fourplex
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fourplex
1970–75; four + -plex, abstracted from duplex ( apartment ), in place of quadruplex
Example Sentences
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Several years ago, investors bought the Koreatown fourplex where Mary Carmen Martinez had lived for nearly two decades and tried to push the tenants out.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
Tom Knezic, a Toronto architect and co-founder of Solares Architecture, designed one fourplex currently being rented in the city, and also designed four now under construction.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2024
The duo evenly split the $835,000 cost for a sage-green fourplex in the D.C. suburb of Takoma Park, Maryland, painting the interior walls in jewel tones and christening it the Siren House.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023
If the developer could, instead, opt for a fourplex, they could place on the market four units for $700,000 to $900,000 each — requiring a yearly income of $124,000 to $160,000.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023
Lautner’s 1947 residential fourplex, formerly known as the Hotel Lautner and now a collection of boutique rentals used for weddings and other events, opens its doors to the public once a year for Modernism Week.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022
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