Amenities rival upscale hotels’

It's not new for apartment buildings to be customized with common areas, including pools, gyms and game rooms, but some of today's high-end buildings are outdoing each other with services and features that rival the most upscale hotels.

"Modern and sophisticated amenities are extremely important for developers when differentiating their product in the marketplace," said Ted Tye, managing partner at National Development.

A number of Boston luxury rental buildings can boast of amenities such as a health club or fitness center, an on-site concierge and lobby-level bicycle storage. But even communal party spaces, billiard rooms and screening rooms are becoming more and more common.

Maxwell's Green, located on 5.5 acres in Somerville, features 184 rental units with amenities to rival downtown Boston luxury apartment buildings. The property was completed last year by Gate Residential Properties and includes an on-site fitness center with a TRX training room, a club suite with an outdoor terrace that can be reserved for functions or parties, a cyber cafe, underground bicycle storage and garage parking with electric car charging stations.

"The property is also offering a level of service that adds to a sense of community, with weekly fitness and yoga classes, 'football Sundays' in the theater room and organic cooking classes in an open chef's kitchen at the club suite," said Damian Szary, principal of Gate Residential Properties. Prices range from about $1,965 for a studio to $4,055 for a three-bedroom townhouse.

Recently completed in August by Metric Construction, Gatehouse 75 in Charlestown is a five-story apartment building with 99 apartments. The property features a drive-through portico providing access to an underground garage, an on-site Zip Car, a 2,000-square-foot rooftop deck with trellis and grill, a resident lounge with catering kitchen and a state-of-the-art fitness center. The common roof deck has incredible views of Boston, the Zakim Bridge, Bunker Hill Monument and Charlestown. Apartments range in price from about $2,750 to $3,675.

Boston's newest building to open its doors is the Kensington, a 27-floor, 381-unit tower by National Development in downtown. On the sixth floor known as Club Kensington, residents have access to an outdoor pool, game room, cafe, solarium, quiet library area, gym, exercise room, tech room, lounge and kitchen area, and the "do-it-yourself" pet spa called the groom room. One-bedrooms start around $3,000 and two-bedrooms are priced in the high $4,000s to the $9,000s.

Designed to reimagine the former Boston Herald site, National Development's Ink Block South End will feature 475 units of housing in five buildings and 85,000 square feet of premiere retail space, including a flagship 50,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market. It's set to open in early 2015.

"At Ink Block, we aimed to create a community that sets a new standard for the style of the South End and would attract people looking for all the conveniences associated with luxury urban living," said Tye.

Invented for those who wish to live life South End-style, the Ink Block will include edgy and stylish living accommodations and luxury amenities, including a rooftop pool, outdoor living room, fitness center, bicycle workshop, dog amenities and underground parking.

Jennifer Athas is a licensed real estate broker. Follow her on twitter @jenathas.

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