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High-end development opens in north Merced. It features amenities that ‘don’t exist’ in region
Millennial parents Luis Contreras and his girlfriend recently purchased a stroller for their 4-year-old “daughter”– a black cat they rescued and adopted in Merced. The couple, two UC Merced graduates, moved into a two-bedroom apartment at Merced Horizons this February. They were the first residents to move into the new development. The new housing community by Rubik Built, a Central Valley-based construction company, is located…
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