tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post6831635749649908368..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Florida Rock Development Reboots, Meets ResistanceKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-10310876042717981562012-02-07T10:21:00.969-05:002012-02-07T10:21:00.969-05:00An ecotone is a transition between two ecosystems ...An ecotone is a transition between two <b>ecosystems</b> or habitats. The phrasing used in this article makes no sense (there is no such thing as "an ecology", so you can't have a "transition zone between two ecologies").Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11579564088604466696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-71771669519427801912012-02-06T15:11:42.164-05:002012-02-06T15:11:42.164-05:00One worries about yet another large rental buildin...One worries about yet another large rental building in the Ballpark District, sized for a REIT to buy at top dollar and therefore charge top dollar rents for, ensuring turnover and denying much sense of place or "neighborhood" in a meaningful sense of the word. Reduction in the retail component only compounds the problem.<br /><br />For a by-right project, this concern isn't relevant, but Florida Rock is a PUD. A PUD should have public amenities. The "ecotone" possibly counts, as would the park. But the percentage of affordable/subsidized units seems to be the same as IZ requires for a by-right development, and such a large building ensures that it will be more a world unto itself than part of an organically urban community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-40001946797871203912012-02-06T14:26:29.491-05:002012-02-06T14:26:29.491-05:00There needs to be a mix of offices and residence. ...There needs to be a mix of offices and residence. If an area is all businesses, then it gets a bunch of lunch places, banks and dry cleaners and rolls up after 5pm and on weekends.<br /><br />If its all residences, it's dead during the day. <br /><br />With both you can have a wider variety of business and the area can bustle day, evening and weekends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-64020217928934718212012-02-06T14:08:16.965-05:002012-02-06T14:08:16.965-05:00That's a shame. Residential doesn't offer ...That's a shame. Residential doesn't offer the same density that office does (i.e., 1000 sq. ft. houses two residents or four office workers), and having more residents on site will make it more difficult to lease the remaining retail to livelier, noisier uses (e.g., bars) that might be appropriate next to a ballpark.<br /><br />That said, it probably makes sense given the distance to Metro and the surfeit of empty offices nearby. Plus, there's only so many little retail nodes facing the waterfront that can be developed in isolation -- this site is far enough from the Yards Park that they won't be seen as one contiguous "restaurant row."Paytonhttp://westnorth.comnoreply@blogger.com