An environmentally sensitive, 2,400-acre master-planned community located along the ecologically rich Gulf Coast of southwest Florida. The primary- and second-home community offers single-family, villa, and coach and carriage homes and high-rise condominiums. Five private championship golf courses, two golf clubhouses, 18 tennis courts, three waterfront parks, a gulf beach park, a marina, and miles of secluded walking and biking paths are among the community’s offerings. To preserve and enhance the area’s natural, historical, and archaeological features was the guiding principle in developing Bonita Bay. The community’s intimate neighborhoods were planned around the area’s natural topography and vegetation. One-half of the community will remain open space, and at buildout the community will have fewer than 3,300 housing units, far less than the 9,240 units approved in the master plan.
Garrison Woods, a 71-hectare (175-acre) master-planned community, is the first phase of redevelopment of a decommissioned military base in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The infill project is located ten minutes from downtown and features 1,600 housing units, 6,503 square meters (70,000 square feet) of retail space, and five hectares (12 acres) of open space. Developed by Canada Lands Company (CLC), a federal crown corporation, the compact, pedestrian-friendly community was designed according to new urbanist principles and achieves a density of 25.2 units per hectare (ten units per acre).
Lakeside is a lake-oriented, 350-unit residential development located in Buena Park, an incorporated Orange County, California, city. The 70-acre site originally was planned for development as an industrial site but faced opposition from nearby residents. Development as a residential community presented the developer with several obstacles Including the site’s location within a floodplain and its proximity to a municipal airport and to an existing industrial site. Using the fill created by constructing a lake, the developer was able to raise the site out of the floodplain while creating a valuable community amenity. Use of the on-site fill resulted in significant cost savings. The community offers a range of price points and amenities Including a boat dock and opportunity for fishing. The developer worked closely with neighbors and the local government to mitigate concerns resulting from the site’s deficiencies.
International Place (IPlace) is a $7 million mixed-use project in the downtown historic business district of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Developed by Blackberry LLC, an affiliate of the Harristown Development Corporation and Affiliates, it combines new construction with rehabilitation and streetfront improvements. At 32,000 square feet (2,973 sq m), IPlace includes student housing, a restaurant, retail space, and a culinary arts program associated with Harrisburg Area Community College. International House (IHouse), the housing component, comprises 34 housing units for 64 students from the numerous colleges and universities located in the area.
A 375,912-square-foot facility comprising two industrial warehouse buildings, developed by Catellus Development Corporation in 1991. The concrete tilt-up facility is strategically located near the San Jose and San Francisco airports, making it an ideal distribution hub for West Coast markets. The facility is designed for high-speed, high-volume distribution (high-throughput distribution) rather than storage, and it caters to companies seeking just-in-time delivery to businesses and consumers. The facility was purchased by AMB Property Corporation in 1993. AMB’s Customer Alliance Group targets high-growth dotcom companies as tenants and helps them overcome their logistical challenges through specialized facility design and leasing terms.
Greenbelt is a mixed-use development featuring restaurants, entertainment venues, shopping outlets, and housing located within Ayala Center, a 36.8-hectare (91-acre) mixed-use complex in Makati City, one of Manila’s premier business districts. Built during the 1970s, Greenbelt 1 offers convenience and food services for daytime office workers. In addition to its 28 two- and three-story rental units, Greenbelt 2 was designed as a place for “power lunches” and high-end dining. Greenbelt 4 is an upscale retail destination and Greenbelt 3, the most prominent component of the project, is aimed at professionals in their 20s to 40s with food, shopping, and entertainment options. Greenbelt 3’s four-level complex has two distinct faces. The street-facing facade has a unified row of shopfronts, while the interior faces a park with its curvilinear form that incorporates public pathways terraced up to outdoor seating and dining areas for restaurants and cafés.
Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains near Seattle, Washington, Issaquah Highlands is a new 2,300-acre (931-hectare) high-density master-planned community. In this new urbanist–inspired project, only 725 acres (293.5 hectares) of land are devoted to residential and/or commercial development. Most of the remainder is preserved in parks and open spaces. The community mixes single-family homes with townhouses and multifamily buildings. At buildout, the project is expected to have a population of 8,000, with 3,875,000 square feet (360,000 square meters) of commercial and retail space planned by 2010.
Located three miles (4.84 kilometers) northwest of downtown Denver, Highlands’ Garden Village is a mixed-use urban infill project built on the site of a former amusement park. The 27-acre (11-hectare) project features 51 single-family homes, 63 rental apartments for seniors, 54 townhouses, 33 cohousing units, and plans to build ten live/work studios for artists, 14,000 square feet (1,300 square meters) of office space, and 82,400 square feet (7,665 square meters) of neighborhood retail uses. The community boasts a number of outdoor amenities, most notably a series of neighborhood parks and gardens that occupy 3.2 acres (1.3 hectares). Highlands’ Garden Village has garnered national attention for its preservation efforts, as well as the site’s numerous “green features” including recycled wood furniture in the parks and the “Zipcar” share program, which provides compressed, natural gas-powered cars for the use of residents.
The O’Hare Express Center is a 945,000-square-foot air cargo facility constructed on the grounds of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport by CenterPoint Properties. The 50-acre project is the first privately developed facility permitted at O’Hare, and it represents an advance in public/private sector partnering for airport-related industrial development. To date, four of the six planned office/warehouse structures have been completed, for such major air shippers as Burlington Air, DHL, Inc., Air Canada, and Alliance Air.
A 504,400-square-foot (46,860-square-meter) mixed-use development located in downtown Sarasota, Florida, 100 Central comprises a LEED-certified Whole Foods supermarket, 95 condominiums, a parking garage, and additional street-level retail space. The project was developed through a public/private partnership between the city of Sarasota and Casto Lifestyle Properties.
