The Slade at Channelside Apartments

My experience for the past three years has been horrible. It’s not based on one or two weeks of bad luck…it’s based on living in possibly the worst apartment complex in downtown tampa. Why am I here? Money. I am a grad student who needs to live in downtown and I share an apartment with peers so it’s affordable. But if you can afford an extra 100-200-300 bucks, do yourself a favor and please avoid Slade at all costs. Here is what’s wrong.
-without exaggerating the alarm system has gone off a... minimum of 40 times since el moved here in 2020. There is always a “false alarm” and they always send emails saying “the fire department is testing to see what’s wrong”…but after 3 years you would think whatever issue the alarm system would be fixed. The staff are absolutely rude about it with the staff manager that has her office in the south tower saying recently “oh well there is another one, nothing we can do”after I shared my frustration for the alarm system going off 6 times in less than 24 hours.
-The garage gate is always broken. In 3 years I been here, 25% of the nights the gate is wide open because “it’s been looked at or trying to be repaired”. There is a lack of security when it comes to keeping the cars safe with multiple thefts having been reported in the slade parking garage.
-The elevators are always broken. Just when I wished the issues were limited to the garage door and alarm system, here comes the elevators. I Can confidently bet in Vegas that at any given week there is a 50-75% chance that the tower elevators are down.
-The locker room system for delivery of packages has caused issues with all residents with packages worth hundred of dollars gone missing.
-The staff is extremely rude and unprofessional (except for the cleaning and maintenance staff). I’m referring to the three ladies that sit in the first floor of the south tower. They are always defensive, rude, insulting, and confuse resident issues with attacks against them.
-lastly: excessive towing. I understand the business behind towing, but Slade adds multiple reasons to get cars towed. One day I came back from vacation and my car was towed for several days for having my registration sticker expired. I expect that from police officers and not from the place where I live. I mean seriously. Read More

I am moving to Tampa from out of state and The Slade was at the top of my list. Unfortunately, it is absolutely impossible to get a hold of a human. They only offer self guided tours, so I was going to send a friend to look at a unit and twice requested a time. The Slade never confirmed either. If you have specific questions that only a human could answer (what is the view from this unit? How long can it be held out?) etc, they will not be answered because their only offering is a bot. I’ve... become completely turned off by how hard they make this process and I think it’s a good warning as to how poorly the property is managed, which I discovered through these reviews. I talked to tons of other properties in the area who set me up with amazing and helpful leasing agents. Skip The Slade. Read More

Save yourself the trouble and live at any of the other complexes in the area for the same price and the service and quality and cleanliness you would expect for a luxury price. Patronizing upper management that shields themselves with lower level employees. Disgusting urine and wet dog smell through the building. Badly taken care of, unclean, even the residents have no respect for their own living place bc the management has set that as the standard. They leave trash everywhere. Hot tub is... broken more often than not. Maintenance efforts are laughable. Often they come and glue stuff together and it breaks immediately after. One of the worst drywall repairs I’ve ever seen. Key fobs and elevators broken constantly and never actually fixed when they are supposed to be. Parking after 9 pm is a gamble and the complex has more higher priced, assigned spots than regular unassigned ones. guest parking has been overrun, probably by people who happen to know the gate code and use it as free downtown parking. there are only like 20 available anyway. Never heard of paying for water, electricity and also the gas to pay to heat said water. Oh and false fire alarms in the middle of the night are at least every 3 weeks. Read More

We have lived here for 1.5 years and our experience has been terrible. When we were moving from Kansas City to Tampa about 3 days before our move-in, we were notified that our apartment was no longer available. All other units were more expensive and management was not receptive to make accommodations for quite some time until we got the regional manager to assist us. We've had several other issues, A/C died within 1 week of moving in, Washer/Dryer issues, water coming down from the ceiling and... light fixtures, and now the biggest issue, flooding. Our unit floods every time it rains. The Slade and their management team refuses to come up with an actual solution to the problem. They dry the floor, take out our base boards for a few days. have our bedroom a scattered mess, and then put it back when it is dry. Then it rains again, and the flooding happens yet again. They don't fix the problem and continue to same mess. We have had people in and out of our unit almost everyday for the better part of 3 months. We are ready to move to any place in Channelside that would actually take care of the units they own. Don't move here. Read More

I have had lived here for a little over 2 years. I absolutely wouldn't want to live anywhere else. The new property manager, Megan and her team is incredible. As well as the Maintence crew! Vinny and Eddie especially have always helped me with anything & everything I have needed and with a smile. I would highly recommend living here.