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Originally Posted by Policy Wonk
Yes, and I love what they have done with the place - but most people here would call it suburban hell. And even better, if you visit their sales website, atleast recently there are loving profiles of families who just achieved their first single family home with a two car garage. Lots of emphasis on the garage. There was even an article in the Denver Post about how people were buying their first single family homes in Stapleton.
I am completely cool with all of that, just don't sell it as a successful new urbanism project. And given the tenor of the initial development are you really going to hold your breath on Forest City coming through with the rest?
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It's not up to Forest City. The city and the community has to approve any changes to the plan. We (the community/city) spent years on the plan before we even hired Forest City, so Forest City hasn't been allowed to sway (except for very minor changes). Everyone has/is committed to the walkable/sustainable/dense plan, but we're not done...we still have a ways to go to fill in.
...and the single family subject is only one portion of the type of living. You make it sound like everyone at Stapleton wants to and lives in single family. The fastest selling homes in Stapleton right now are multi-family. The latest approved projects are all multi-family.
Sorry, but it is still a new-urban development. New-urban does not mean no single family.