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Warm Springs Transit Village

DESCRIPTION The Warm Springs Transit Village is part of the South Fremont Innovation District Community Plan adopted by the city in 2014. The Warm Springs Transit Village master plan was developed with Toll Brothers to create a vibrant walkable residential mixed-use community adjacent to the Warm […]

Marina Vista / Alder Grove Master Plan

Description VMWP is providing urban design leadership for the development visioning to transform two mid-century Sacramento housing projects into a mixed-income multi-generational community. VMWP, working with Mogavero Notestine Associates and the Related Companies with the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, supported an extensive community outreach process to […]

San Carlos Infill Sites

DESCRIPTION VMWP was engaged by the City of San Carlos to guide increasing downtown development demand by identifying and evaluating underutilized parcels. The City’s primary goal was twofold: to increase affordable housing stock, and to provide more public parking downtown. Together with an economic consultant, various downtown areas were studied […]

Rebuild Potrero SFHA Master Plan

DESCRIPTION The Potrero Housing Authority site is located on the edge of Potrero Hill, a steep site with dramatic views of the city and the San Francisco Bay. The transformation of this obsolete public housing site reconnects the street grid with a series of blocks similar to the surrounding […]

The Boulevard

DESCRIPTION The Lotus Boulevard Project is a design for a 7,500 unit township outside of Pune, India. The project is strategically located along the Old Pune Mumbai highway and adjacent to a future commuter rail station. VISION The design of the new township is focused on a grand […]

Belmar Master Plan

description Belmar is the redevelopment of a failed 1960’s 100 acre enclosed shopping mall into a vibrant urban village. The site is bordered by two high volume state highways adjacent to Lakewood’s civic center, community park and single family neighborhoods. The urban design is organized as […]

Kalaeloa NZE Community

DESCRIPTION The Kalaeloa NZE Community is designed to be a holistic approach to healthy living through environmental awareness. It is a compact,18-acre, 389 dwelling unit, mixed-use community that integrates sustainability at every level. This affordable and workforce housing community will sustain a net zero approach to […]

Federal Center TOD

DESCRIPTION The Denver Federal Center TOD is a phased Transit Oriented Development of 51 acres surrounding the Federal Center Light Rail Station, multi modal regional bus facility, and is adjacent to a major hospital and Federal Government employment center. The program calls for a 3 phase […]

Upper Kirby Livable Centers Study

description The Upper Kirby District is located in the heart of Houston. Between the Galleria area and downtown, Upper Kirby District is immediately adjacent to Greenway Plaza, River Oaks, West University, and Montrose. The Livable Centers Study for the Upper Kirby study area builds upon and […]

Northside Livable Centers Study

DESCRIPTION The Northside neighborhood, north of Houston’s downtown and connected through Main Street and the future San Jacinto Street, is easily accessible from I-45 and I-10, but cut off from downtown vacant industrial land. The study seeks to build off of previous planning efforts including the […]

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