Resident Appreciation Day

My husband and I (Kosta and Kelli Almiroudis) moved to the Lakewood area from NYC. We are residents as well as business owners in Lakewood. We loved Lakewood so much that we invested in a 45 unit commercial property on Detroit Avenue also known as the Highland Manor. It is a beautiful historical building built in the 1920's. It is a combination of Storefronts, Apartments and Townhomes.

When we took over this foreclosed property, it was only 30% occupied with alot of violence and drug trafficing. Since then, we have rehabbed all of the apartments filling the units with good tenants and families. We have currently reached 100% occupancy! In doing such a dramatic rehab and with steady managemnt, there are 75 new residents to Lakewood and two new businesses!

In celebration of reaching our goal, and in appreciation for our new residents and businesses of Lakewood (more particuarly The Highland Manor), we had a Resident Appreciation Party. The Party occurred on October 16th at 12pm. It was held in the back parking lot of the Highland Manor located at 11821 Detroit Avenue. 

We invited other local businesses from the Lakewood area to come and market their business to the new residents.   Supporting companies are: Cox Cable, Anytime Fitness, Brothers Lounge, Westown Grind Cafe, Pet People, Four Seasons Tanning, Nikos Restaurant, Karen Bosworth Bakery, Keyhole Gallery, Phenominal Hair Babrber Shop. Our goal for the party was to have our residents meet and greet eachother, while also introducing them to the businesses in their nieghborhood.

We invited local businesses from the area to help market themselves to the new residents, as well as have the residents meet and greet with one another. There was plenty of food and entertainment! And we are very proud to annonce that Council Women Mary Louise Madigan also attended!

We hope to keep Lakewood an enjoyable safe place to live while supporting our local privately owned businesses to grow during this tough economy.

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Volume 6, Issue 21, Posted 8:25 AM, 10.21.2010