What basic elements go into making a successful station area plan? Review the fundamentals of a station area plan that catalyzes the development and investments your community envisions. Hear from transit planners, city staff, and land use and urban design consultants. What are their tips and pet approaches? How can you engage your communities? What's the latest and greatest from the transportation, housing, public works and economic development worlds? Absorb a wide range of new ideas and details during this station area planning overview.
Moderator: Jan Lucke, Transporation Planning Manager, Washington County Regional Rail Authority, Stillwater, Minnesota
Nadine Fogarty, Principal, Vice President, Strategic Economics, Berkeley, California
W. Brian Keith, AIA, AICP, Associate Principal, JHP, Dallas, Texas
Tim Chan, Manager of Planning, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Oakland, California
2. Station Area Planning | Catalyst TOD | MU Market
• Basic Urban Planning Strategies of TOD Station Planning
(Texas/Mid-America/Medium Density)
• Basic Typologies of TOD /M-U
(medium density centers)
• Associated Economics
(hard costs)
• Snap Shots
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3. • Framework plan / Regulatory plan / Guidelines
• Knowing the Site’s role relative to Place
• Walkability – the diagram vs. reality
• Location as Amenity – as Value
• Public realm
• Open space / Parks / Linkage
Station Planning Basics
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5. • Basic Real Estate Strategy:
Add Value with Uses and Location (TOD or Place)
• Basic Planning Formula:
Knit the Station’s Development into the Public/Community Realm
• Enhancements: Public/Private financial incentives
(TOD sometimes has cache’ with cities – especially with MU )
• Entitlements:
Generally achievable, especially within a Public/Private Partnerships
Station Area Planning - Development Perspective
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6. Public/Private Partnership Motivations for
TOD / MU / Infill Projects
• Revitalization thru Place Making
• Economic Development & Increased Tax Revenues
• Improving Mobility
• Championing Smart(er) Growth to the Public
• Solving for Growth, Density, Mobility
Station Area - TOD / MU Initiatives
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7. P/P/P Alliances – Pivotal for Redevelopment
• Land Use Regulations – Development policy incentives
(creating Mixed-Use classifications)
• Urban Design/Planning – Comprehensive Plans
• Financial Incentives / Fee Waivers
• But DON’T burden the deal with onerous zoning !
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Station Area - TOD / MU Initiatives
8. Value Creation
• Supportive Public Policy
• Compatible entitlement process, zoning, and
building codes
• Reduced parking requirements
• Economic incentives
• Reduced Pain (Congestion, Pollution and/or High
Fuel Costs)
• Transit as the Alternative
Station Area Planning - Benefits of TOD
Value Capture Attributed to Transit
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9. • 3 or 4 or 5 Story Type V –
wood-framed construction
• 3 over 1 podium (non-combustible)
• 4 over 1 podium (non-combustible)
• Mid-Rise | Type III or I
• High-Rise | Type I
Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
Construction Types / Massing / Density
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10. Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
Moderate Density
Texas Donut
• 3 and 4 Story/Wrapped Garages – double
loaded corridors
• 50-90 units/acre
• Option: Commercial at ground level
• Elevated podium deck
• Flex retail
• Efficient site utilization; efficient garage
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11. Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
Terminology
• NRSF
Net Rentable SF
based on the Multifamily (major use)
• Construction Cost
Hard cost only; on-site, but “all-in” –
includes parking (surface or structured) and podium
(if applicable)
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12. 3 Story Surface Parked
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Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
3 Story Surface Parked
• 3 Story Type V
Wood Construction
• “stick”
construction from
grade
• surface parking
• approx. $90 – 100 /
NRSF
• 30-35 units/ac
13. • 4 Story Type V – Wood Construction
• “stick” construction from grade
• structured parking - precast or cast-in-place
• approx. $110 - 125 / NRSF
• parking Garages - approx. $9-10,000 per space
• may have soft or flex Retail
• Urban Infill Station or new Station TOD Center
(suburban/urban)
• 60-100 units/ac
Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
4 Story Garage Parked
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14. FLEX SPACE
RETAIL / READY OPTION
LIVE WORK
Ground-level
Convertible
Residential base use
Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
Construction Types / Massing / Density
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15. Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
4 story Garage Parked
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16. • 4 Story Type V – Wood Construction
• “stick” construction over podium deck
• structured parking - precast or cast-in-place
• approx. $140+ / NRSF
• parking garage approx. $10,000 per space
• Urban Infill
• Commercial at-grade uses
• 60-100 units/ac
Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
4 or 5 Story with Podium
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17. Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
4 or 5 Story with Podium
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18. Why these Building Typologies?
• Market-driven renter preferences
• Rent Basis:
general market and sub-market
• Cost Basis:
land cost + soft costs + hard costs + operational costs (within a
competitive context)
Basic Economics of TOD / MU Market
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20. Source : North Central Texas Council of Governments (nctcog.org)
HOUSEHOLD Growth Projections [NCTCOG]
Dallas & Collin County
• Approx. 16,000 / year
• At 250 units / development = 65 / year !
Tarrant County
• Approx. 11,000 / year
• At 250 units / development = 45 / year !
(based on 2000 – 2030 forecast)
Perspective and Trends
Sidebar
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21. TOD Station Area Planning / MU Practices
Sustainability
• USGBC LEED program –
LEED ND
(Neighborhood Development)
• USGBC LEED program –
LEED NC
(New Construction)
• National Green Bldg Standard
• Greenbuilt North Texas
program (low-rise option)
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22. • MU as Penicillin for Towns & Cities
• Transit is an automatic market magnet
• Retail is just a matter of “they will come”
• Live : Work is a no-brainer
• The car is not king
• Noise: the rail is the worst offender
• Lenders race to TOD and MU opportunities
TOD Station Planning / MU Myths
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24. • Master planning &
neighborhood
redevelopment
strategy
• Compatible with
forwardDallas!
comprehensive
plan effort
• TOD relevance
case study : district scale (redevelopment)
vickery meadow improvement district - dallas, texas
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25. Greenville Ave.
Aerial View Looking North
Northwest Hwy
REI
Half-Price
Books
Park Lane
DART Station
Northpark
Park Lane
“Five-Points”
Intersection
case study : district scale (redevelopment)
vickery meadow improvement district - dallas, texas
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26. case study : district scale (redevelopment)
vickery meadow improvement district - dallas, texas
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Greenville Ave.
Aerial View Looking South
Walnut Hill
JHP
Preston Hollow Village
Central
Expwy/75
Presbyterian
Hospital
Walnut Hill
Dart Station
27. case study : district study
VMID - dallas, texas
Porosity - Connections - Links
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28. case study : district study
VMID - dallas, texas
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29. case study : district study
VMID - dallas, texas
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30. case-study : station-area planning
swmd tif district - dallas, texas
• Master plan study for the
Southwestern Medical
District (SWMD) TIF district
• 139 acres
• Adjacent to the DART Green
line (SWMD Transit Station)
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32. • Phase one 280 Units
• 5.7 Acres /49.1 u/ac
• 40,000 SF of Retail
• Adjacent to light rail
station
case-study : station-area planning
swmd tif district - dallas, texas
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33. case study : district plan
crestview station – austin, texas
• 73-acre site
• Multi-phase
• CapMetro Rail stop
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34. case study : district plan
crestview station– austin, texas
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35. Phase One
• Catalyst site includes Capitol
Metro Crestview Station
Transit Plaza
• 316 Units on 10.4 Acres, 30 u/
acre, net
• 62,500 SF commercial
• Structured parking
case study : district plan
crestview station– austin, texas
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36. case study : district plan
crestview station– austin, texas
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37. case study : first-tier suburb
downtown station – carrollton , texas
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38. • City of Carrollton station area
planning ( three light rail stations)
• Downtown/Main Street station
case study : first-tier suburb
downtown station – carrollton , texas
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39. • Phase 1 at Downtown/Main
Street Station
case study : first-tier suburb
downtown station – carrollton , texas
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40. • Catalyst site - first
redevelopment opportunity
• 179 units (including Live/Work)
• 6.08 acres, 46 u/ac (at buildout)
• 10,500 sf Retail
• Structured parking
case study : first-tier suburb
downtown station – carrollton , texas
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41. case study : first-tier suburb
downtown station – carrollton , texas
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42. case study : first-tier suburb
downtown station – carrollton , texas
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43. case study : first-tier suburb
downtown station – carrollton , texas
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44. case study : institutional Station Area TOD
universe project | University of Utah
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case study : institutional Station Area TOD
universe project | University of Utah
46. case study : institutional Station Area TOD
universe project | University of Utah
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47. • TOD on a 7.9 acre
parking lot adjacent
to stadium
• 282 Units
• 7.9 acres, 35.7 u/ac
• 85,000 sf Retail &
Entertainment
• 45,000 sf Office
• Structured parking
case study : institutional Station Area TOD
universe project | University of Utah
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