Strategies for Successful Mixed Use Development

Training Provided by Lorman Education Services nThe ideals and realty of mixed use as the preferred urban form are still in their relative infancy as part of the 21st century development vocabulary. Ironically, the ideals behind the tremendous push for this development form harken back to the urban fabric of our oldest cities. The driving factors behind the attraction to the mixed use model include current trends and attitudes toward a more urban lifestyle, changing demographics and psychographics, sustainable design trends and codification of the mixed use form in our development ordinances. Planning and design for successful mixed use projects in today's environment is a complex matrix of skill sets and necessary collaborations between design professionals, developers, leasing agents, tenants, municipal planners, land use attorneys, local government and communities. This teleconference prompts discussion of challenges you face and opportunities available for common mixed use design elements from site selection to plan approvals and operations. We'll discuss selected topics from a 360-degree perspective of the designer, developer, tenant, resident, municipality and end user. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to identify factors contributing to the growth and the demand for mixed use projects. n- You will be able to apply key design elements of successful mixed use developments in their projects. n- You will be able to review architectural design challenges in mixed use developments. n- You will be able to formulate predictions and expectations for mixed use development in the 21st century development environment.

Strategies for Successful Mixed Use Development Agenda

1. Background: The Question: The Mixed Use Phenomenon - Fad, Market Niche or Savior of the Known Universe?
2. Overview: The Answer: All of the Above
3. Mixed Use by Any Other Name ...
1. Defining Mixed Use and Why It Matters
1. Planning Organizations
2. The Development Community
3. Local Ordinances
4. Mixed Use and New Urbanism
4. Factors Contributing to the Growth and Demand for Mixed Use Projects: Do You Want to Do Mixed Use or Do You Have To?
1. Academia and the Impact of the Institutional Planner
2. Municipal Codes
3. The Universal Green Machine
4. Market Demand
5. Pre-Development Factors Contributing to Successful Mixed Use Projects
1. Regulatory
2. Urban Form and Market Forces
3. Site Selection and Physical Site Characteristics
6. Master Planning Mixed Use: Main Street and Beyond
1. Visioning
2. Urban Form - Kevin Lynch Model
3. Local Development Ordinances
4. The Land Use Plan: Density, Land Use and Area Allocation
5. A Mixed Use Perspective
6. Planning Due Diligence
7. Organizing Principles
7. Key Design Elements of Successful Mixed Use Developments: Creating a Recipe for Viable Mixed Use
1. Parking
2. Storm Water Management
3. Impervious Area
4. Street Design
5. Hardscape and Pedestrian Zones
6. Open Space and Public Amenities
7. Landscaping
8. Mass Transit and Alternative Transportation
9. Lighting
10. Sustainable Design
11. Service, Loading and Refuse
12. Safety and Security
13. Signage and Wayfinding
14. Identity Markers and Sense of Place
8. Architectural Design Challenges in Mixed Use Development: Upstairs, Downstairs
1. Functional Floor Plates: How to Deal With Competing Vertical Uses
2. Block Length Considerations: Impact on Urban Form, Circulation, Access and Scale
3. Parking Wars: Never Enough, Never in the Right Place
4. Pedestrian Circulation: Desire Lines and Connectivity Between Uses
5. Terminal Velocity: Creating Terminal Anchors That Work
6. Planning for Junior Anchors: Visibility, Adjacency and Quest for Location
7. Apartment vs. Condo Issues and Conversions: Market Flexibility in Difficult Times
8. Common Space and Amenity Integration: Resolving Public and Private Amenities
9. Grading and Drainage Along Main Street Facades: When Flat Is Not Flat Enough
10. Refuse Storage and Collection Issues: One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Headache
11. Building Signage: Maximizing Impact With a Minimal Palette
12. Acoustics and Sound Attenuation: Can You Hear Me Now?
13. Unity of Design Criteria: Continuity, Variety and Sense of Place
9. Looking Forward: Predictions and Expectations for Mixed Use Development in a Green, Sustainable and Profitable 21st Century Development Environment

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