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ABAG Smart Growth

DESCRIPTION The Smart Growth Strategy Place Types model was part of a regional planning effort intended to achieve support among public officials, civic leaders, and stakeholder organizations for a preferred land use pattern informing how the Bay Area could grow over the next 20 years. The […]

North Bayshore Precise Plan

DESCRIPTION VMWP is collaborating with Raimi + Associates on overhauling the zoning and regulatory structure of Mountain View to allow the construction of up to 10,000 housing units in a mixed-use neighborhood in the North Bayshore area. VMWP is spearheading the urban design, block structure, street […]

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 […]

Yale Place TOD

DESCRIPTION The Yale TOD Master Plan, Yale Place, presents a unique suburban infill site where a walkable, mixed-use neighborhood adjacent to the Yale Station light rail stop will be created. The project area consists of the 10 acres west of highway I-25 and north of Yale […]

Compton Streetscape & Guidelines

DESCRIPTION The Compton Boulevard Streetscape Master Plan and Compton Urban Design Guidelines are two projects that work together to create a new vision for Downtown Compton and major streets and nodes through out the city. The Compton Urban Design Guidelines sets up a framework for development […]

Arvada Transit Village & Downtown Plan

DESCRIPTION The Arvada Transit Village and Downtown Revitalization Plan outlines a strategy for revitalizing the Olde Town area, developing a new 8-acre multi-modal transit center (bus and train) as well as identifying housing and residential infill opportunities surrounding the transit center site. One of these opportunities […]

South San Francisco Transit Village

DESCRIPTION The South San Francisco Transit Village Plan encompasses 50 acres of existing neighborhoods and new development parcels within about 1/2 mile of the new South San Francisco BART Station. The plan was developed during a 6-month process in collaboration with a Technical Advisory Committee, Planning […]

Schlage Lock Master Plan

DESCRIPTION The Visitacion Valley/Schlage Lock Master Plan redevelops the 20- acre brownfield site into a vibrant mixed-use and transit-oriented neighborhood. The project is at the southern edge of San Francisco and the northern end of the future Baylands development. The new neighborhood extends the city grid […]

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 […]

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