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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMULBERRY AND LEMAY CROSSING (FORMERLY LEMAY TOWNE CENTER) - 0DP - 36-96 - CORRESPONDENCE - PROJECT NARRATIVEMr. Shepard December 20, 1996 Page 3 Estimates for employment in the large retailers would range between 600 land 750 employees. Smaller retailers would range from 200 to 400 employees. I look forward to working with the staff and the planning commission to make the Lemay Town Center a welcome addition to Fort Collins, that will add to the needs and objectives of the community. Very truly yours, i ldberg P operty Associates, Inc. A. Goldberg President f.\wpdata\wm\ftco1\shepud.d20 Mr. Shepard December 20, 1996 Page 2 are aware, there is very little residential development near the immediate boundaries of our project. More importantly, the affordable housing context of our housing component is something desired by the community at large. Adding to the sense of community and the development dynamics, it is our intention to make available to the City of Fort Collins land described as Area H to be used by the City as a recreational facility. The actual use of the land has yet to be determined, but we feel that there are many uses that will enhance the community at large, but will also make the Lemay Town Center a place for residential, retail, and community recreation. In our finite planning process, we will make a substantial buffered open space area between the hard architecture of building and parking lots and Lemay Avenue. Moreover, buffering the multi -family from the retail, while at the same time making an attractive entrance and pedestrian flow between the two uses will be incorporated into our plans. It is our intention to make a transportation link through our project to the future Magnolia Avenue and Twelfth Street on the eastern boundaries of our project. The Twelfth Street component, we feel will be an enhancement to the overall municipal transportation plan that will add a dynamic that will allow for future development to the properties along our eastern boundary. It is our intention to include in our design many features such as low -detailed lighting standards and patterned concrete, as well as signage and seating that will add to a more human scale development versus what is typically seen in large retail projects. Certainly, the many architectural and site planning objectives in large box retail guidelines are a focus that will be reached during our preliminary submittal. We feel that we will be able to meet most objectives set out in the guidelines. However, we also feel that in many cases we will do a better job of architectural and site planning design than has been set out in these and other guidelines. We are attentive to the preference survey and will have as our planning objective to meet the interpretation of what Fort Collins seeks in new development. We would intend to be under construction in late summer of 1997 with site and infrastructure work. The remaining schedule would be pursuant to the following: Site work Housing construction, Large commercial, Smaller retail, Site for recreation district Landscape/buffering grading/utilities 7/97 - 10/97 150 units 9/97 - 11 /97 300,000 sq. ft. 10/97 - 4/98 77,500 sq. ft. 10/97 - 4/98 4/98 1/98 - 4/98 Brokerage GOLDBERG Management Development Property Assoc iate sIn,. Advisory December 20, 1996 Mr. Ted Shepard, Sr. Planner Fort Collins Planning Commission City of Fort Collins Planning Department 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 RE: Lemay Town Center Dear Ladies and Gentleman: The Lemay Town Center objective and mission are pursuant to the following. Our proposed mixed use development located at the northwest corner of Lemay and Mulberry, is intended to bring to fruition a multitude of planning and market place objectives. Recent development of both retail and housing has taken place on the southern quadrant of Fort Collins. Our proposed project would offer these uses in the northern portion of the community, that have in our opinion, and in that of many community professionals been left unfulfilled. Mulberry is the main east -west entrance into the Community of Fort Collins connecting the traditional downtown, old town, Colorado State University, and the central/older portion of Fort Collins to Interstate 25. Lemay Avenue serves as the only reasonable north- south arterial on the eastern quadrant of the city. This cross -hair location is perfect for our intended large merchandise tenants, that have a regional market place focus. Our mixed use project will have many small retailers that would be described as boutique service merchants. Examples of these smaller retailers would be a bike store, a book store, other service tenants, and restaurants that would include bagels, coffee, etc. These smaller tenants will be ideally located, given the close proximity to Old Town and the central portion of the city, and very importantly the community north of Mulberry. Transportation routes will be shortened as a result of our project. Those Fort Collins residents who live in the north, and now shop in the south along Harmony and the southern reaches of College Avenue will find a very good retailing experience at the Lemay Town Center. I would suggest that the principle planning objective to cut down on the use of automobiles as a major mode of transportation will be met by our project. We are ideally located to serve Fort Collins residents that use the many bike routes along Lincoln, Lemay, and the Poudre River. As a part of our architectural and site planning design, we will emphasize easy access and architectural structures that identify with the use of the trails and bike routes. Our project will include an affordable housing component. This will be in the northern area of the 50 acre site. We feel bringing a residential component into this project meets with the overall planning principles of the homogenous development of retailing in proximity to residential. As you MemMr01 /\,/ Intemel,W CounGl OI SMpprq Gnt.n 113 1120 Lincoln Street • Suite 1101 • Denver, Colorado 80203-2136 • 303/759-8000 • FAX 303/863-0275