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Belmar

Bus Transit at Belmar

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  • Belmar
  • Greyfield redevelopment
  • malls to mainstreets
  • transit
When it was built in the 1960s, Villa Italia was the largest mall west of the Mississippi. In decline years later, Villa Italiana was scraped and replaced with Belmar, an award-winning mixed-use neighborhood development. Now buses serve the development's tight-knit network of streets and blocks. On the right are eclectic local shops in tiny retail space lining a Belmar parking structure.
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Micro Retail at Belmar

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  • Belmar
  • dead mall
  • Greyfield redevelopment
  • liner retail
  • parking
A 2006 Charter Awards winner, Belmar is one of the more promising malls-to-mixed-use conversions. And here's one reason why. Too many projects of this genre generate a modicum of mixed-use urbanism but focus heavily on major national retailers. They provide parking at typical mall ratios (such as 4 spaces per thousand square feet) and, as a result, parking overpowers the sense of place. On Belmar's side streets, one sees a variety of locally owned boutiques and restaurants. And as pictured here, the creators of Belmar do something particularly creative -- lining a parking deck with tiny retail spaces occupied by offbeat and artsy businesses.
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Belmar

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  • City Plan
  • Colorado
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Belmar Site Plan

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  • Belmar
  • Comercial Space
  • Lakewood
 
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