Gables City Vista

I lived here from 2012 — 2014 and loved it. The building was clean and well maintained. Maintenance staff were friendly and the rare issues that would arise were dealt with quickly. The front desk staff was also very friendly.
The building is expensive, but cheap compared to other buildings in the area. I loved the amenities such as the gym, the 2^nd floor lounge, and the vista green, all of which were underused by other residents.
The neighborhood is great and was steadily improving while I lived there. Good restaurants and close to Chinatown. There is easy access to the convention center and gallery place metro stops, the circulator, and several bus lines.
This was one of my favorite places I’ve lived and I’d highly recommend it.

I recently moved in and love my unit. The building is modern, clean and my unit had brand new appliances. The leasing staff has been helpful and a pleasure to work with. The vista green, their courtyard park, is amazing! Such a beautiful private park space is wonderful to have. The building lacks roof access and a pool but I can overlook that thanks to the private park and beautiful building. The gym is pretty nice too and is usually not very busy. You can’t beat the location, there are many restaurants and shops near by as well as a grocery store on the main floor of the building. Also near Chinatown which is great. Overall I definitely would recommend this place to anyone! (Prices are also much lower than other buildings in the area)

The leasing office was a problem, they were willing to work with you but the way that they raise rent every year… EVEN IF YOU RESIGN… was horrible and got misled by Ashley when I first moved in. She was to lazy and inconsiderate to let me know if my apartment had a balcony and when I moved in all they could do was give me $ 500 back. If you like getting fleeced of every dime you have this is the place for you

No cameras and frequent grafitti in the elevators. Very few guest parking spots, you should book them well in advance. Plumbing in the building seems subject to a lot of floods (there were three floods in the building when I lived there) so get insurance. Matainence team is prompt to fix any issues though, and they do a good job and are very pleasant. Any complaint was fixed the same day.
Only one key-​fob per tenant listed on the lease — no exceptions, even if you offer to pay — so if you move in with your partner, forget about getting a second key unless you’re both listed (plus makes it impossible for the dog sitter to come unless you give up your keys).
If you do a move-​out cleaning, ask for the company the building uses — you will get a good discount from them and they did a good job.
Unreasonably late return of my damage deposit, but they didn’t deduct anything that was frivolous.
Convenient to Safeway and Chipotle, and the gym is rarely used, so there are machines available most of the time in the building.
Management and hours and responses were not great — also, the building’s shared utility company, Minol Direct, charges a $ 3.00 fee to pay your bill online, and their online payment system is really difficult to use. Moving elevator reservations were not enforced, and I had one cancelled with no notice — which led to some very expensive paid by the hour movers taking longer than normal.
Gables website does not feature an online building community (for furniture posts or dog sitting or community news — that type of thing) which is now standard in most buildings in the neighborhood.
Does not accept credit cards or debit cards for rental payment, though you can log-​in to the Gables website and pay online every month.
Avoid apartments overlooking the back alley as the delivery trucks start at 7:00 am and go until really late at night, 7 days per week.