There were shops close to the apartment however, the construction of two new buildings and the light rail construction made it very unpleasant to stay there. The light rail workers were working at night and the building construction workers began at 6am every morning. There was an amazing balcony however, you could not sit out on the balcony due to the continual noise. If I had known this I certainly would not have booked the apartment. To be informed that there was SOME construction occurring did not identify the intensity of the construction and certainly not the noise. Very, very, disappointed