Reshaping Suburbia

Strategically placed in a suburb that has no traditional downtown, Crocker Park Crocker Park development in Westlake, OH, has filled a niche, giving residents, as well as those in neighboring communities, an attractive, welcoming place to shop, dine, play, and, eventually, live and work. Plans for t...

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Published in:Buildings 2005-08, Vol.99 (8), p.38
Main Author: Suttell, Robin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Baby boomers
Cities
Community development
Condominiums
Housing
Lifestyles
Office space
Parks & recreation areas
Real estate developments
Restaurants
Shopping
Site planning
Suburban areas
Urban planning
Urbanism
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Summary:Strategically placed in a suburb that has no traditional downtown, Crocker Park Crocker Park development in Westlake, OH, has filled a niche, giving residents, as well as those in neighboring communities, an attractive, welcoming place to shop, dine, play, and, eventually, live and work. Plans for the evolving development, which encompasses 12 city blocks, include Class-A office space; a boutique hotel; luxury apartments; and high-end, single-family homes. In the familiar manner of urban sprawl, it appears that the concept of new urbanism has firmly entrenched itself in the suburbs. New urbanism, an international movement originally designed to revitalize cities' flagging downtown areas, promotes the creation and restoration of diverse, walkable, compact, vibrant, mixed-use communities. These developments are composed of the same components as conventional development - retail, office, hospitality, and residential - but are planned and executed in a more integrated fashion in the form of complete communities. While this concept remains alive and well in America's city hubs, it now has planted firm roots in the suburbs, too, as Baby Boomers near empty-nest status and/or retirement and find themselves longing for a more walkable, urban environment in which to live, shop, work, and play.
ISSN:0007-3725
2471-3112