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A City Center DC 2.0 with mid-range level retail to compliment the top of the line retail at City Center DC and thousands of residential units would do a lot for downtown D.C. Time will tell what they end up doing.
A City Center DC 2.0 with mid-range level retail to compliment the top of the line retail at City Center DC and thousands of residential units would do a lot for downtown D.C. Time will tell what they end up doing.
That's YEARS down the road though. What are they going to do? Tear down that entire strip on H Street where the starbucks is at?
That's YEARS down the road though. What are they going to do? Tear down that entire strip on H Street where the starbucks is at?
Not where the Starbucks is, that's across the street. It's from the Chipotle and McDonald's to F street. That entire strip could incorporate a pedestrian arcade between buildings like City Center DC does and could support thousands of residential units and hundreds of square feet of retail. There are so many changes happening in downtown D.C. it only makes sense that the arena would move. It has done its' job and helped start to revitalize downtown D.C. back in 1997 when it was built.
I think downtown D.C. will be very different by the time their lease is up anyway. There are a lot of office to residential conversion's coming soon and retail expansion is booming downtown right now. Madison Square Garden is moving out of Manhattan and it makes sense that Verizon Center move out of downtown D.C. to the waterfront too.
A City Center DC 2.0 with mid-range level retail to compliment the top of the line retail at City Center DC and thousands of residential units would do a lot for downtown D.C. Time will tell what they end up doing.
I don't think that this will happen, and this would be a blatantly terrible idea IMO. Verizon Center may be the best intergrated "Downtown" major stadium in the country, even better integrated than Madison Square Garden. There are bars and restaurants immediately connected to the building that you can walk up to from the street on 3 sides, not to mention the ones lining 7th street on both sides in Chinatown. The Metro connection is seamless, and again probably no city with a stadium that size has direct transit connections that good, other than MSG and maybe Barclays in the country. That Metro station sits on top of 3 lines and is a major transfer station. The Lucky Strike, the movie theater and other bars are in an adjacent building, technically, with condos above but seamlessly connect to the stadium where most people don't even realize that it's a different building. Moving Verizon Center would make no sense to me for multiple reasons. The development potential honestly there can only max out at a certain point due to the height limits, and you wouldn't even get to redevelop the entire 7th between Fst and Hst cooridor. Because there are existing condos on top of retail taking up half of that block. Leaving only the Verizon Center arena itself for actual redevelopment. I hate that it's true, but it's a fact that with height limits only going up to 12 stories the development potential you can only build up but so much. Renovate it when necessary and build the outdoor stadiums outside of downtown, but leave the Phone Booth alone, is what I say. After all it did for downtown Abe Pollin would be rolling over in his grave.
-Indoor Track Field House
-Market
-Community Garden
-Skate Park
-Dog Park
-Urban Beach
-Splash Park
-Floating Pool
-Amphitheater
-Ecology Lab
-Bandshell
-MiniGolf
-Movie Theater
-Bowling Alley
-Rock Climbing Wall
-Fitness Center
-Driving Range
-Multi-Purpose Fields
-Retail
-Exercise Park
-Picnic Areas
-Carousel
-Environmental Center
-Aquatic Center
-Ice Rink
-Aquarium
I don't think that this will happen, and this would be a blatantly terrible idea IMO. Verizon Center may be the best intergrated "Downtown" major stadium in the country, even better integrated than Madison Square Garden. There are bars and restaurants immediately connected to the building that you can walk up to from the street on 3 sides, not to mention the ones lining 7th street on both sides in Chinatown. The Metro connection is seamless, and again probably no city with a stadium that size has direct transit connections that good, other than MSG and maybe Barclays in the country. That Metro station sits on top of 3 lines and is a major transfer station. The Lucky Strike, the movie theater and other bars are in an adjacent building, technically, with condos above but seamlessly connect to the stadium where most people don't even realize that it's a different building. Moving Verizon Center would make no sense to me for multiple reasons. The development potential honestly there can only max out at a certain point due to the height limits, and you wouldn't even get to redevelop the entire 7th between Fst and Hst cooridor. Because there are existing condos on top of retail taking up half of that block. Leaving only the Verizon Center arena itself for actual redevelopment. I hate that it's true, but it's a fact that with height limits only going up to 12 stories the development potential you can only build up but so much. Renovate it when necessary and build the outdoor stadiums outside of downtown, but leave the Phone Booth alone, is what I say. After all it did for downtown Abe Pollin would be rolling over in his grave.
Agreed. I love the location of Verizon Center. Moving it would be a huge step in the wrong direction. Now the Football stadium is a different story. That would be a perfect location for the new football stadium. Those renderings look pretty ridiculous though. Looks like something proposed in the 1960's that has about a zero percent chance of happening. May as well throw in a monorail while we are at it .
Traffic is already horrendous in The City and downtown San Francisco is a gigantic, nonstop construction zone, now this $6 billion monstrosity has begun.
Yeah, Im totally pro development but this is an island the Bay Bridge runs through and is the only way on and off via car is the bridge
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Infrastructure work has begun on the $6 billion Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island redevelopment, one of the largest mixed-use projects in the Bay Area with 8,000 residential units planned.
A development partnership of Lennar Urban (NYSE: LEN), Kenwood Investments, Stockbridge Capital Group and Wilson Meany started work last week, which will include demolition of 40 existing structures, new roads, utilities and parks. The first phase will include around 2,100 residential units, up to 500 hotel rooms and 90 acres of parks, built on around 45 acres on Treasure Island's western shoreline and the 80-acre Yerba Buena Island.
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