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Suburban Developmentand Maximizing Assets

Mark Nickita, AIA, CNU, APA

President of

Archive DS • Architects + Urbanists

Mark Nickita, AIADorian Moore, AIA

Kevin Borsay

Archive DSis a team of architects

and urbanists who are specialists in reestablishing downtowns, districts, neighborhoods, corridors, underutilized buildings and

vacant sites

A hi DS


A Diverse Perspective- Architect- Urban Designer- Municipal Leader-City of Birmingham

City Commissioner – Elected 2009-PresentMayor – Elected 2011-2012Planning Board – Appointed 1997-2009

- Urban RetailerPure Detroit / Rowland and Stella Cafes

- Developer- Global Urban Study – over 400 cities

What is the Primary Element in Urban Development?


People


________________________________________________People-Oriented Places

• Placemaking

• Walkable Environments

• Mixed-Use, 24 Hour, 7 Days a week

Existing Conditions of Many Municipalities

Auto-Oriented Development

- Minimal Pedestrian Accommodation

Learning from Places Worth Caring About?

Urban vs Suburban Places

• People-Oriented Development

• Walkable Places

Pedestrian-Oriented Urban Districts

Pedestrian Considerations

Public and Private Sector

Building For People

• Pedestrian Focused-Development

Making Suburban Development Walkable

Public Sector Opportunities

• Streets, Sidewalks

• Parks and Public Spaces

• Non-Motorized Access

• Civic Structures


Public Sector Process

• Civic Leadership & Community Vision

• Align Concepts with Ordinances

• Align Concepts with Policies


Private Sector Opportunities

• Adaptive ReUse / Infill Development

• Housing / Office / Retail

• Mixed-Use Development


Private Sector Potential

• What Are Developers & Investors Doing?

• What Will They Build?

• Where is Their Focus?


Demographics –

The Paradigm Shift

North America has undergone a significant transformation,

driven by issues of

• globalization

• economic restructuring

• technological advancements

• trends / social reconfigurations

resulting in work space, commercial and living conditions

that have dramatically changed

Who?

Over 150 Million Americans• 75 Million Baby Boomers• 80 Million Millennials

City of Sterling Heights

Master Planand

Placemaking

• Public Sector Redevelopment

• Private Sector Redevelopment

• Enhancement of Assets

• Re-orient Priorities

- Pedestrian Focused-Development

Sterling Heights Master Plan - Placemaking

Troy – Big Beaver Corridor

PedestrianizingAuto-Centric

Infill Development

PedestrianizingAuto-CentricInfrastructure

Infrastructure and Commercial Corridors

Pedestrian-Oriented Development and Complete Streets

How To Achieve Walkability?


Form-Based Code• Developed in Multiple Cities

How Can We Achieve Walkability?


Form-Based Zoning Implementation

Engaging Private Sector Interests and Drivers

Where does this all lead……..?

Analyze the Existing Conditions

• Identify assets

• Identify opportunities

• Identify challenges

Get on the Same Page

• Leaders MUST set the pathtoward implementation

Set up the Team and Process

• Design and planning- need to oversee stages

• Engineering

• Construction

IDEAS to APPLY

• Develop concepts for existing buildings and underutilized sites with new and innovative proposed uses

• Encourage mixed-use type developments to create a more vibrant and interactive exchange between tenants/usesthat promotes flexibility

IDEAS to APPLY

• Design an environment that is more pedestrian and vehicular friendly

• Create sustainable buildings for owners and communities that are financially feasible and environmentally sensitive

• Create zoning that permits flexible uses

WHAT ARE THE RESULTS?

• Create 24 hour / 7 day developments and communities that are vibrant, exciting and desirable placesto work, play and live

• increase property values for owners

• increase the tax base for communities

Be Resilient

“We Shall Never Surrender”- Winston Churchill

Suburban Developmentand Maximizing Assets


President of

Archive DS • Architects + Urbanists

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