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Originally Posted by Jjs5056
I already discussed the issues with Skyline. 5 live/work vs. 2 empty retail spaces is not that bad.
Hub/University House is extremely new and has already leased 4 of its spots. Yes, it brought a high inventory online, but it will get filled as College continues to pick up momentum.
Other Apache projects have fared fine. 922 Place, The District, ASL Trails, Gracie's Village all have a high percentage of their retail filled.
When you walk down Apache or Roosevelt in 20 years, you really think it would be ideal for each to be lined with mono-use buildings? How will we ever create active, urban spaces, or create environments where cars become less of a requirement if there's no opportunity to live/work/play in centralized locations?
Last question: if the market was hot for office construction, would you support the building of office towers throughout the Roosevelt historic district on neighborhood streets? If not, why would it be okay to build mono-use projects in areas that are designated as commercial TOD districts?
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Mixed use doesn't have to mean that every single building has multiple uses. Mixed use can be achieved by having buildings with single, but different uses, intermingled on the same block or in the same compact neighborhood. That's still substantially different than late 20th Century suburban development that sometimes kept office, retail, and residential miles apart. As for office buildings on residential streets, I would generally not favor that because of the negative effects that would create for existing residents. That's what good zoning does -- protect against externalities. It doesn't try to create retail space where there is insufficient demand.