COMMUNITY AND CORRIDOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
THOUSAND OAKS CITY HALL REDEVELOPMENT AND DOWNTOWN CREATION STRATEGY
The City of Thousand Oaks has been working diligently to convert its Civic Arts Plaza into a “Main Street” type of downtown that serves the entire community. LEG was retained to bringing market and economics perspectives to its design plans. LEG’s analysis informed the concept plan and recommended City policies. Informed by the creative design plans and the economics analysis, the City Council voted unanimous to proceed with an estimated $123 million Civic Arts Plaza expansion to invigorate a new downtown.
CLIENT: CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS
PRIME: RRM DESIGN
SIMI VALLEY los angeles ave & tapo street ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The City of Simi Valley intends for the Los Angeles Avenue and Tapo Street Specific Plans to guide future land use towards higher density, mixed-use districts. LEG conducted market analysis to determine housing mix, retail and office demand. LEG also tested financial feasibility of prototype development projects and interviewed developers to inform and refine concept plans, form-based codes and economic development strategies.
CLIENT: CITY OF SIMI VALLEY
PRIME: GRUEN ASSOCIATES
city of chino downtown civic center master plan
LEG provided recommendations on implementation and funding for a new civic center campus in the City of Chino. The new civic center would likely consist of both new construction and renovation of existing buildings. LEG investigated how similar cities funded new civic centers in recent years, examined the City’s financial capacity and how city-owned real estate could play a role in funding.
CLIENT: CITY OF CHINO
PRIME: GRUEN ASSOCIATES
San Mateo Downtown Specific Plan
LEG served as the planning economist for the new San Mateo Downtown Specific Plan. Our tasks included market analysis, feasibility testing of mixed-use buildings of varying heights, fiscal evaluation of planning alternatives and implementation recommendations.
CLIENT: CITY OF SAN MATEO
PRIME: PERKINS + WILL
Sunnyvale El Camino Real Corridor Specific Plan
The City of Sunnyvale has been updating its Specific Plan to incrementally transform El Camino Real Corridor from a commercial strip into a "Grand Boulevard" that provides more housing and services for the booming Silicon Valley workforce. LEG's contribution included a market analysis, commercial strategy development and fiscal modeling of alternative planning scenarios.
CLIENT: CITY OF SUNNYVALE
PRIME: METROPOLITAN PLANNING GROUP
VANCOUVER BC CHINATOWN REVITALIZATION STRATEGY
Bill Lee led a revitalization strategy study for Vancouver’s historic Chinatown with Tanya Chiranakhon serving as a key team member. Social service facilities abutting Chinatown had discouraged tourism and degraded the area’s rents and property values. Bill recommended a strategy to renovate select heritage buildings as catalysts for the revitalization of Chinatown.
CLIENT: CITY OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
PRIME: AECOM CANADA
MISSION BOULEVARD REVITALIZATION MARKET AND FISCAL ANALYSIS
The City of Hayward adopted the Mission Boulevard Concept Design Plan, and then retained planning firm, Hall Alminana, to develop a Form-Based Code which would integrate the concept, vision and design guidelines of that Concept Design Plan with zoning regulations, subdivision standards, and design standards. Bill Lee (while at ERA) was brought on to provide a market study and fiscal impact study of the potential development of Mission Boulevard in Hayward.
CLIENT: CITY OF HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA
PRIME: HALL ALMINANA
WESTMINSTER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FOCUS AREAS MARKET ANALYSIS
Bill Lee and Tanya Chiranakhon assisted the City of Westminster, Colorado, with the preparation of a citywide market analysis as part of the city's Comprehensive Plan update process. The analysis included office, retail, housing and industrial uses and addressed both citywide demand and the long term demand for six selected focus areas, three of which will receive commuter rail service in the near future.
CLIENT: CITY OF WESTMINSTER COLORADO