Format
Brief
City
Boulder
State/Province
CO
Country
USA
Metro Area
Boulder
Project Type
Mixed Residential
Location Type
Other Central City
Land Uses
Community Center
Open space
Parking
Single-family Attached Housing
Single-family Detached Housing
Single-Family Rental Housing
Keywords
Affordable housing
Creative finance
Former mobile home park
Picnic area
Playground
Public-private partnership
Solar power
Sustainable development
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2012 Global Winner
Site Size
3.85
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2010
Date Opened
2011
A brief is a short version of a case study.
Red Oak Park is an urban infill residential community in Boulder, Colorado, that concentrates on making affordable housing available by rehabilitating a deteriorated mobile home park. The 59 single-family detached, duplex, and triplex units on a 3.85 acre (1.6 ha) site are permanently affordable and primarily rented to the former mobile home park residents. The project includes 21 single-family detached units and 38 duplex and triplex units. Construction began in June 2010 and the community was completed in August 2011.
Using a creative financing structure, the new homes were built sustainably to house residents earning between 30-50% of the area median income. The development incorporates sustainable and energy-efficient principles with socially conscious and community-oriented housing.
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Format
Brief
City
Boulder
State/Province
CO
Country
USA
Metro Area
Boulder
Project Type
Mixed Residential
Location Type
Other Central City
Land Uses
Community Center
Open space
Parking
Single-family Attached Housing
Single-family Detached Housing
Single-Family Rental Housing
Keywords
Affordable housing
Creative finance
Former mobile home park
Picnic area
Playground
Public-private partnership
Solar power
Sustainable development
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2012 Global Winner
Site Size
3.85
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2010
Date Opened
2011
Developer
Boulder Housing Partners
Boulder, CO
Owner
Red Oak Park, LLP
Boulder, CO
Architect
Coburn Development
Boulder, CO
Principal Author
Shai Karp
ULI Awards for Excellence 2012 Global Winner
Note: This Case Study Brief draws extensively on information and text from the Red Oak Park 2012 submission to the ULI Global Awards for Excellence program.