As per the Daily News Record this morning, Harrisonburg may soon (2014) have its first gated community featuring luxury apartments.  Most of these apartments (~70%) would be one bedroom apartments and would be geared towards "transient professionals" per the developer, Dain Hammond.

The 200+ unit development on six acres at the corner of Port Republic Road and Stone Spring Road would feature a triangular, 4-story building with a large courtyard and pool in the center of the building. 

"Hammond envisions the devel­opment appealing to renters seek­ing upscale short-term housing. That would include RMH doctors who may perform surgeries at the hospital a few times a week and need a nearby “crash pad,” or a vis­iting professor at James Madison University for a year, he explained. “It’s more for the ‘transient’ pro­fessional,” Hammond said. “That’s our target demographic.”

Read the full Daily News Record article here.