12-17-2020, 09:07 PM
(12-17-2020, 08:24 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(12-17-2020, 12:57 PM)Belmonster Wrote: Seems like a bootstrapping problem. Although this development is designed to be walkable and transit oriented, the neighborhood around it isn't. Somebody has to go first, though. I'm hopeful that the surrounding car lots and vacant land will eventually be replaced with other walkable, transit-oriented developments -- at the very least this seems like a good push in that direction.
In the meantime, easy access to transit counts for a lot, and as far as I know this is as easy as access to the ION gets.
While it is true, they don't *have* to wait for other developments. I'm not certain what the zoning is here, but in theory, this could be a mixed use development providing some of the needed walkable ammenities within the development itself.
True (is there any commercial space in the proposal?). The project might also spur upgrades/expansion of the stripmall across the street (or across the street and down a block).