This place is horrible. They scum you to your grave for extra fees and charges at the end of the year. When they give you a tour, they show you the nicest apartment, and when you get there your real unit is half the size. The property manager Mackenzie is horrible, swears on the phone, horribly unprofessional. Go to the Maxxen if you want to spend this type of money. One of my biggest regrets is giving this place my hard earned money read more

Warning to all parents who are about to get sucked in to the annual rush to sign a lease for next year. Save your money! The Rise is not worth the price you pay. While the location is great, the property is not well run. Maintenance is slow, it takes days to get mail (even when its a FedEx) and they do not respond timely to inquiries. I was infuriated when they intentionally shut down all of the trash chutes for all 12 floors during move out week......trash was everywhere and people were trying to move out and haul trash in the elevators at the same time. It was a mess for DAYS! Elevators are frequently out of service. Hardly the luxury accommodations you are paying for. I originally was willing to pay the price for the security aspects of the Rise....unfortunately this was a giant lie! There was an issue with that we needed to involved the police (a stalker made his way up to the secured 12h floor). The police viewed the survelliance footage and found the stalkers....but when they asked the Rise for a copy of the video footage, they were told that it was "too much trouble". One of my daughters roommates subletted her room (unknown to the other roommates) after they left in May (even though they were all still paying for May, June and July). The roommate was an employee of the Rise. While she benefited financially, the other girls were held responsible for the utilities and possible damages from this unauthorized, unaccommpanied individual. For 3 months, the Rise employees gave access for a stranger to enter my daughters apartment!!!! They nickel and dime you for everything!!!!!!!!!!!! My daughter left her bathroom, bedroom and common areas EMMACULATE! They charged her almost $500 for turnover fees (over $2k for all of the roommates combined) for an apartment that had no damage. They are scam artists! So this is the place for you if you want broken elevators, shut down trash chutes, rude and unresponsive management, slow mail service, broken hot tub, a false sense of security and empty pockets!!!!! read more

Beware of renting at the Rise. Not only are their rents sky high but they really hit you for incidentals. A constant money grab. When you check out at the end of the year you will be charged ridiculous fees for the slightest blemishes on the walls. They will charge you $75 for leaving a piece of trash they need to pick up. $900 to clean the stove!! I shared my feelings with the manger Taylor Eger requesting a call and received an email attempting to explain their charges. Completely ignoring the fact that we had complained of a constant rattling from loose flashing outside my daughters window that rattled in the wind and kept her awake at night. They did nothing to mitigate this and then had the gall to send me a cleaning bill for petty stuff when I personally cleaned that apartment. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND AVOID RENTING HERE read more

The rise is obviously a nicer place to live. It has great apartments & sturdy furniture. I lived in a 5x3 penthouse and enjoyed it! pros: - study space, court yard, hot tub, gym - free printing - nice furniture - nice bathrooms, nice size fridge/stove/microwave - ice maker in fridge cons: - amenities close at 10PM, even study spaces & second floor area where you can do work. I think this is ridiculous. - sometimes take awhile to get an email back - must pay a $50 fee if you don't pay for a professional dry cleaning business to clean your floors when you move out - loud noise from outside is easily heard even from 12th floor - rooms are smaller than the ones u tour other notes: - you won't use the amenities like you think you will - i would probably give them another star if they didn't try to sell the dream so hard during my initial tour. would've been nice to know the study space closes so early, read more

This place is AWFUL!!! I should have known this place was going to be a SHIT show from day one. I wanted my son to live close to campus especially because he was not going to drive. Wow, did I made a mistake! You can never speak to the manager and the people that work there are students that don't know Nothing and are RUDE!!! You have to jump over hoops in able to get your answers to your questions. Our experience here was HORRIBLE I don't recommend it to anyone. For over 3 months I was trying to get answers to my questions and no one would call me back.The manager was in a meeting or was out doing room check etc... Finally because it benefits the Rise the manager finally called me back. Bottom line is that they now need an apartment of 5 bedrooms they want to rent to girls. They needed my son's apartment since he was the only one left in the apt. Now the manager was nice and "supposedly" helping us out. Let it be known that before the re-let lease was signed for us to get out of a lease that was signed at last a year ahead since we want into lockdown the same price and we knew that my son was going to there till December 2020. Unfortunately no one knew we were going to be in a pandemic and classes would be online. ALL his stuff was moved because they need the apartment to be ready for move-in August 20,2020. Who is that ? What if we would've changed our minds and not signed the re-let? Save your money and look some where else as there are nicer places to rent around state college!!! read more

DO NOT STAY HERE!!! I normally don't write reviews but my experience here was so awful I feel like I need to warn other students/parents interested in this place. I lived here my senior year because this is one of the nicer apartment buildings in State College. I liked the amenities they offered and the rooms seemed nice. Well, it was an absolute nightmare from moment I signed my lease. This was by far the most poorly managed property I have ever rented from. The property managers are impossible to contact and when you actually hear from one of them they are extremely rude and unhelpful. Make sure you get everything in writing as you will receive different answers from every employee/manager. I was thankfully able to find someone to take over my lease for the summer and it was EXTREMELY difficult to even contact the leasing office because both property managers were on vacation!!! Once I was finally off the lease and the new tenant was on the lease, the RISE charged us BOTH for rent! This took 2 MONTHS for the "property managers" to figure out how to fix when all they had to do was remove the charges on my account. Now over 4 months of being off the lease, graduated, and not even in State College, I'm receiving charges for fees I am not responsible for. I've tried to contact the property managers through phone and email and they still never respond. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF THE HASSLE AND DO NOT STAY HERE! Besides the awful management this was my experience living there: - Hidden fees would randomly appear on my statements, no one on the staff would tell me what they were - The building is new but there was always trash in the hallways - At least one elevator never works - The hallways smell terrible from overflowing trash bins. + Decent sized apartment with nice bathrooms + Great gym with Peloton bikes If you're looking for an upscale apartment near PSU I really recommend looking at the Met, the Edge, or literally anywhere that's not the RISE. read more

Not worth It... Just moved in and so far I have been extremely disappointed with this property. If you're a young professional or grad student I would look elsewhere. Both my roommate and I have been very uncomfortable, highly stressed, sleep-deprived, and we have reached a new level of annoyance since moving in. First of all our "spacious modern style" 2x2 unit is a shoebox with a cement ceiling and red brick wall as our "amazing view". Also, NOTHING WAS CLEANED! Not to mention there were holes/dents in the walls, the dishwasher is still broken, the front door wasn't working correctly, shelves were missing out of our fridge & there were burned marks/grease stains on many of the appliances and the stove. Second, LOTS OF NOISE! I understand the students will be loud occasionally & of course weekends. But it's been every day! Each night there has been loud parting going on above us and next to us. We can even hear the parties in the complex next to us because their apartment windows are inches from ours. So we are dealing with loud music and drunk kids screaming all night until about 4 am, just for us to be immediately woken up by multiply garbage trucks from 6 am until 10 am! If I knew earlier on that our unit would sit directly towards the end of the alleyway that faces the other complexes & sits where the trucks also come to collect for all 3 properties every day, I would have sub-lease my unit and lived elsewhere. But I was lied to and told that "the trucks don't come every day." Well, they do... So between the late-night partying each night and the loud rumbling & beeping from 4 trucks every morning, we haven't been getting any sleep! Third, lack of amenities and security. Due to Covid-19, we can't use many of the amenities as promised but I thought we would still have access to more than what we currently do now. The ones that are open have very limited times however with these hours you're either on campus, in zoom classes, or at work so you don't get to enjoy the spa/courtyard or gym unless you have a very lax schedule. Now as far as security goes, there are a lot of nonresidents entering the building for parties, and many aren't wearing masks or social distancing and will overcrowd the elevations and hallways. Last weekend I saw a group of 20+ heading to one of the penthouses and none of them lived here and none of them had on a mask. And the week before I saw officers kicking 35+ people out an apartment and was banging on the door to another overcrowded apartment party. Now we're supposed to have a full security team here, and they made sure to have a lot of them present during the move-in weekend to keep parents at ease. But since then, I've only seen two security ladies (who are very nice & helpful) but who are extremely stressed out because it's only the two of them patrolling and they can't be everywhere at once. And the final reason is management. Some of the CAs display the "hey I'm just here for a check" attitude instead of helping! So concerns are not taken seriously here! Each time we reach out about something we are told to just email them & they will get back to us. I think his name is Zach, was the only one who tried to help one day but he got blocked by another CA/manager who told us to just email the office instead. Why? I'm already standing here?! Fine... so you'll send an email & they NEVER respond! But somehow they know how to quickly call you when it comes to money/reminding you rent is due in a few days... but are crickets to everything else!?! How interesting... But what made me lose all hope with this property is the fact that we've been waiting since August 20th for them to resolve an issue. My roommate is allergic to my service animal & we can't get a response from a manager. We try avoiding each other but it's hard to do that with the size of the apartment/ our schedules. Our only option is to just stay in our rooms the whole time but now we are starting to get stir crazy from feeling trapped 24/7. And the lack of sleep from all the parties & the trucks aren't helping us either. read more

Nice place to live at but good luck getting in an elevator though, they never work. It's actually ridiculous how long the elevators have been broken for. read more

Probably the worst nice apartment on campus. They are always money hungry. For example you can't play music on the weekends without getting at $800 fine from the rise. You lose your key and you have to pay $85, if you have you get let into your room for not having your key 1 time you have to pay money. Everything revolves around money here at the rise and they forget that we are college students. Makes you feel like you are living in a dorm as well, any guest that comes in has to be let into the building by a resident. So if you have 5 guest you have to go downstairs 5 times to let them in. This play is actually crazy they don't care about their residents all they care about is money! Figure it out rise!!! read more

If I could give a zero star,I would. This building was NOT ready to open. Pieces of drywall spatters onto the floors, sawdust everywhere, nonfunctional bathrooms in the apartment but hey, at least the common areas are ready! Hope you like taking stairs since the elevators were breaking down. $1200 for an apartment without a bathroom-are you kidding me?! The phones at the office are conveniently down today. The help desk that is supposed to be staffed 24/7 has no one there to help countless students with apartment issues. #TheRiseAtStateCollegeFails read more

I am not the type to typically write reviews, but in this case I think it is completely necessary to warn others NOT to live here. This place is literally a scam. I had a horrible experience with the Rise. All this place cares about is your money. The managers are never able to actually help you when you call. And you will get random charges for nothing on your portal as if the prices of the rent there is not already expensive enough. They think they can get away with this since college students need housing and don't have a choice to pay high rent. I had called the front desk beforehand about hanging things on the walls and what the policy was. I was told I was able to put anything on the walls with command strips so that is what I did. Now that I am moved out they are trying to charge me with all these paint fees, and extra cleaning fees for 300 dollars. They legally have to repaint and clean before new tenants move in. They are the most minuscule paint chips you have ever seen. I wish I could add a picture. Not to mention when I first moved in my room was not cleaned so clearly they are just trying to pocket this money that you have to pay for "extra cleaning fees". If there is even a tiny crumb on your floor you will get charged for it. I talked to the tenants that were in my unit before me and they did not have to pay these absurd charges because some of they people they lived with were still living in the unit next year, so now I am also getting charged for living room paint from things that were hung up before I even lived there. I could go on and on about all the horrible things about this building and management. The staff is horrible, your unit will not be cleaned before you move in, you will be scammed for money, the building is treated like a dorm, it was always dirty, and none of the elevators ever work. There are so many other places in State College that you could live. Please don't live here and ruin your Senior year experience like mine was taken from me. I had more fun living at Beaver Hill. read more

I enjoyed living here some of my favorite aspects were the gym and the hot tub (when it was open), even though COVID had made it hard to use these amenities the building did a good job in creating a friendly and welcoming environment! I also liked the study area which is nice during online classes for a way to get out of your apartment. Overall, I would recommend staying here rooms are way nicer than what you would usually get downtown and amenities are worth it. read more

DO NOT RENT HERE!! Poorly managed building. You'll never get anyone from management on the phone to help. Kids are running the show and they don't know anything. When you move out you will be charged ridiculous fees and when you try to dispute them no one responds to calls or emails. You have no choice but to pay or they send your bill to a collection agency. They don't even have the decency to justify the charges. So unfair. Do yourself a favor and stay away from The Rise at State College. read more

Friendly staff, convenient location, spacious and comfortable living areas. Best location right in the heart of downtown amenities and steps from campus. read more

Every day until 7 PM everything is fine, we have no complaints and no worries. Then, at 7 PM security gets on and says any volume of music is too loud. They lie constantly about neighbors complaining when we are friends and hang out with our neighbors. They have annoying rules set in place for COVID such as limiting the hot tubs use to up to 7 PM because after then, the virus starts lurking, but before, they seem to believe it cannot spread. There are no dumbells in the gym they had promised us and the gym smells like mildew as a result of a severe flood on the above floor. Water was literally pouring out of the side of the building. read more

Noise is a huge issue due to the poor design of the building. Because the courtyard is in the center, whenever there are large groups of people out there the noise carries into your apartment. They are always trying to market to young professionals and graduate students, but I would HIGHLY recommend looking elsewhere. read more

This place is awful. I would never recommend even my worst enemy to live here. If you are looking for a "high end" apartment I would say go to the Met or the Edge. Everything at The Rise is falling apart. You get random charges for stuff they didn't build well enough, the hot tub is open for about a month of the school year and the complementary coffee is just a Keurig that rarely works. read more

the management company is terrible! they are rude and unresponsive they are only concerned with collecting the rent !

The Rise has bit off more than it can chew. Promises promises. Never fulfilled Place is a disaster. Check in wasn't as promised. 4 hrs and had to lug our daughters stuff ourselves-so much for the promised help unloading and valeting stuff to my kid's room. Took an hour just to get to area to unload. Ridiculous. Then to find nothing was done as advertised and boasted about, rooms and halls were filthy, doors to trash and stairs locked, 3 elevators for entire 12 floor building and one wasn't even working all the time. Showers backing up in bathrooms , appliances dented, countertops chipped, tools left in showers, concrete ceilings that just plain look unfinished, not modern. Only one shared closet for four people that has no rod or shelves. This was on Monday. Wait till the masses move in on Fri. Families be prepared for a disappointment and much much more. Hey but got a free t shirt that will be donated to those less fortunate. Rise parents you are paying a ton of money for crap , hurried work. Any neg comments on social media are immediately taken down but they don't have time to answer phones because they know it is nothing but one parent complaint followed by another. #risebetterrisesoon. read more