Ground-floor apartments with adjacent small plots of land are becoming more and more popular.  In the past, the land was owned communally by all the residents of the building.  But now it is parceled out to ground-floor residents.

Apartment owners like garden apartments because it feels more like a house where they can have their own garden.  Builders like garden apartments because they can sell them for more money.

According to an article at jpost.com , 13% of all new apartments built in 2008 were garden apartments. 

read the whole article at jpost.com

rendering of apartment bldg courtesy of jpost.com

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