SAVE OUR CITY: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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SAVE OUR CITYCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

• Commercial Revitalization

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CASE STUDIES

• Denver
• Larimer Square
• Pittsburgh
• East Carson Street
• Fifth Forbes Retail Corridor
• South Side Works

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LARIMER SQUARE
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THE DETAILS

• Larimer Square is centered on Denvers first city
  street
• Once housed Denvers first bank, bookstore,
  photographer, and dry goods store also site of
  citys first post office and theater
• Renovation of sixteen late-nineteenth century
  commercial buildings
• First revitalization of Larimer Square in late
  60s and a second revitalization in 90s

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THE PROCESS

• Led by urban visionary,
• Dana Crawford, sixteen Victorian buildings on
  1400 block of Larimer Street rescued from
  wrecking ball in 1965
• Larimer Square designated as citys first
  historic district in 1973
• Historic Larimer Square became home to shops,
  nightclubs, and cafes, connected by courtyards
  and open spaces
• Outdated, low retail sales, diminishing of
  visitorsled to 1990s transformation

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THE RESULT

• Design that emphasizes
• the historic setting
• Changed Larimer Streets status as a state
  highway to a city street
• On-street parking, which acts as buffer between
  pedestrians, diners, and traffic
• Wider sidewalk on streets sunny side allows for
  outdoor dining
• In total, close to 200,000 sq ft of retail,
  restaurant, and office space

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SOUTH SIDE
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THE DETAILS

• South Side Local Development Company (SSLDC)
  formed in 1982
• 150 new businesses
• More than 220 building facades restored
• 100 homes constructed

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THE PROCESS

• 1983 East Carson Street listed on National
  Register of Historic Places
• 1985 Establish South Side Planning Forum also
  East Carson Street selected to be one of seven
  participants in National Trusts Main Street
  Program
• 1990 South Side Planning Forum adopts a
  Neighborhood Plan
• 1993 East Carson Street Local Historic District
  established

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THE RESULT

• East Carson Street
• named a Great American Main Street in 1996
• Today, home to a mix of creative businesses,
  cafes, restaurants, and retail shops
• Less than 10 vacancy rate, down from 40 in 1982

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FIFTH FORBESRETAIL CORRIDOR
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THE DETAILS

• Upgrade Downtown Pittsburghs central retail
  area, which is located in the Fifth and Forbes
  retail corridor

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THE PROCESS

• 1998 Pittsburgh Downtown Plan completed
• 1999 MarketPlace at Fifth Forbes proposed by
  City of Pittsburgh
• 2000 Downtown Planning Collaborative
  established in November, Mayor Murphy announces
  MarketPlace plan null and void also National
  Trust puts Fifth Forbes on list of Americas 11
  Most Endangered Historic Places
• Mid-2003 Kravco Downtown Works present new
  plan for Fifth and Forbes

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THE PROCESS (continued)

• Late 2003 Kravco Company merges with Simon
  Property Group
• 2004 Pittsburgh Task Force is formed Dranoff
  Properties expresses an interest in project
• Early 2005 Proposed Dranoff plan has a greater
  focus on housing
• Mid-2005 Dranoff Properties indicates it is no
  longer interested in the project

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THE RESULT

• Momentum builds
• in early 2006
• City, County, foundation community, and public
  support redevelopment
• Modeled to some degree after the Dranoff plan
  with residential development being the primary
  component
• Current developers Millcraft (Piatt Place) PNC
  Point Park University, Cultural Trust individual
  developers

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SOUTH SIDE WORKS
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THE DETAILS

• South Side between Carson Street the
  Monongahela River, extending from the Hot Metal
  Bridge
• 123-acre former LTV Steel plant
• Brownfield remediation
• Mixed use development Office, medical,
  recreational, housing, retail
• Tax increment financing package

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THE PROCESS

• 1993 URA purchases site
• 1994-96 URA works w/ SSLDC others to develop
  community consensus
• 1996 URA begins predevelopment activities
• 1998 Ground broken on 1st building a
  distribution facility for UPMC
• 1999 Tax increment financing plan approved by
  local taxing bodies and construction begins on
  several buildings

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THE PROCESS (continued)

• 2000-2001 Soffer Office Retail Development
  gets underway and substantial infrastructure
  improvements are made
• 2002 Phase 2 of Soffer Office Retail
  Development begins, along w/ 3-story, 270-unit
  multi-family housing
• 2003-2004 Work continues on Soffers buildings,
  INS offices completed, and URA continues w/
  infrastructure improvements

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THE RESULT

• First class riverfront
• development utilizing a mix of office, retail,
  medical, recreational, and housing uses
• Expiration of TIF, 8 million in tax revenues
• At buildout, total private investment to
• reach 250 million
  and
• provide up to 5400
  jobs
• and over 400
  housing units