Calhoun Beach Club Apartments

Just moved in, everyone was very helpful and accommodating from the moment we walked in. The tour alone was over an hour long and was very thorough. All our questions were answered. The apartment we moved in to was so clean it looked like the appliances were all brand new and like no one had ever lived there before us. They are cleaning an mopping the lobby and elsewhere constantly. So glad we chose this place. Anything comparable didn’t have the level of class/​amenities.

We are current tenants of the building. The people who live in the building are great; we love our neighbors. But building management is the worst, most incompetent group of individuals in property management in the U.S. The building is a complete mess, between dog pee consistently in the elevators, broken garage doors, and worst of all, terrible attitudes. The current property manager Wayne does not even make an EFFORT to get to know tenants on a personal level. I would NEVER recommend this building to anyone.

Current resident. Great location, beautiful apartment, TOP NOTCH amenities. Highly recommended

I moved to the Vintage building in November from an apartment less than a mile away (1800 Lake). Let me tell you, I am ecstatic! From the vast amenities, friendly 24 hr staff, charming apartment, and value for the price, I couldn’t have made a better decision.
CBC offers more to its residents for the price than many new apartment building in the area. Each resident receives a membership to the club with fitness classes, saunas, 2 pools, steam rooms, etc. The restaurant on the 1^st level (Urban Eatery) also has fantastic food and on-​par staff. I literally don’t have to leave the building, ever.
Everyone, from staff, to other residents, to members of the club are friendly and welcoming. The location on Lake Calhoun in unparalleled, and the outdoor pool is gorgeous on a Summer day.
I’d recommend CBC to anyone!

Best location, nice apartments, good amenities, friendly staff. We are happy here!
The parking garage door does always break, but having a nice ramp is awesome. Construction across the street is annoying but not the beach clubs fault.
We love being on the east side, have views of the lake and the skyline!

If you like to have hot water don’t live here. We have repeatedly been without hot water for the six months we have been here. I have complained to the management company with no response. The office people have told me every excuse from the pilot light went out to they needed to order a part to the backup boiler is not working.
The door to the parking ramp also repeatedly breaks down and stays open. This place has failed to convince us that it is worth the money we pay in rent, parking, apartment utilities, building utilities, pet fees, non refundable processing fees.

Updating to reflect my thoughts after trying to finish the move out process.
What. A. Freaking. Nightmare. I will never recommend this place to anyone.
As I said in my original review I needed to move out due to work relocation, so my saintly mom helped out in squaring away everything that needed to be taken care of at Calhoun since I physically could not be there. The people who work in this leasing office are (mostly) unqualified to assist in the simplest of tasks and they are excruciatingly rude on top of it all.
For starters — I asked that my parking space not be removed from my account so that my mom would be able to park there while she was at my unit that I would continue to have possession of until Sept 14^th. A couple weeks after I left, my mom shows up & someone’s in my parking spot. She goes to the office and after slew of confusion of why the parking spot was even removed from my account (after I explicitly told the «agent» multiple, multiple times that I would continue to pay for it) — turns out «oops, it was removed, I’m not sure what happened». So they offer another spot — someone’s in it. Another spot — someone’s in it. This happens THREE TIMES before they finally figure it out and get a spot my mom can use. Every time my mom went in there to notify them that the spot was again not available, they were rude. Ok, I get it, you don’t want to waste your time mapping out/​finding a parking spot every couple days and it’s also an inconvenience for you — MAYBE you shouldn’t have removed it from my account in the first place and the problem wouldn’t exist.
Fast forward to move out date — I confirm with someone in the Denver Amico office that someone will meet my mom around 11am to do a walk-​thru and hand over keys. My mom takes personal time off from her job to get to this appointment and NO ONE helps her for FOURTY-​FIVE MINUTES. A scheduled appointment, 45 minutes late, zero explanation or apologies. She gets more attitude from the lovely ladies in the office and the run around on who’s going to do the walk-​thru. A maintenance guy finally does the walk-​thru with my mom and she said he was the nicest guy — so props to you, maintenance man. They were always super nice & liked my cat, so that’s one decent thing.
Another two weeks later, I get a call from the same Amico properties office based here in Denver that there’s a balance on my account! What?! I paid my Sept rent & handed over my keys, no one said anything about outstanding balance since the appointment. So, since the guy who called only has limited access to my account and can’t tell me what the actual balance is for, he tells me to call the property. I call, get put on hold while they try and transfer me to the property manager. No answer, so I was given her direct line to call and talk to Marcie. No answer on her line, I left her a message asking her to call me as soon as possible so talk about what the balance is.
I have YET to hear back from ANYONE on what this is. I’m not paying it just for funsies, so I’ll let it sit there until someone can get it together and call me back.
What a lovely property.

I had never lived in an apartment complex before but now I wish I had done this years ago. I have a Greenway view (it was cheaper than the lake views) and having the balcony and large sliding doors helps this drastic downsizing from a large old house much easier — it is good to be able to bring the outside in. I’ve been very pleased at the level of service and friendliness of the staff. It would have been good to get a bit more orientation — but I don’t mind figuring things out for myself (and if you have a question — just ask.) Compared to other apartments that are dog-​friendly, this one provided better value and the perk of membership in the beautiful CBC Health Club can’t be beat.

I’ve lived at the beach club for the last 4.5 years and have enjoyed it, it’s a great place for the traveling professional and the athletic club staff are very personable.
Pros —
— Athletic club and pool are a great bonus, elevator down to a gym in the winter is a significant bonus
— The upgraded apartments on the vintage side are very nice (I had a view of the Lake)
— Urban Eatery is also pretty solid (definite upgrade from the View)
— Dry cleaning and packages are delivered to your apartment which is pretty nice
Cons
— AIMCO (the management company), this is the reason I’m not giving this 4 stars, they are trying to nickel and dime residents.
*** ALSO MAKE SURE TO NEGOTIATE EVERYTHING IN THE CONTRACT, I MISSED THE RELET FEE OF 200%, IT SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 100%***
— Once you’re a resident, you can expect a battle to keep your rent down, mine increased 13% over 4 years and that’s after doing significant market research to counter the initial increases that were proposed
— There is no recycling program
— The windows on the vintage side to not have screens, given the wasps that inhabit the upper levels
In the end, I really liked living there, but the management doesn’t value resident relationships. If money is of no concern to you, then this is a great place for you.
Best,
Matt

Very, in fact horribly, over priced for what you get. I toured this placed recently and thought they were kidding at first. Based on prices, they REALLY need to look at their comps closer and get a reality check.

My review of the CBC is for their gym. I like it. It’s more expensive than the Y or most others, but not as bad as I thought ($ 147 is mine and they have that health plan discount). And it has lots of perks — a towel service, free day lockers, free parking, toiletries in the locker rooms, private showers with great water pressue, even combs in little sterile dunk tanks. I love the perks! The machines always seem to have a few of each kind available (no writing down your name for a 20 minute slot open in an hour) There are lots and lots of free classes; the ones I’ve been to so far are busy, but not full, so you have company but don’t have to get there early or make a reservation. I haven’t tried massage yet, but the prices look OK.