When Arnold Hines began his search for a new apartment earlier this year, he took into account price, space, amenities and areas where he could ride his e-bike.

In early August, Hines picked out The Collins, a new apartment complex that opened its doors in January on the southwestern part of the Scranton Peninsula. During a recent tour, Hines told Scene its location was one of the reasons he ended up leasing there.

“I love the fact that it’s in the Flats, its adjacent to Ohio City and Tremont and Downtown,” Hines, an events producer in his fifties, said in mid-August in the complex's courtyard. “Really, we’re right here, in the center of everything.”

Hines is pretty much right. The Collins, and its soon-to-open neighbor across Carter Road to the west, Silver Hills, is the first official

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