High density proposal would eliminate '50s neighborhood - Norman Transcript: News
http://www.normanok.gov/filebrowser_...20Partners.pdf
Edit: Feel free to merge with the High Density thread if it belongs there instead.
High density proposal would eliminate '50s neighborhood - Norman Transcript: News
http://www.normanok.gov/filebrowser_...20Partners.pdf
Edit: Feel free to merge with the High Density thread if it belongs there instead.
Here are the renderings
http://www.normantranscript.com/news...=image&photo=4
Wow, 555 units.
That's almost twice the number of The Edge, for perspective.
OU, Campus Corner and Norman would greatly benefit from much higher density within walking distance of campus.
This looks fantastic and I'd love to think this will be approved easily. But don't underestimate the NIMBYs and their power in Norman.
I love it and hope it gets approved. I enjoy living in a house but I'd even consider moving back to an apartment for that sort of lifestyle/location.
These are the same guys and it's basically the same plan that was pitched for immediately behind Campus Corner a year or so ago. I really liked that pitch (in fact I liked the location better than this one), but it received a surprisingly strong negative reaction from folks in the community. This time the pitch is for an area just east of the campus, sort of on the way towards The Mont if that makes sense.
I think this development will actually generate a lot more protests, but I think none of them will be from people the city cares about so it'll probably happen this time. It's speculative, but I do wonder if OU and/or Campus Corner torpedoed the last pitch.
I think most in the city will probably be supportive of this development. That area has been in dire need of some kind of redevelopment for some time. I think it's great that east Norman is so walkable and this will just add to that.
Looks like a win to me. Get more walkable living near campus and toss some of those housing that rapes students on price for what they get, just because it's close. Now if only more of the homeowners north of campus corner would invest in their homes and do some badly needed renovations. There are some sporadic ones that have been done, but there a LOT more that need it.
From the sounds of it, the neighborhood is definitely against it - which isn't a shock. They are kind of on an oasis surrounded by older apartments. The location isn't bad, I would much rather have seen their other idea go through which was north of Boyd. That is a much more desperate looking neighborhood and would probably do more to rehabilitate Boyd all the way to Campus Corner. Still...more high density development needs to happen in that part of Norman to grow the core.
If this is successful then hopefully that encourages similar projects north of Boyd. When is the urban master plan that OU was working on for the Campus Corner to Downtown area supposed to be finished and presented? I thought it was by the end of the year.
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
It is not necessarily a master plan, per se. It will be a zoning and code reform, likely proposing and implementing a form based code for the area. Last I heard (about a month ago), multiple drafts had made the rounds through Norman's planning department and the committee will be reconvening here within the next month or two (at most) to review before it goes to Council.
A long time ago I heard OU had its eye on this area and on other nearby properties south of Boyd near the tracks. A gut feeling tells me that if the other locations north of Boyd were not approved that this location will have difficulty ever being built.
I don’t understand why the redevelopment north of Boyd near the tracks was not approved?
It seems like a great location and it would replace several very poorly maintained homes.
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