Reinventing Suburbs

Where is that seven acre warehouse going to move to?
Published on February 27, 2011

The Globe has an article today titled Can we reinvent the suburbs.

For the most part, I lean toward supporting the concept of mix-use developments in “grey-field” locations as long as they are well designed and integrated into employment and transportation planning processes.

I do wonder about one comment in the article.  It is asserted that replacing a seven acre development with a mixed use development is a good thing.

In one site developers are considering for intensification, a warehouse with 60 employees covers seven acres, a gross waste of urban real estate.

The question that is not asked is where is that seven acre warehouse going to move to?

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