Creating Walkable Places: Compact Mixed-Use Solutions

Creating Walkable Places: Compact Mixed-Use Solutions

Adrienne Schmitz

Language: English

Pages: 244

ISBN: 0874209382

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Richly illustrated with color photographs, site plans, and diagrams, this book explains how to design and develop pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use developments.

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Virginia. One of the pioneer town-center projects, this 50-acre (20-hectare) development has become the central business district for Reston. Office and retail space continue to lease faster, and for higher rates, than comparable space in the surrounding market. Whether the local market is up or down, Reston Town Center commands a premium of 10 to 15 percent. The Hyatt Regency Reston is one of the top two hotels in the region in terms of revenue and room rates. Reston Town Center, in Virginia,

weekends, and loud music is prohibited. Noise limitations are also written into the residential leases. The pool deck, which can sometimes be noisy, was placed away from Fountain Court, a more passive outdoor space. Marketing and Management Retail leasing for Paseo Colorado was complicated by the fact that the city of Pasadena had political and financial interests in the adjacent retail areas of Old Pasadena: the Playhouse district and Lake Street. The city’s mandate to TrizecHahn was, in

Arlington County requires new developments to meet very specific parking ratios based on land use. Without shared parking, about 1,600 parking spaces would have been required for the project. Instead, the development team persuaded the county that since the spaces would be occupied by different groups of users at different times of day, shared parking would work. (For example, during the workday, many of the residential parking spaces are empty.) Only 1,100 parking spaces were built, and the

Feet/Square Meters Office 101,300/9,410 Retail 303,200/28,170 Residential 424,400/39,430 Parking 403,300/37,470 Total 1,232,200/114,480 Leasble Area Use Square Feet/Square Meters Office 92,900/8,630 Retail 266,000/24,710 Retail Information Gross leasable area [GLA] for Phases I, II, and III [square feet/square meters] 300,000/27,870 Percentage of GLA occupied 100 Annual rents [per square foot/square meter] $18-$50/$194-$538 Average annual sales [per square foot/square

Edina, partly through a trust fund. Throughout Centennial Lakes, parking is shared: visitors using the recreational facilities can park in the office, retail, or theater parking lots. This arrangement works relatively well because peak parking demand varies for the different uses. At the medical office and theater, for example, which share a surface parking lot and structured parking, peak hours of use do not overlap. Site plan. Experience Gained Centennial Lakes is a vibrant,

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