Residential building with non-breezeway entrances to side first floor units

Abstract

A multi-story apartment building has breezeways and apartment units with breezeway entrances, but also includes a plurality of first floor apartment units with non-breezeway entrances. The first floor apartment units with non-breezeway entrances may be single-bedroom apartment units without compromising the ratio of rentable area to breezeway area in comparison to conventional multi-story apartment buildings with breezeways.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A multi-level residential building including: 
 a. a breezeway,    b. a first floor and a second floor,    c. a plurality of residential units, including a plurality of units having breezeway entrances and at least two outer-most units on the first floor, at least one of said outer-most units on the first floor having a non-breezeway entrance.    
     
     
         2 . The multi-level residential building according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one of said outer-most units on the first floor having a non-breezeway entrance is a single bedroom unit.  
     
     
         3 . The multi-level residential building according to  claim 2 , said building further including a plurality of multi-bedroom residential units on the second floor located above the outer-most units on the first floor.  
     
     
         4 . A multi-level residential building including: 
 a. two breezeways,    b. a first floor and a second floor,    c. a plurality of residential units, including a plurality of units having breezeway entrances and at least two outer-most units on the first floor, said outer-most units on the first floor having non-breezeway entrances.    
     
     
         5 . The multi-level residential building according to  claim 4 , wherein at least one of said outer-most units on the first floor having non-breezeway entrances is a single bedroom unit.  
     
     
         6 . The multi-level residential building according to  claim 5 , said building further including a plurality of multi-bedroom residential units on the second floor located above the outer-most units on the first floor.  
     
     
         7 . A multi-level residential building including: 
 a. two breezeways,    b. a first floor and a second floor,    c. a plurality of residential units, including a plurality of units having breezeway entrances and four outer-most units on the first floor, said four outer-most units on the first floor having non-breezeway entrances.    
     
     
         8 . The multi-level residential building according to  claim 7 , wherein the four outer-most units on the first floor having non-breezeway entrances are single bedroom units.  
     
     
         9 . The multi-level residential building according to  claim 8 , said building further including a plurality of multi-bedroom residential units on the second floor located above the outer-most units on the first floor.