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UC Santa Barbara is an eastside housing project’s newest and only tenant. On August 10, the university announced in an email that it had recently signed a master lease for the new 36-unit apartment building at 219 East Haley Street. The property, called Alena on Haley, contains studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, as well as a townhouse and penthouse. It will rent to UCSB faculty and staff for approximately market rate, with a one-bedroom starting at $2,950.
On the high end, one-bedrooms could hit $4,000 per month, and two bedrooms could reach $4,500. The price for the town home and penthouse are not listed…