A 1,500-acre oceanfront destination resort that includes three world- class resort properties-the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, Kapalua Bay Hotel and Villas- as well as seven residential communities, three championship golf courses, two ten nis centers, three white sand beaches, and specialty shopping. The community was started in 1975 and currently is about 50 percent complete.
Anthem is a 5,860-acre (2,371-hectare) master-planned community located in the North Valley of Phoenix, Arizona. Anthem’s plan allows for a family-oriented lifestyle, providing recreational facilities for residents of all ages. The community comprises basic elements of a small city: houses, shops, restaurants, entertainment venues, sports facilities, offices, and municipal services. Homes at Anthem range in price from the low $100,000s to more than $400,000 and measure from approximately 1,200 to 4,400 square feet (111 to 409 square meters) in size.
A 23-story, 332-room luxury hotel located in downtown Chicago, Illinois, the Blackstone Hotel underwent a two-year renovation and reopened in March 2008. Built in 1910, the hotel has hosted 12 presidents and its Vice-Presidential Suite is the original “Smoke-Filled Room” from which the phrase originated. Developer Sage Hospitality Resources worked to ensure that historic details were repaired or replaced when necessary, yet the hotel also includes modern conference and event facilities, as well as a coffee shop and full-service restaurant. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a city of Chicago landmark, the rehabilitation of the structure was funded in part through state and federal historic tax credits as well as tax increment financing (TIF). The hotel is now part of the Marriott Renaissance brand.
A vertically integrated, family-owned development company that offers design, development, construction, and real estate management services undertook the redevelopment of a distressed, but centrally located and desirable, parcel in downtown Burbank, California, and built a mid-rise, mixed-use project on its 2.5 acres (one hectare). Uses include a 486-space parking area on three interior levels, 57,000-square-foot (5,295-square-meter) ground-level retail, restaurant, and office space, and 147 units of affordable housing for seniors on three stories above. Interspersed throughout are 71,250 square feet (6,619 square meters) of open-air public spaces.
Doma is a 121-unit, market-rate condominium building that comprises lofts, flats, and townhouses ranging in size from 725 to 1,600 square feet (67.4 to 176.5 square meters). The block-sized project combines two distinct design typologies: a modern, eight-story industrial-themed concrete structure on one end of the site and a more traditional four-story wood-frame townhouse component at the other. Located in the Little Italy neighborhood of downtown San Diego, it was designed with mid- to high-end buyers in mind—the building includes open space, top-of-the-line appliances, granite countertops, and ample deck space. Eight of the townhouses are “shopkeeper units” in which the living space is placed directly above a storefront.
Lorton Station is a 370.4-acre (150-hectare) mixed-use, master-planned community located in Fairfax County, Virginia, just 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of Washington, D.C., in an area that had been overshadowed for more than a century by a large prison complex. Set alongside a commuter rail line (with a station on site), the community contains 1,181 residential units–including single-family homes, condominiums, townhouses, and market-rate and affordable apartments–as well as 192,842 square feet (17,915 square meters) of retail space and 109,486 square feet (10,171 square meters) of office space in two separate locations (a town center and a shopping center), plus an elementary school, a church, and a 100-acre (40.5-hectare) stream valley park. Lorton Station’s designers and developers used smart growth and transit-oriented development principles to create a community intended to appeal to new homebuyers and commercial tenants while providing much-needed amenities for the area’s existing residents.
Located in South Jordan, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Daybreak is the largest master-planned community in the state’s history. Developed by Kennecott Land, a subsidiary of mining company Rio Tinto, the project will consist of over 13,500 residential units and 9.1 million square feet (845,418 square meters) of retail and commercial space upon completion in 2017. The developer employed a number of sustainable design features and strategies, such as preserving over one-quarter of the site as open space, retaining 100 percent of the stormwater runoff on site, and requiring that all homes be Energy Star® certified.
The Gallup Building is a speculative office building project that combines historic preservation of a significant landmark structure, the Old Masonic Temple, and construction of an adjacent, complementary eight-story office building. The complex adds 147,000 square feet (13,656 square meters) to a downtown area that is experiencing a revival of desired nighttime activity and that is extending the contiguous downtown district eastward. The developer displayed fortuitous timing and marketing savvy in waiting for a lead tenant before commencing construction. The lead tenant, the Gallup Organization — known for its name-brand public opinion polls — secured the project’s naming rights by virtue of its occupation of four floors and over half of the leasable space.
Located along the Mississippi River, West River Commons is a mixed-use project consisting of 53 rental apartments, three for-sale townhomes, and four retail tenants. A public/private project developed by the Lander Group and At Home Apartments, West River Commons opened in 2004 as a key redevelopment on a major Minneapolis, Minnesota, commercial corridor. Through its pedestrian-friendly design, the project connects with the surrounding neighborhood, and a public plaza on site serves as a community focal point.
A 115-hectare (284-acre), 1,000-unit development located in Cockburn, a town situated 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Perth, Australia, Harvest Lakes was developed by LandCorp, the development agency for the state of Western Australia. Designed with sustainability in mind, the project has been subject to certain building conditions and restrictions such as a minimum five-star Home Energy Rating, energy efficiency, positioning to maximize solar exposure in winter, and minimization of construction waste. At the edge of Harvest Lakes, a mixed-use village center oriented around a rail station is under development, commercial leasing is expected to begin in 2010. Currently, the community comprises a park-and-ride facility for the next-closest station, which is only a short ride away. In addition, the project links to a bicycle system that follows the freeway into Perth.