The Cortland Vesta Apartments off Highland Avenue in Birmingham will soon be complete. Construction on the apartments is moving along with much of the exterior of the apartments now complete.

The apartment complex features stunning views of Birmingham, a bar, dedicated yoga space and rooftop pool.

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The Cortland Vesta apartments on Highland Avenue in Birmingham are beginning to look like real apartments, with much of the exterior of the high-rise tower mostly complete.

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Completed renderings

This rendering shows what the complex should look like from Highland Avenue once it is complete. On the right is the high-rise tower and the parking lot. To the left is the Temple Beth-El.

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photo courtesy of Harbert Realty Services

The apartments consist of three buildings: a high-rise tower, a mid-rise building and a parking deck.

There will be 207 one-bedroom apartments and 111 two-bedroom apartments available for rent. Move-in dates have not yet been announced. However, leasing agents are accepting interest forms for the apartments.

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The apartments range in size from 604 to 799 square feet for one-bedroom apartments in the high-rise tower. Two-bedroom apartments in the high-rise range from 958 to 1087 square feet. Monthly costs on the high-rise units start around $1,600 for one-bedroom and around $2,000 for two-bedroom units.

This image shows the kitchen in a one-bedroom unit in the high-rise tower.

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This is the exterior of the mid-rise building, which is behind the parking deck and high-rise tower. The mid-rise building is connected to the parking deck.

In the midrise unit, apartment sizes range from 742 to 856 square feet for one-bedroom units and 920 to 1213 square feet for two-bedroom units. Costs for the one-bedroom units start around $1,500 for one bedroom and $1,900 for two-bedroom units.

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About 6,400 feet of retail space on the bottom level of the high-rise tower is still available. Developers hope this space will attract a restaurant.

This shows the front of the retail space facing Highland Avenue. The scaffolding shown should start coming down next week.

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The high-rise tower features stunning views of Birmingham, Red Mountain and Vulcan. The top level of the tower will have a dedicated yoga space, outdoor lounge area, an outdoor bar and a rooftop swimming pool.

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This rendering image shows what will be the completed rooftop bar area.

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Once complete, this area on the top level of the tower will be landscaped space with some space for a small lounge area.

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There are 17 floors in the tower, with 16 of those being residential floors. Elevators will run from the bottom-level apartment office and restaurant space up to the top level rooftop bar, yoga and swimming pool area.

This shows the view of the Birmingham skyline looking out from the yoga/lounge space on the top level.

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This looks like a ditch of steel and concrete right now, but it will be a rooftop swimming pool soon. The pool has a shallow wading area and a deeper swimming area, shown here.

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Here's the view of Red Mountain and Vulcan from the rooftop swimming pool area.

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This rendering shows what the rooftop pool should look like once it’s complete.

The pool is on the south side of the building, with a view of Red Mountain and Vulcan.

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The units in the tower all have exposed concrete ceilings. Some of the balconies face the Birmingham skyline with some facing the courtyard in the center of the complex.

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Some of the corner units have floor-to-ceiling glass windows with a view of downtown and Red Mountain.

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Here's a view of Highway 280 from one of the corner units in the high-rise tower.

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A view of downtown Birmingham from the balcony of one of the high-rise units.

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Some of the balconies, seen here, will face the center courtyard area, which remains incomplete.

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The parking deck connects directly to the mid-rise building. There are several crosswalks connecting the parking deck to the high-rise tower. This is a view of the parking deck from one of those crosswalks.

The seven-level deck has about 500 spaces with dedicated resident and visitor space for parking. The deck is accessible from both Highland Avenue and from the alley behind Temple Beth-el, which sits next to the complex.

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Another view of the crosswalks connecting the high-rise tower to the parking deck.

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This is the entrance to the parking deck, which will be accessible from Highland Avenue.

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This is the entrance to the complex and parking deck, which connects to Highland Avenue.

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photo courtesy of Cortland

This rendering shows the completed lobby and leasing office area.