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Community Services & Family Housing

DESCRIPTION The Cupertino Community Services and Family Housing project provides affordable housing and various assistance programs to members of the Cupertino community. The project contains 24 units of multi-family housing, a residential community building, and an office building for Cupertino Community Services, framing two internal courtyards. […]

Comstock Mixed-Use

DESCRIPTION The 620 Third Street mixed-use residential, LEED accredited development presents a “City Vision” in which residents may live, work and play within downtown Santa Rosa. Stepping out of their new homes, residents will be in the center of town easily able to walk to shops, […]

Middlefield Junction

description The Middlefield Junction Strategic Plan addresses three publicly held parcels, approximately 8 acres total, within the Middlefield Junction area of the Fair Oaks Community, in the County of San Mateo and City of Redwood City. The sites have been designated as the community hub for […]

Lynlake Capacity Study

Description Linking neighborhoods throughout the southern districts of Minneapolis, a former rail right-of-way has been transformed into a major recreational greenway much beloved by residents and workers. Along the Midtown Greenway, new development has been springing up since the construction of phase one in 2000. The […]

Clear Creek Transit Village

DESCRIPTION Clear Creek Transit Village is a TOD located on the Gold Line of the Denver Metro Area FasTracks program.  The Gold Line is slated to start construction in late 2010 and open to the public in 2016.  Located in unincorporated Adams County, this site would […]

Ensemble Station

DESCRIPTION Ensemble Station represents a catalyst for Transit Oriented Development for the city of Houston. Working in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency and the people of Houston, this site attempts to create not only a financially viable neighborhood for both land owners and occupants, but […]

West Letterman Development Study

DESCRIPTION Working with TransAct, VMWP was charged to identify and evaluate potential development alternatives to enrich the historic Letterman and Thornburgh Districts of the Presidio through suitable adaptive reuse, enhanced retail amenities, “third place” spaces for social interaction, transportation management, and sustainable infrastructure, to define critical […]

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 […]

Ho’opili Master Plan

description Ho’opili presents an implementable vision for a 1,600 acre transitoriented community in the quickly urbanizing Ewa district of western Oahu. The plan focuses future growth around a series of transit stations while providing a wide variety of community amenities such as a mix of uses, […]

Northgate Center

DESCRIPTION Northgate Center is a 65-acre site at the intersection of Federal Boulevard and West 72nd Avenue.  The area is in need of a wider variety of housing options to support the proposed commuter rail stop that will be 1/2 mile to the west of the […]

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