AIR Communities

Great apartment building and amenities with a rooftop pool and gym. Reliable maintenance in apartments but building maintenance in general (e.g., broken entry doors, elevators) is slow and can be inconvenient. They just renovated the hallways and lobby which really updated the building. The front desk is very helpful and I feel very secure living in the building. Apartment doors require a code and there is a fob required to enter into the building and elevator (although sometimes the doors and elevator are open without the fob).

Riverloft Review

A little pricey, but a great apartment

Overall, my experience at the Left Bank has been great! I have a few small gripes about the timeliness of responses from maintenance and the landlord, but overall I am very happy.
The apartment is in a great location and is very clean and quiet. It also has high ceilings which makes the space feel much larger and cozier.

Huge. You get your moneys worth with space. The doorwoman is so friendly and nice, and overall it is pretty quiet. Lots of law students live there.

Definitely feels like a dorm building, but the location is very convenient. I am not concerned about safety. The package system is not very reliable which is annoying but nothing has been stolen or damaged. It can get very loud if you live on the Chestnut Street side with all the cars and sirens, but I moved here from Manhattan so I'm mostly immune to that. Overall, I like living here. I signed a 24 month lease to get a month free. It's still too expensive for what I'm paying for, but that's everywhere.

Good apartment, great location for law students!

2 bedroom -- one is significantly smaller, which is mine, so I pay much less than my roommate and definitely much less than the average student at Penn Law.

Living at Chestnut Hall has been a positive experience! Although the building lacks many amenities (no gym, limited communal space), my apartment is very spacious and an excellent price. I live in a one-bedroom apartment and have a lot space for the price of rent. Whenever I have an issue, the maintenance is very responsive and usually repairs whatever needs to be fixed within a day. The location is also wonderful—15 minute walk from the law school (10 if you’re running late) and there’s a bus stop right outside the building entrance. I also rent a parking spot which is convenient but expensive ($275 per month). The building is pretty quiet and I only know one or two of neighbors, but everyone is nice and cordial!

Nice apartment building, good maintenance personnel and office staff. Very expensive.

The staff is nice and it is really nice that everything can be done on your phone. Also, it is really nice how close the apartment is to campus. Just be prepare for constant water leaks and slow maintenance orders.

I have been living at Park towne for almost 3 years now, and this place has become an utter disgrace across the board. 1) Management is absolutely awful. They do not make time for your concerns and do not respect you and treat you TERRIBILY. Many people would agree with this. They filter their website reviews to only show 5 start reviews and push all other reviews expressing concerns to the bottom. 2) The utility costs her are absolutely insane and they do not care and will raise it whenever with no formal warning or reasoning. 3) The biggest issue of them all, Avana. Avana is a black owned restaurant that has moved into a rentable space below the East tower. It brings in a terrible crowd that gives Park Towne a certain reputation. Its also causing saferty concerns for myself as a young female. I have a hard time getting into my apartment complex with drunk individuals making comments about me being white and also have been physically assulted. I told Park Towne about this and they did not even respond. I hate living here so much. Please do yourself a favor and if you read this far live anywhere else. If you have children or live alone, please, do not live here.

This apartment should be awesome - great location, cool amenities in theory, but the management has basically given up running the property. They have allowed a new restaurant called Avana to take over in the East Tower, and this "restaurant" throws massive parties that make the residence borderline unlivable. There are tricycles everywhere, people pissing outside, its like South Street except condensed to a 4 tower block radius. Not to mention there is 0 pool security so it is basically a public pool.

If management changes, and Avana leaves, it could be worth it, but until then I would never recommend anyone live here.

Park Town has the perfect location, great views, and amenities that should be amazing but in reality are very lackluster. The pool is my big sticking point - its a great space, but there is legit no security so families will bring their kids like its a public pool. There seems to be no effort by management to address the issue, to the point that an Uber driver asked if "the public pool has towels."

The gym suffers the same issue, although to a lesser degree. Trainers who know the code will just let their non-resident clients in. The big issue with this lack of security is that the pool and the gym connect to the garage, which connects to both the North and South tower, meaning crazy homeless people have managed to wander into the building.

The location is great, having that big yard is awesome, but I just wish the management gave a **** about the tenants.

And don't get me started on Avana, it is truly a nightmare establishment that causes intense parking problems and does 5pm fireworks displays.

Great apartment! Would highly recommend.