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Originally Posted by wong21fr
Really? Bellview Station, Boulder, Belmar, Downtown Westminster come to mind as mixed used developments that are "the rage". These are all direct competitors to downtown in terms of trying to garner employers and retail development.
Lone Tree's "downtown" is a joke and a contradiction between the hype of building an urban, mixed-use development and the reality of what they're trying to land: new suburban style corporate campuses like Charles Schwab and Kiewit. These are perfectly fine, better than the crap thrown up at Meridian in that there's a fleeting attempt at being non auto-oriented, and are competition to downtown, but Lone Tree won't be competing as an opposing city center.
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Good thoughts but less what I was speaking to. Belleview Station is a nice attempt at TOD mixed use. Downtown Westminster is certainly a nice urban planned destination but it has a long way to go and is mostly about retail & multifamily as is Belmar. Much better mixed land use for both, certainly.
A better example for what I was thinking of would be what Endeavor Group has built in Austin at 'Domain' that has attracted many (prominent) tech companies along with hotels, retail and multifamily.
How thing are mixed will vary. For example, Tempe has a mostly office area at
Marina Heights which has been very nicely executed including State Farm... btw, State Farm is more back office and administrative as opposed to just being a call center.
Night shot fave of the State Farm complex. In any case these projects will soon be a short streetcar ride away from all the
activity along Mill Ave including adjacent hotels and multifamily.
With respect to Lone Tree we'll know better in another decade or two how well they execute what sounds like a good plan.
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