Robert K. O'Daniell
Joshua Dunlap of Champaign, left, and Kyle Ostendorf of St. Joseph, both with SK Fence of Champaign, install a fence around the entry to a unit at Fairlawn in Urbana. The longtime rental village is being renovated and transformed into condominiums.
URBANA – Since the early 1950s, the compact, single-story housing units at Fairlawn Village have been home to generations of tenants.
Now, the leases are being phased out and replaced with mortgages, because Fairlawn is going condo.
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