she trudges across the floor, but when I’m laying in bed at night on several occasions I have heard his/​her cellphone VIBRATING. The noise from the neighbors is like they’re in your own apartment!
Furthermore, the maintenance has been shoddy, including the pool being disgustingly dirty most of the time, but the worst thing that I’m dealing with currently is that they replaced their smoke detectors around the beginning of October – about 9 weeks ago – and ever since then, anywhere from 1 – 8 of them have been emitting a piercing beep every 60 seconds because of a low battery. This would seem like a fairly easy fix, right? Just replace the batteries and we’re good to go, right? Nope. Management has demonstrated complete incompetence and consideration for the «quiet enjoyment of the community» they’re contractually obligated to protect. My smoke detector has only emitted the low battery beep on a couple occasions, which they promptly fixed, but there are several other detectors going off constantly in OTHER apartments, and because of the thinness of the walls, it’s like a constant alarm all the time. I’ve been calling and walking into the office pleading with them to fix their broken smoke detectors so I can sleep at night and not go crazy when I’m here during the day, but they haven’t fixed the beeping for about 9 WEEKS NOW, even with me pleading with them almost every day to do so.
So I’ve got a mediation scheduled with them next week and if they don’t allow me to break my lease I’m filing suit for damages and breach of contract.
In addition, the fire alarms themselves have gone off at least three times while I’ve been here for no good reason, compelling everyone to evacuate and wait for the fire department to turn them off.
The leasing office has never put a note in my mailbox when they’re holding packages for me, I just have to review all my tracking information and take guesses as to whether or not they might have my package.
I once had a $ 200 package stolen from the mail room that the carriers left there. That’s not their fault per se, but they could have clearer instructions for the carriers, which sometimes leave packages at the office and sometimes right out in the hall where we just have to hope it doesn’t get stolen.
I re-​signed my lease with the verbal promise from a manager that I would be able to transfer my lease to someone else. That manager is gone and now they’re saying «sorry, we know we promised but we changed the policy.»
The cleanliness of the hallways has generally been less than satisfactory.
They DO in fact charge for Internet, which is their system, and you must go through them, and it has often gone down on me and been slow.
But hey: It’s a great location.

I have lived at Quarterside for about two years now. I feel like I can genuinely review this community in its entirety due to my lease ending soon. It has been such a great experience and I have met some really nice people!
To begin, I would like to stress that you WONT find anything UPTOWN as affordable as Quarterside. You get a lot of «bang» for your buck here! Trust me, I have done my research. I am not just talking about affordably. I am talking about safety and location too!
In the two years that I lived here, I haven’t had any problems with the crime. Furthermore, I also have never seen any homeless people frequent the area. The reason being is because the police station is literally steps away from the complex. Also a plus, the parking garages are gated and elevators can only be accessed by residents. Safety is not an issue point blank.
The location is fantastic and is the main reason why I decided to live here for more than one year. In my opinion it is one of the best locations for apartment living in Charlotte! Why? Because it is walking distance to everything uptown. More importantly, it is only one block away from the greenway! Not a lot of people know this, but the greenway gives access to many «hotspots» in Charlotte. Just to list a few are Elizabeth, Metropolitan, Dilworth, Freedom park, and Southend. Now, with that being said unless you are an avid runner, you can only reach the further areas by bike. I have done it several times and I am not even in «shape».
As for the management, I am not sure where to begin. Since I have been here I have seen three property managers come and go. Some were good, some were bad. I am not even sure why no one will stay. Is it really that hard to manage this place? Maybe they are under tight guidelines? I am not sure, but that brings me to the downside. With management frequently changing I have had some terrible service. I have experienced maintenance requests not being full filled and a dirty pool all season. Luckily, the current management is doing a great job!
If it wasn’t for the affordability, safety, and location then I would have rated the community only three stars. Although I have had bad experiences with management, I don’t want that to weight my decision for the community as a whole. At the end of the day I have had a great time living uptown, and would recommend Quarterside to anyone looking for the «ideal» spot.

I lived at Quarterside Apartment for a month now, and so far its been amazing. The management team is always professional and willing to help where they can. The location of the apartment complex is great, just about everything is in walking distance. This Apartment makes it an easy commute to get from one destination to the other in order to partake in the many activities that Uptown has to offer.
The apartments were well kept, which made moving in easy. The appliances are modern and kept up to date. Maintenance is always accessible and follows up with your request the same day. I would highly recommend The Quarterside Apartment to anyone looking for affordable and cozy living.

I’ve lived at Quarterside for a month now, and so far it’s been great! Location is unbeatable: Uptown living, walkable to bars and Time Warner Arena (but on the outer edge, so you don’t have to be stuck in morning or evening traffic, specially GAMEDAY traffic!), cost is reasonable, and units are spacious with great appliances!
The maintenance staff is awesome! Requests are answered in a timely manner, the staff is nice and easy to get along with and helpful, should you have any questions!
The office staff are great, but in particular I must recognize Valerie, who has been by my side the entire time. She’s always been a pleasure to speak with should I have concerns or questions. She follows-​up promptly to emails and always has a smile and remains happy, even through all the chaos!
Only thing to note is that the grounds can sometimes be dirty due to the trash cans overflowing, but apartment from that the amenities (covered parking that secured, nice gym, great pool, laundry mat, and bar below the apartments) what’s not to love!
Check them out… you won’t be disappointed.

I’ve been a resident for 3 years and have been through different managements companies but the overall experience living here has been good. I’m fortunate to stay in the newer building which although doesn’t have underground parking but is very neat and civilized.
There is noise that you have to deal with from time to time and distractions from residents but that’s part of uptown living but great within walking distance to uptown.

PLEASE rethink moving in this apartment!!!
Low maintenance service, noise everywhere, free wifi but is really slow, air condition system is not working well, I had to overnight at hotel since our room tem. of 95 °F degree with outside tem. of 100F
Call several times to emergency hot line, never get fix, talked to the office still no fix!!! Basically they are «REALLY nice only before you are moving «after you sign for the contract they don’t care much.

Recently, management has turned an upscale, classy, contemporary looking building into a tacky, ugly, art project that has absolutely ruined the look of the building and the area. Purple and yellow now cover the outside and the inside is even worse, which is hard to imagine until you see the pictures. Really hard to believe that someone thinks these color changes are an upgrade. From what I hear, tenants are planning to leave in droves due to this horrendous style change. So, expect plenty of vacancies. Hopefully, they figure it out and correct this massive error sooner than later.

This place is horrible. It was ok when Grubb ran it, but has fallen off a cliff since Connor Group bought it. Do not rent here if you want to sleep at night. Between the paper thin ceilings/​walls and the nightly fighting from the «deli», you’ll be lucky to get 2 hours of peace and quite a night. And if you call the office to report anything, they basically tell you to call the cops and that it’s not their problem. Pretty sure they are responsible for the businesses they rent too, but more importantly to the tenants who pay their high rent prices. Add into the mix the constant garbage strewn about, and the piles of dog crap, and this place is more like living in a crappy college dorm than a «luxury apartment» as they like to call themselves. It’s a shame too, because the floor plans are nice, and it is within walking distance to everything uptown. There are dozens of better apartment options I would recommend over this place. Stay away.

Customer service is beyond terrible. I moved up to Charlotte temporarily for work. The timeline was unknown so I did a 6 month lease with Grubb saying that I could go month to month if necessary. Then Connor Group moves in and says that this is no longer valid. My lease was supposed to be up July 3, and I was supposed to start in Atlanta July 15. See the dilemma? I told them this multiple times to see if we could work something out. Magenta the manager (who I came to realize is nothing but rude all of the time) told me there was zero way corporate would go for it.
2 weeks later I received 3 separate calls from «corporate» asking if I would like to extend my lease until November. Obviously my situation was not passed along by Magenta.
Rent is also absurdly high for the so called «amenities» they offer. Don’t be fooled by «free wifi» I think dial up in the 90’s was faster. Dog park is a 5 by 10 fenced in piece of grass, and the pool is nothing to write home about but I’m not too sure because they still haven’t opened it due to permitting issues.
The only reason I chose to live here was the month to month lease promise that was immediately shot down by good ol Magenta.
Also the Lasership package delivery guy has formed a habit of leaving valuable packages strewn about the mail room which can be easily accessed by any and every one. 3 of my packages were stolen and when I brought this to the attention of the management I was essentially told «tough, better luck next time».
So big shout out to Magenta and Connor Group for really making this a must never do again experience!

Location and design is awesome. Modern style, hardwoods, huge huge huge windows. We got an enormous 2BR for a good price, especially for Uptown. However, there is a major flaw:
NOISE.
Noise everywhere. More noise than there should be from a place that’s not that old. NO INSULATION between the floors, so hardwoods + concrete = small people sounding like herds of water buffalo playing rugby.
An update/​correction to the earlier church comment: They ring every 30 minutes (like a grandfather clock) from 10am to 7:30pm…EVERY DAY. They also play a song on top of the clock chimes at the top of EVERY HOUR also. Sunday mornings? EVERY 10 MINUTES from about 8:30a-10a.
Depending on where you live (we are on the building corner at the corner of 7^th & McDowell), road traffic and emergency sirens might be a bit too much also. There’s a Fire Station on the opposing block (6^th & Myers) that has a ladder truck running by at full siren so so many times a day.
The rent here is fair, and includes water, trash, sewage, and free wifi. Since this was originally built as condos for sale, and reverted to a rental property post-​housing crash, there is no club room or residence-​dedicated fitness center. However, fitness membership at Pura Vida onsite is included in the rent.
Gated, secured parking for tenants, guest parking is quite sparse (and always full). Salon, Pillar Pub, fitness center, convenience store, and dry cleaner all located on site for multiple layers of convenience. Mailrooms are located inside each of the 3 secured-​access, separate buildings.
Don’t be surprised if you happen to meet any local pro sports players; this is Crosland-​managed, and Crosland is a corporate sponsor for many teams, so there’s usually Panthers or Bobcats or Checkers living here as well.
While the tenant makeup is scattered, the majority of the population is in the younger, weekend partying type. Maybe if I was a tad younger I’d fit in a little better and have more tolerance for the «fraternity» types.

This is the popoff.
GOOD location. The only way I could say great is if the church across the street didn’t ring their bells every 45 minutes… EVEN ON WEEKDAYS!!!
The place is brand new. Garage Parking. Convenience store below, where I can buy my 40’s. Panthers/​Bobcats players live there.
Stumbling distance from all the bars.