The five-story Hub 25 apartment development adjacent to the JFK-UMass MBTA station on Morrissey Boulevard is expected to be completed next month, said community manager Valerie Molchanova on Aug. 8 as she laid out the concepts the developers brought to building the transit-oriented complex.

Accompanied by Molchanova, a Reporter team toured the property, where, despite its close proximity to major roadways, traffic noise barely registers above a purr, a payoff from Criterion Development Partners’ investment in sound reduction.

The long hallways pop with lemon-yellow carpets and walls, and the spacious apartments are sleek and angular, set off by modern minimalist accents. “We definitely were trying to stay in line with the city-living concept,” Molchanova said while standing in a one-bedroom model apartment. “Very open concept, very practical spaces. There are some apartments that are very practical, where every square foot is being utilized. There’s other apartments where there’s spaces that are larger, for somebody that’s coming out of perhaps a home or a different living circumstance.”

Hub 25 sits on a prime 2-acre parcel of transit-adjacent land, envisioned in the 2011 Columbia Point Master Plan for a 17-story “residential tower.” It would have been a striking lead into the stretch of Morrissey Boulevard which now has two other major developments in the pipeline: the sale of the Boston Globe headquarters and the Herb Chambers’ Jaguar/Land Rover car dealership proposed for the abutting site.

The five-story complex now rises just over the expressway.

“We’re really happy,” Molchanova said. “We’re definitely equal to where our [comparable] properties are in terms of unit sizes, as well as amount of units in the property itself in the community.”

While most of the complex’s 248 apartments are market rate – running from about $1,974 for a studio through $4,900 for a three-bedroom – with one month free for those moving in before September – 34 have been required to rent out at 70 percent area median income.

Leasing has been “very successful,” Molchanova said. With one of the two structures open, they are at about 5 percent occupancy and 20 percent leased, and they anticipate reaching stabilized occupancy of about 95 percent within a year.

The open building is mostly studios and one-bedroom apartments; the second property, which abuts the boulevard, includes studios, one-, two- and and three-bedroom apartments. Molchanova anticipates opening up the second building (25 Morrissey Blvd.) in the third week of September when she will finally be able to show off the complex’s amenities.

All apartments will be unfurnished upon rental, with the exception of in-unit washer/dryers and stainless steel appliances. For a fee, tenants can avail themselves of service parking, covered parking, and garage parking.

A fenced-in outdoor courtyard between the buildings will house a pool and outdoor fireplace, with open seating filling the rest of the space.

In addition to the 24-hour gym, club lounge, resident lounge, pool, and a taste kitchen to host functions, Hub 25’s location offers a host of advantages to any potential renters, Molchanova said. The nearby T station and bus availability, coupled with major arteries and the accessible Hubway bike-share dock, she added, make for easy connection for commuters of any kind.