My husband & I lived here for 3 years and it was horrible.
Here's the highlights:
1. our car got hit& run by a trailer in the parking garage, when we asked for video footage, we were told our parking space is in a blind spot and they couldn't help us.
2. A man jumped from the balcony of Main & Nine, fell, and died and we saw the aftermath (dead body, horrific scene) while pulling into the parking garage.
3. Another resident at Main & Nine attempted to run us over while driving drunk. We reported it to the police and Main and Nine staff.
4. Our apartment wasn't cleaned prior to moving in.
5. Our neighbor got trapped inside the elevator.
6. Electrical issues throughout the apartment.
7. The elevator & parking garage gate constantly have issues - elevator has been out of service for weeks at a time. Parking garage gate has been stuck open & closed a dozen times. The elevator being out of service is horrible if you are elderly, disabled, pregnant, or hurt. My mother with stage 4 cancer had to walk up and down the stairs (five flights!) after chemo & radiation appointments because the elevator was broken. So think about that if you have children or sick people in your life that plan on visiting you.
8. Multiple appliances broken - washing machine, dryer, dishwasher. This building is "new" I believe built in 2019 or around that timeframe. Appliances should also be new and not have issues but they do. The unit below us flooded twice due to a pipe leak.
9. Homeless & theft. Have seen hobos sleeping in the hallways, stairwells, and blocking the parking garage gates. I have had packages stolen from the mailroom and in front of my apartment door.
The staff is nice enough. Main & Nine and IHL (sister property, Imperial Hardware Lofts also downtown) say they're luxury apartments but they're cheaply made. It's evident how cheap the apartments were made because they're falling apart. The homeless are everywhere. The alley & parking situation is substandard - the alley is constantly blocked via trucks, photo shoots, and homeless.
I lived here for 3 years because the location was convenient for work. If I had to do it all over again, I would look harder & choose somewhere else to live. I've never experienced this many issues with a rental before & I would not wish these frustrations upon another human being.
The elevator always smells like rotten garbage, I assume it's because Arcade Coffee (in the same building) uses the elevator to access the business storage (2nd floor).
The Festival of Lights (annual, 3 month long festival) causes insane traffic congestion in the area & the alley being a single point of entry/exit feels like an accident waiting to happen.
I've never seen people evicted before moving here - I've seen multiple apartments with police tape over them. The noise from bars & clubs downtown is constant - also the trains, fire station & church bells.
The benefits of living here:
-freeway access
-close to Mt Rubidoux & Santa Ana River trail (for walkers, runners, bikers)
-club house, pool, and gym are fine
-nice views from top level apartments read more