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Brett Jacques at Housing Colorado’s affordable housing design charrette for Grand Junction Housing Authority

At the end of September, Brett Jacques participated in Housing Colorado's affordable housing design charrette for Grand Junction Housing Authority. The charette was a part of the Urban Housing class taught by Jennifer Steffel Johnson at CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning. Brett participates voluntarily […]

Updated Plans Filed For Moonlite Center Redevelopment, Santa Clara

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson Moonlite Center condominiums street view, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack The formal application has been filed with a minor plan increase for 2610 El Camino Real in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. The update now aims to replace the existing Moonlite Center strip mall […]

Save the date: Rick Williams to speak at Mpact 2024

Urban Designer, Rick Williams, will be presenting "It's Not Just a Dream: The Joys and Struggles of Realizing a Transit-Oriented Vision" at Mpact Transit + Community Conference 2024   The Mpact Transit + Community Conference (formerly Rail~Volution) focuses on the interplay of transit, mobility, land use and […]

Preliminary SB330 Permits For Moonlite Shopping Center, Santa Clara

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson; 2610 El Camino Real, image by Google Satellite New preliminary permits have been filed for the redevelopment of Moonlite Shopping Center in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. The application states the project could replace the 14.3-acre strip mall at 2610 El Camino Real […]

Gwinnett County Taps CBRE To Help It Transform The Dead Mall At Its Heart

Source: Bisnow; Author: Ethan Rothstein   Gwinnett Place Mall in suburban Atlanta was one of the sites where Stranger Things' third season was filmed. Four years after Gwinnett County bought a large chunk of Gwinnett Place Mall with the aim of kick-starting its redevelopment, the county has selected a partner to […]

Report: Gwinnett Place Mall has lost nearly 88 percent of its value

But embattled Duluth property is finally poised for redevelopment, per Gwinnett Place CID leadership Source: Urbanize Atlanta; Author: Josh Green Gwinnett Place Mall has slipped from a regional attraction over the past 20 years into a magnet for unfortunate headlines that’s empty enough for Netflix’s Stranger Things to transform its interiors […]

With funding boost, plans advance for redevelopment of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park

Housing Authority receives $24M grant, submits plans for rebuilding Palo Alto mobile-home park Source: Palo Alto Online; Author: Gennady Sheyner; Homes inside the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto on Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier.   For the second time in the past decade, the […]

At long last, game plan emerges for Gwinnett Place Mall’s rebirth

Source: Urbanize Atlanta  Author: Josh Green Polished, residential-heavy concept called “Global Villages” comes into focus, in hopes of creating the Gwinnett Place To Be After a slow death that’s dragged across two decades, the clearest vision to date for a Gwinnett Place Mall rebirth has arrived. Ten months […]

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