Developer David Furman of Boulevard Centro is on a 2 1/2-year roll in First Ward.

He's ready to launch his fifth condominium project -- the 25-unit Cityview Lofts -- on North Davidson Street between East 10th Street and Garden District Drive.

One after another, Furman starts a project as its predecessor sells out, with an eye toward providing a variety of price ranges.

His earlier First Ward condos sold for as little as $126,000 and as much as $270,000.

Cityview Lofts list for $118,500 to $208,500 and range from 647 to 1,171 square feet. Most will be priced in the $130,000s.

Furman expects to break ground by year-end and have the first condos finished by fall 2003.

Boulevard Centro owns sites for 141 housing units in the 11-acre Garden District, which extends between Ninth and 11th streets to Interstate 277.

With the completion of Cityview Lofts, it will have developed 127 units.

Furman has saved two corners at Alexander Street and Garden District Drive for the final touch -- small projects with some street-level retail. One building will total six units and the other eight.

In addition, he's including a 1,000-square-foot, ground-level-retail space in Cityview Lofts.

Several residents of the Garden District are interested in buying it to create a neighborhood gathering place -- perhaps a coffee shop or tea room, he said.

Cityview Lofts units have open floor plans with kitchens, baths and separate areas for living-dining and sleeping. The sleeping area is separated from the living room a six-foot high partition. Ceilings are 10 feet high.

Furman plans a parking garage underneath the building with elevator access to the condos. Owners will have skyline views from balconies or bay windows.

Carocon Corp. is the general contractor. Furman's architectural firm designed the project. Boulevard Centro's Laura Baker is handling sales.

First Ward was vibrant and diverse in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Urban renewal claimed hundreds of homes in the late 1950s, and public housing overwhelmed it in the 1960s.

The Garden District is part of a massive effort that began about five years ago to reshape the once-sprawling Earle Village public housing complex into a neighborhood of mixed housing types and price ranges.

The new activity includes Tuscan Development's Tivoli, a 93-unit condo project on Garden District Drive and Saussy Burbank Homes' single-family houses and duplexes.

Boulevard Centro's other Garden District condo projects include Skyline Terrace, Cityview Townes, Alexander Court and Tenth Street Townes.