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Dear Prospective Buyer

Reprinted from 2001 Board of Directors letter to new applicant.

Reprinted from 2001 letter that our resident board would send to prospective buyers. A couple items have been changed to reflect the new guidance. Thank you.

Parklane Towers is right for career singles and couples … for people who love to entertain … for people who travel. Parklane Towers is right for
you … where the ultimate in urban cooperative living provides elegance, privacy, security, and a valuable investment.

Contact your Realtor and schedule a tour of Parklane Towers.

There are many other courteous and helpful amenities that will be provided by our employees. There is a NO TIPPING policy at Parklane Towers. We do have a voluntary Holiday Fund for the employees that gives each resident a chance to thank them for their outstanding service.

It’s a well-known fact among our Parklane homeowners, if your lifestyle demands privacy or travel, near or far, Parklane is the place to live. You, your home, and possessions will have the serenity and security worth the investment.

If you and the seller can agree on a price for the stock and your application is accepted, our management team of Parklane Towers, Inc. will assist with your closing, transferring of stock, and setting your schedule to move into your new home.

Thank you for considering Parklane Towers, Inc.
The Board of Directors

Refer to our Resident Selection Guide page.

Luxury Apartments Planned

1961 Article from local Wichita publication WTW

Reprint from “Wichita This Week” article published in 1961 | Online search for “Wichita This Week publication” did not pull up any results for background information 2019/10/10

The proposed Parklane Towers luxury apartments that you buy instead of rent, is good news to modern-day “house-slaves.”

This $2-million dollar apartment house will provide luxury housing, without the lawn-care, house-care problems that beset the house owner in these days when servants are a scarce commodity.

The City Commission last week granted rezoning that will permit construction to start this month. The Towers should be completed within a year, said S. S. Platt,. architect and president of Parklane Towers, Inc.

The apartment house will be built near Lincoln and Bleckley Drive, di­rectly behind Parklane Shopping Cen­ter. This is expected to be the first of eight such luxury apartment buildings, to be erected in two clusters of four buildings.

The 10-story building will have 79 apartments. Some of the features of the building are: a balcony for each apart­ment; a greenhouse on the roof where tenants can safely leave their house plants when they are away from home; air conditioning that is controlled in­dividually in each apartment- one apartment can be heated, the next cooled if the occupants so desire, a bi­level parking garage with an attendant on duty; landscaping that will include a fountain at the building entrance.

The apartments will range from bachelor apartments to 3-bedroom units. Each is planned with an electric kitchen. Larger apartments will have two bathrooms.

It is the first time such luxury apart­ments, to be owned by the tenants, have been built in Wichita since the Hillcrest Apartments on Douglas were erected 34 years ago. [Online search establishes Hillcrest being built in 1927]

Please remember that that this “planned” article announced the project. Builders, Inc. completed just one of the Towers with 72 apartments and we do not have a greenhouse on top of our building. || If you know this publication, please let us know.

Say YOU Saw It in WTW

He who, having lost one ideal, re­fuses to give his heart and soul to an­other and nobler, is like a man who declines to build a house on the rock because the wind and rain have ruined his house on the sand.

Constance Naden
PT Apts Planned Press Release