Urban design strategies

Urban design strategies
Calexico Gateway to Mexico
Location: Calexico, Imperial County
Timeframe: 2008 - 2009
Project Partners

City of Calexico

Project Services
  • Public workshops
  • Scenario building
  • Urban design strategies


Project Report (2.06 MB pdf)

The Calexico Demonstration project helped the City to prepare a Master Plan that assesses the historic downtown district’s economic viability and the revitalization work that must be accomplished t

Indio Highway 99 / Indio Boulevard Study
Location: Indio, Riverside County
Timeframe: 2008 - 2009
Project Partners

City of Indio

Project Services
  • Design charrettes
  • Redevelopment and infill analysis
  • Urban design strategies


Project Report (10.6MB pdf)

The City of Indio has envisioned the four-mile segment of Indio Boulevard as a pleasant and safe boulevard.  It will also serve as the main attractor corridor for Indio’s future economic growth, co

Azusa Citrus Station TOD Concepts
Location: Azusa, Los Angeles County
Timeframe: 2007 - 2008
Project Partners

City of Azusa

Project Services
  • Redevelopment and infill analysis
  • Return on investment analysis
  • Urban design strategies


Project Report (2MB pdf)

The intent of this demonstration project was to examine the potential market demand for commercial development around the Citrus Station and identify the most appropriate mix of housing, commercial

Los Angeles HACLA Jordan Downs Specific Plan
Location: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Timeframe: 2009 - 2010
Project Partners

City of Los Angeles

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

Project Services
  • Policy recommendations
  • Public workshops
  • Urban design strategies


This project assisted in the development of the Jordan Downs Specific Plan, and provided sustainability strategies for green building and GHG reductions.

Lake Elsinore Key to Downtown Design Guidelines
Location: Lake Elsinore, Riverside County
Timeframe: 2009 - 2010
Project Partners

City of Lake Elsinore

Project Services
  • Open houses and meetings
  • Policy recommendations
  • Urban design strategies


The purpose of this project is to create design standards and visualization products for the City's planned development of a new Civic Center and focal point for a larger downtown revitalization ma

La Mirada Imperial Hwy. Corridor Specific Plan
Location: La Mirada, Los Angeles County
Timeframe: 2009 - 2010
Project Partners

City of La Mirada

Project Services
  • Development code analysis and amendment
  • Urban design strategies


This Demonstration Project assisted the City of La Mirada in development of the Imperial Highway Specific Plan that established a comprehensive policy and regulatory guidance document for all prope

Fontana Downtown Overlay District
Location: Fontana, San Bernardino County
Timeframe: 2009 - 2010
Project Partners

City of Fontana

Project Services
  • Identifying obstacles to infill
  • Redevelopment and infill analysis
  • Urban design strategies


This project will conduct an opportunities analysis for transit-oriented redevelopment in the Downtown Overlay District.

Holtville Economic Development & Master Plan
Location: Holtville, Imperial County
Timeframe: 2008 - 2009
Project Partners

City of Holtville

Project Services
  • Design charrettes
  • Urban design strategies

The City of Holtville wanted to enhance the existing urban fabric in the downtown area, specifically the Holt Park area.  The area has buildings built up close to the street and parking lots behind

Coachella Pueblo Viejo Revitalization
Location: Coachella, Riverside County
Timeframe: 2008 - 2009
Project Partners

City of Coachella

Sunline Transit

Project Services
  • Public involvement
  • Redevelopment and infill analysis
  • Scenario building
  • Urban design strategies

This Coachella Pueblo Viejo project goal was to assist in the revitalization of the "heart" of the City's downtown in concert with the city-wide General Plan update then underway.

Calimesa Boulevard Downtown Revitalization Project
Location: Calimesa, Riverside County
Timeframe: 2008 - 2009
Project Partners

City of Calimesa

Project Services
  • Development code analysis and amendment
  • Photorealistic visualizations
  • Policy recommendations
  • Public involvement
  • Urban design strategies

The City of Calimesa project provided development codes and design guidelines to create a pedestrian-oriented atmosphere consistent with traditional Southern California architectural styles such as

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