Van Alen Apartments

Van Alen is beautiful. The property and the apartments are well kept. The staff and concierge are amazing. The only downside is the guest parking. There are very limited guest parking spots.

very good - lived here for two years

Great experience living here. Apartments are solid and feel like home. Spacious with great amenities and features. Management team is responsive, communicative and helpful.

Loved living here. Great restaurants around and very walkable. Apartment management is great and very willing to help with anything

It's super safe and feels very secure; the management team is really communicative and responsive to problems; they want to build a sense of community and put on a TON of events; the folks at the front desk are REALLY friendly; the pool is gorgeous and everything is clean; I haven't experienced neighbors making a lot of noise late at night...the apartments are gorgeous.

The complex is very nice, the units are modern, the pool and gym and nice, and downtown Durham is a cool location. It is faiurly quiet, can sometimes here the people above and below me but not too much of an issue. I can also just hear cars go by often as its right next to the highway. I love the free coffee machine in the lobby. Living in Downtown Durham is cool, and the drive is pretty manageable, about 7-10 minutes. I will say that as a 1L, I don't get to experience all downtown Durham has to offer as much as I would have hoped. I may have chosen to live closer to the law school if I realized that.

Great Spot to get away from 9th Street

The apartment complex is by far, better than many others I have seen for the same price. The amenities are incredible, for me that was really important as I intended to use the gym, grills, etc. The only weak point is that it is far from campus and you need to walk to the bus station if you want to move around. However, the area is very safe and you can walk even at night.

I absolutely love living here. The management team is great and the community is really fun. The staff put on events every week, like happy hour every Friday, HIIT workout classes every Tuesday, movie night every Monday, as well as having food trucks come every Friday night.

We have been blown away by Van Alen in almost every way. We feel that it has significantly better amenities and is just nicer than similarly priced Ninth Street properties. We also found that the management team was much easier to work with than those on Ninth Street, and that is what led us to choose Van Alen when we had originally planned to live on Ninth Street.

The complex is also very pet friendly and has neither breed nor puppy restrictions.