While I actually like Wegman’s as a store, I’d think that the actual architectural monstrosity of it all would lower one’s property value.
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Update on South Heights
Not much change that I can see in three and a half months. Looks like the sewer hookups are in now though
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Any updates on any of these projects? 
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@JonathanMelton Do you know if there are any sidewalk or bike lane projects planned in this area or specifically around Carnage?
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Unless you had other information I was under the impression that the Mixed Use project was dead or dying
It may be, I’m not sure.
I’m out of town right now, but will definitely take a walk and post some pictures once I’m back in a week or so.
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As far as I know, our last update was a scaling back of the plans, and that was 4 years ago this month. I think it’s safe to assume it’s dead or indefinitely postponed at this point.
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What a shame. Hope it comes back to the table at some point, I love adaptive reuse like this - reminds me of the Iron Works dev
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The Gray
At least a few have sold
Bonus pic of the warehouses immediately to the south that were supposed to be renovated
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Update on Toulon Place, and Summit at Sawyer
Feels like everything (Gray, Toulon, Summit) is moving very fast in this neck of the woods
Toulon Place
Summit at Sawyer
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Update on South Heights and Garner Rd Townhomes
South Heights
Going vertical!
From Garner Rd
From Sawyer Rd
Garner Rd Townhomes
From the greenway
From Garner Rd
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I hope all of these developers plant trees wherever possible so that their residents and other pedestrians are cool during the spring and summer months.
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The Gray
Some siding has gone up on the earliest units
Pedestrian safety improvements. This alone isn’t much, but it’s at least a sign that the city wants to improve walkability here. I wonder if this was offered by the developer as part of the Gray’s permitting/approvals, or is just a coincidence
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South Heights
The first building to go vertical a few weeks ago (northwestern corner of the lot) is now on the second story, and the previously empty southwestern corner is going vertical
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Toulon Place
Siding going up here as well
General observations
tl;dr There is a lot of housing going up in this neighborhood and I hope that the city is thinking about how to improve walkability and bikeability
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Hopefully this photo helps show how quickly housing is being built in this neighborhood.
Standing where I took the photo, there are developments going up in every direction.
- Left: South Heights (Garner + Sawyer on the map)
- Right: Toulon Place
- Directly behind: Summit at Sawyer
Here’s the map that’s been shared before:
I walk around this neighborhood a lot, and as of right now the pedestrian experience is mostly an afterthought. I’ve posted before about the lack of sidewalks. Another example from today, walking east along Bragg from Person: first there are no sidewalks, then when you get to Garner Rd, the button to request a walk signal is on a corner of the street which has no sidewalks and not even a crosswalk to get over to it. I am not sure how this happened…
There are about to be hundreds (maybe 1,000+?) more residents on just these few blocks within the next few years, with more on the way. I hope some real effort is put into giving the people who will live here the option not to get in their car to make short trips. As of right now, I wouldn’t blame someone for avoiding it assuming it would be unsafe. The built environment is currently telling people passing through here “if you aren’t in a car, there is nothing for you here”.
The good news is that there is low-hanging fruit to be picked. These developments are all 1-3 blocks from the Little Rock Tr greenway. I would think that putting in few blocks of sidewalk to connect over to the greenway would be a no-brainer.
Another point, I agree with @trueurbanist here that this is important: the weather today was much more bearable once I got on the greenway, mostly just because the trees provide a fair amount of shade.
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The large Passage Home block on Hoke St is changing to a single-building old folks home (probably surrounded by surface parking), right? Rather than the multi-building urban-style layout previously planned?
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And probably low income instead of mixed income to make the project even worse