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Originally Posted by delts145
Hmmmm, Welllll, maybe not exactly a nice strip mall. Basically its going to be like one of the more upscale lifestyle centers around Beverly Hills, like say The Grove or Century City. Very upscale retail and theatre,restaurants, but the residential isn't on top of the retail but next door/across the street. Not surprising that this resembles the same type of mix and set-up of so many of So. Cal's centers. I mean, the developers are Californians.
The Station in Farmington has a major advantage in that it is located next to the commuter rail. I still think that The Station will prove to be an excellent location for residential in the future mix. I can't imagine that the developers aren't thinking that.
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I too am excited for this project and am convinced that it will be better than your average strip mall for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it is located at the Farmington Commuter rail station. If there is enough of a reason to go there, I could see myself riding the train there from my home in Clearfield and leaving the car at home.
That said, I'm disappointed that there will be no residential component. I understand the reasoning behind it, but it still would have been nicer with residential. Station Park will differ from the developments in California because the existing townhomes aren't exactly "across the street"
The Garbett townhomes and other twinhomes that were mentioned earlier are on the other side of I-15 and the massive new Legacy Parkway interchange, and as such are actually 2 miles by car from Station Park. If you were to make the trip on foot, you would be looking at closer to 3 miles, since there is no pedestrian access on US 89:
Anyway, that what sucks about it: There are enough other residential developments in the area to make a residential component unfeasable, but they are still too far away to have an impact on Station Park becoming a true TOD unless they were to build a huge footbridge over the freeway.