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Have you been to Stapleton? This is just wrong.

Stapleton's 2 REGIONAL shopping centers are on the very edges of the massive development (much larger than Mueller). 7.5 square miles of redevelopment takes time. We have 3 walkable retail/shop/live-work/office areas intermixed INSIDE current Stapleton residential neighborhoods (and more planned). All types of single family/loft/live-work/condo/apt housing is integrated within, and more to come. The development is only 30% complete and the plans for more even better mixed-use and walkability are still coming. This is why certain land plats are skipped over...reserving it for high density, walkable sustainability, and TOD developments. I just hate when people don't know the situation and what is truly going on. You can't judge the book until its at least close to complete. Would you want someone to judge/criticize your project before you have it completed and you just started working on it?

The picture of Northfield above is ONLY THE START. The area was designed with a street grid so that more retail shops/live-work units/and other business can be added and parking lots will be minimized in the future. You can clearly see this in the picture with the lots and street grid. There is nothing wrong with bringing in the tax base to support the expensive infrastructure, and have a future plan of more urban design with more mixed use after this area matures. The center/middle of the shopping area is very walkable with offices, retail, restaurants. Also, it is on the edge of the development and is planned as a REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER. This means it is designed to bring folks from several miles away.

How about taking a picture within the real Stapleton -- where the 9000 people actually live? No one lives near Northfield yet. That area is slated for residential/hotel/mixed used development immediately surrounding Northfield 5 years from now.