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Wayzata Boulevard Corridor Study

STUDY DESCRIPTION The Wayzata Boulevard Corridor Study was commissioned by the City of Wayzata to transform Wayzata Boulevard from a typical suburban commercial retail strip into a safe, connected, active commerce center through multidisciplinary land-use, urban design, and transportation planning improvements. VMWP was retained as the City […]

East Division Street Small Area Plan

DESCRIPTION VMWP contributes urban design expertise as a subconsultant to Toole Design Group supporting their on-call urban design and mobility services for the City of River Falls. River Falls, Wisconsin is a city of 16,000 and home to a campus of the University of Wisconsin. VMWP […]

The Rose on Colfax

DESCRIPTION The Rose on Colfax at 8315 East Colfax is a .82 acre, 82 unit affordable family-oriented dwelling redevelopment of an obsolete adult club site. The site is located along a major transportation corridor within the East Colfax Neighborhood, an urban district. A five-story mixed-use housing […]

Central Louisiana State Hospital Campus Redevelopment

DESCRIPTION The 409 Acre parcel formerly home to the Central Louisiana State Hospital, is owned by the Louisiana Department of Health. After the hospital moved to its new location the community wondered what the future holds for this large site. It became apparent upon the site […]

Laurel at Perennial Park

DESCRIPTION The 94-unit affordable senior housing project at 510 Renaissance Way is the first building constructed in place of the Journey’s End Mobile Home Park which was destroyed in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. The four-story building occupies 1.43 acres within the 13.3 acre integrated master […]

Sunnydale HOPE SF Master Plan

SAN FRANCISCO MASTER PLAN DESCRIPTION The new Sunnydale in San Francisco, a HOPE SF Master Plan, is being redeveloped incrementally to create a network of streets that connect with the surrounding neighborhood; create a variety of housing types for a mix of incomes and provide carefully […]

Vivalon Healthy Aging Campus & Senior Housing

DESCRIPTION This new mixed-use senior center, located on the corner of Third and Brooks Street, provides affordable housing to low-, very low-income, and formerly homeless seniors. The building integrates high-quality amenities including a community room and kitchen, residential courtyard for gatherings and gardening, a multipurpose room […]

Pleasanton Objective Design Standards

DESCRIPTION As a prospering suburb in the Tri Valley just over the hills from the Bay Area, Pleasanton has a complicated relationship with growth. VMWP previously authored Transit Oriented Development Design Guidelines and Housing Design Guidelines for Pleasanton. Spurred by a statewide mandate to provide Objective […]

Modus Locus

Affordable Artist Housing Project Description Modus Locus is a conceptual vision for integrating affordable artist housing into an existing vibrant mixed-use art-centered landmark in the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis. The site consists of the Modus Locus gallery, Minneapolis’s longest operating plant-based restaurant, and a shared patio […]

Crossing Pointe South

DESCRIPTION Crossing Pointe South is the second phase of the Crossing Pointe development and includes 142 affordable family units within three buildings dedicated to households who earn 30 to 70% of the area median income. The buildings’ design encourages community building and promotes a healthy lifestyle by […]

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