People should listen to what LandArchPoke is preaching.
Thank you
Listening is one thing. Following is foolhardy.
Listen to H. TCC has lots of unused parking during peak times on Cherry Street and would be a great staging area for any Ent district using shuttles.
Now I'm convinced you aren't actually reading what anyone says.
Please refer to « Reply #42 on: April 30, 2015, 08:49:04 pm » In which I talk about how we could connect Utica Sq, Cherry St, and Downtown. Connecting Cherry Street to downtown would mean running a streetcar (or shuttles to start) along 2 roads (Boston Ave or Main St) which would take them past all that parking.
I thought the only way was to build parking for all of those customers and employees?
Supply and demand influence whether transit is successful. If you build thousands of parking spaces along Cherry Street like you suggest then transit will never be successful and we will continue to demolish housing for surface parking lots. We will also continue to erode our tax base.
I'm surprised he hasn't developed it yet. One of the most high profile empty lots in midtown.
On the subject of Cherry Creek parking, the goal should be to tie it into a larger mixed-use project. Take the Lincoln Elem. property with Jason's Deli, Chimi's, etc. Develop the surface lots along 15th into 4-5 story apartment or condo buildings with retail space along the street. Give the tenants at the back the option of relocating to those spaces. Maintain an alley behind for access to Jason's Deli and Chimi's. Tear down the section at the back and build a 2-3 level parking garage keeping the facade of the existing building at the base of the garage with access off Quaker. The garage would serve the residents as well as office tenants above Jason's Deli and the public using Cherry Creek.
Hillcrest is the primary owner of that block along Utica. They own 75% of that frontage. Bumgarner owns some frontage along Utica towards 15th and then owns the rest of the land that fronts Troost.
In regards to Cherry Creek. If the Catholic church could be talked into it, I would construct a parking structure at the corner of 16th & Quincy where their parking lot is now, just make it multi-level underground and above ground and throw some apartments on top of it (which would home amazing views of downtown). Once that structure is built you could infill the surface parking fronting Peoria and 15th that center has with mixed-use development, and maybe build a level or two of underground parking too. While the parking there is under construction customers can use the parking garage on the catholic church site or they can have valet service to there.