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Originally Posted by Sojourner_Terminus
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Jon Birdsong, the Tech Square guy who bought all these properties has said they are only going to build residential to 6 stories "human-scale" development.
Its my understanding that they are changing tack from what Newport had envisioned, and are focusing on residential conversions.
Someone else with more info chime in to correct me if im wrong.
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I think the design style of "STUDIOS Architecture" focuses on European modern style, which is more appropriate for the renovation of old buildings. I hope the new developer can hire them to continue designing in the future.
If the new developer want to transform it into a pedestrian street, adding residential buildings to the old commercial buildings is the right idea. This "insertion" method can organically combine the old and new buildings. Newport's original design ideas had some merit.
With the addition of streetcar, the ground floor will be commercial retail and the upper floors will be residential, transforming it into a pedestrian street just like some streets in Sydney CBD.
If there is only commercial retail but no residential buildings, it will never be able to gather popularity. This is a fatal injury.
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