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The 2025 Shady Oak Station Area Development Strategy Update sets a transformative vision for the incremental development of a vibrant, art-forward, mixed-use residential district around Shady Oak Station. Forged in partnership with VMWP, Toole Design Group, the cities of Hopkins, Minnetonka, and the Metropolitan Council, […]
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VMWP is working with Aaron Welch Planning for the City of Pleasanton, in concert with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), to create a transit-oriented development (TOD) concept plan and provide key planning guidance for 2 BART-owned parcels (currently used as surface parking) located […]
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The Golden Valley Downtown User Experience Framework arose from a request for improved wayfinding submitted through the Hennepin County Planning Grants Program. VMWP, collaborating with Toole Design Group and Visible City developed a holistic understanding of the economic, mobility, and wayfinding needs for the Golden […]
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VMWP contributed our seasoned expertise in design for Transit Oriented Communities in the consultant pool for the Hennepin County Transit Oriented Communities Predevelopment Assistance Program from 2022-2024 in Minneapolis. This innovative program “supports emerging developers, particularly those from historically marginalized groups, overcome barriers to financial […]
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The new BART Transit Oriented Development (TOD) will be the new focus for the City of El Cerrito and transform the City’s downtown commercial core. The development will include housing and buildings between 5 and 7 stories and will include large public areas including a […]
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Charlotte, North Carolina has been making significant investments in public transit to serve a growing city and also encourage new walkable, connected growth in downtown neighborhoods. This project aided the City of Charlotte and Charlotte Area Transportation System (CATS) identify opportunities for development along the […]
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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 […]
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The Greater Fulton Neighborhood is located in the southern portion of Richmond Virginia and hosts the Orleans Station, which is the terminus of the 7.6 mile bus rapid transit corridor called the Pulse BRT. To determine the potential TOD opportunity within proximity of the station […]
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The vision for the Fannin Station TOD is one of connecting a series of properties into the redevelopment of a mixed-use, transit oriented district, made up of a variety of neighborhoods centered around pedestrian-oriented places. The existing Main Street light rail line and transit stop […]
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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 […]
Shady Oak Station Area Development Strategy Update
BART Station Concept Plan
Downtown User Experience Framework
Hennepin County Emerging Developers Consulting
BART El Cerrito Plaza TOD
Historic West End
Ensemble Station
Orleans BRT Station Area Plan
Fannin Station TOD
Northgate Center