Ballyhooed report on transit development lands with a thud
“Last fall, the city was so excited to have a team of experts from IBM advising it on how to encourage development around new light-rail stations that it kicked off their work with a ceremony…
Crunching the numbers in transit corridors
“The research — based on interviews with 24 developers, 16 employers and three major commercial real estate brokers in the Twin Cities — found that developers will sacrifice transit access if a site near a…
New affordable housing set for Evans light rail station area
“More than 50 affordable housing units will be constructed along the southwest corridor of the Denver’s light rail network as part of a plan to provide lower-income residents with easy access to job and educational…
Holland Partner Group Begins Construction on Denver Transit-Oriented Development
“Denver—Holland Partner Group announced it’s starting construction on Platform at Union Station, a 287-unit, transit-oriented community in the Union Station neighborhood in Denver. Once complete, the community will be managed by Holland Residential, the operations…
Thornton pays $60,000 for TOD planning
“Thornton will spend $60,000 for consultants to produce master plans for transit oriented development at FasTrack stations at 88th and 104th avenues. City council unanimously voted on a pair of resolutions approving intergovernmental agreements with…
Urban Land Conservancy Brings Over $70,000,000 in Economic Investment to Metro Denver’s New West Rail Line
“The Urban Land Conservancy’s (ULC) investment along a new, 12-mile light rail line will ultimately bring more than $70 million in development value to the area, 600 units of housing including 400 affordable units, over…
Urban Land Conservancy plans apartment complex
“ULC used $3.7 million in financing from the City of Denver’s $15 million Transit-Oriented Development Fund to help fuel affordable housing development near public transportation, and partnered with the Piton Foundation and Gary Community Investment…
Urban Land Conservancy Completes Largest Land Acquisition to Date for Development at Denver Rail Station
“The Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), in partnership with The Piton Foundation and Gary Community Investment Company (GCIC), City of Denver and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), today purchased 9.4 acres of land…
8 Qualities of Transit and Pedestrian Oriented Development
“Researchers and planners have been examining qualities of TOD’s that make them such pleasant and enjoyable places for people. Although the list is perhaps too long to cover here in any detail, there are a…
Transit-Oriented Development Takes off in Denver, Boosting Supply
“The Mile-High City finds itself in the midst of continued urban revitalization via transit-oriented development. At the center is the redevelopment of Union Station, which is seeing new infrastructure and the prospect of “work-play communities”…