NEW YORK: The five hundred and forty-first entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
Tod Elkins, principal of UrbanWorks, likens University Avenue to a “Miracle Mile,” referring to the many thoroughfares across the United States that have become bustling shopping, entertainment and cultural destinations. University was once a major retail corridor and will be again, Elkins says.
“In the future, University will become similar to Washington D.C.’s Orange Line. New large retail and apartment developments have reinvigorated that transit way. I’m surprised University has taken as long as it has to take off, but sometime soon it will look that way too.”
A new mixed-used project at 2700 University, at the corner of University and Emerald Avenues at the Westgate Green Line light-rail station, is a leap forward. Designed by Elkins and his team at UrbanWorks Architecture for Flaherty & Collins Properties, the LEED Silver, amenity-rich development broke ground Monday.
