Last year, on the edge of the upscale Biltmore neighborhood, Jonathan M. Larmore took a steel-and-concrete frame he built for 40 luxury condos in 2008, and began turning it into 110 assisted-living apartments, whose first occupants are to move in before Thanksgiving.
"For-profit developers have predominantly built for the luxury and higher end of the market, leaving a glut of overpriced apartments in some cities," Diane Yentel, president and chief executive of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, an advocacy group, told the paper.
When we discussed the luxury section with Director Bong, we were thinking that Wilford, the guy who built the train, built it for luxury holidays, or for a luxury trip around the world.
Built for revenue-generating luxury suites, the new additions have all the charm and social mix of an airport VIP lounge.
Other scandals have included a luxury housing development built for widows of war heroes that was appropriated by politicians, senior officers and bureaucrats in the commercial capital of Mumbai, and revelations of corruption in state programmes to distribute subsidised food to the poor.
Spending so long in the cramped cockpit in a car built for functionality, it is of no surprise drivers go for luxury and comfort when on the road.
Many supposedly affordable homes built for soldiers since 1999 were instead constructed as luxury villas and sold off or enjoyed by military personnel.
The Spurs were playing in an outmoded arena built for football, depriving the team of the lucrative luxury-suite income other NBA teams were starting to enjoy.
Guests at Pousada Maravilha can enjoy both wildlife and luxury from its eight stylish bungalows, built for minimal environmental impact.
Most of the company's houses are built for the first-time buyer and those trading up, but it also builds luxury homes and houses for "active adult buyers".
