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3. Meet Your Speakers
Chris Grady
KEPHART
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John Guilliams
KGA Studio Architects
jguilliams@kgarch.com
Brad Haigh, PLA
Norris Design
bhaigh@norris-design.com
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5. What You’ll
Learn
• Identify amenity trends pre- and
post-COVID-19.
• Discuss how single family for rent
addresses amenities and creates
a sense of community, even with
residents in flux.
• Compare and find commonalities
among different community types
(for sale, for rent & 55+) that can
be applied to most, if not all, new
community projects, including
multifamily and single-family.
Art: People are craving unique places and experiences. Art is a way to differentiate and appeal to renters, buyers and stand out from the competition.
The last overarching ideas Connection and Time these are a little more emotive. The feeling that places make you feel and the memories that you create in places last forever.
Throughout covid the importance of amenities, open space and nature where people could connect was and still will be critical.
The idea of Time was one that was thrown out from Manny as he started out on our panel. Manny has since retired to get exactly this thing, time.
and also as intimate spaces the better. Quality time and experiences are what everyone craves right now.
The more we can integrate the amenities with convenience, work options, flexible spaces that function for large groups
We are going to start high level and then zoom into some details.
It is so important when looking at amenities to not just pick them from a list but to look at each community as a unique opportunity and focus on who is going to be the end use and design the amenities for them.
Arras Park big idea was life in the park. 75% of the homes front, side, back open space, park, trails, pocket parks, greenways.
Amenities to me don’t work al a cart where you pick from a list and call it done. Creating amenities that relate to future residence is key early in projects.
Life in the Park
Example here to the left is a shelter of a pocket library structure, flex lawns space is still critical is all shapes and sizes.
On the right we have integrated play pods along the spine trail that comments from park to park. This one has a climbing boulder. Spaces to get off the main path with hammocks, bike repair station, and respites along the trails give people options.
We are seeing Health and wellness is playing a role in every community amenity also.
Push amenities to innovate
Play and playgrounds are an area we see elevating the creativity. Nature play elements, hill slides, destination playgrounds that bring people from all around the community together.
Amphitheaters are another great amenity we are seeing. They are great for movies in the park, larger community gatherings, small concerts. It also functions as a workout area and place to read a book, have a picnic, do some work when they are not in full use for events
Technology
The original concept at Arras park was to provide wifi throughout the community. There were some logistical challenges with this so if you want this start early conversations with providers.
We also helped create a virtual sales center for the community as homes sales started May of 2020 in the early pandemic shelter in place.
Uplands
233 Ac in Westminster
Sustainability/Water Use
Pollinator
Attainable Housing
A new mixed use Village Center provides a walkable/bikeable retail amenities, dry cleaning, coffee, bar, restaurant
This graphic shows how sustainability infiltrates the interior and exterior of the homes and into the entire community.
Bloom is a 226 acre mixed use community in Fort Collins a College town in northern Colorado.
Not every community has to be overly programmed with amenities. Due to the location and the adjacent amenities like regional trails and access to breweries the amenity program at Bloom is relatively light.
Pollinator Corridors/ rain gardens and reclaimed water system/ connectivity
Attainable/Affordable/Mixed Use/Mixed Housing
Buckley Yard
44 Acres
Wanted to touch on the amenity difference we are seeing between MPC/MF and Single Family for rent. Single Family For Rent communities are competing with both multi family amenities and SFD to draw in renters/buyers. Thus, we see a similar package of amenities to MF/MPC like dog park, playground, pool/clubhouse but I would say the level of finishes are typically not a luxurious and durability is critical.
Downtown Denver infill project
Influence of Hospitality
Luxury materials, high quality finishes and high design that you see in 4/5 star hotels are more integrated into the multi-family market as rents push higher and higher.
Collaboration with the design team to create a seamless indoor/outdoor experience.
Food/Drink Service at the pool
Experiences are key to bring in the overarching concept of Connection. Everyone wants to feel a part of something from a culinary foodie group, dog group, pool party group, work outside group. Providing these areas for people to gather is critical.
50 acre mixed use site in Aurora on a light rail stop
Overall Master plan
Wanted to fucus on the integration of art on this project. From murals to plazas and found spaces we want art to guide the entire development. We have a 1% of construction requirement for the entire project to incorporate as art. We are looking how art integrates from the very beginning on this.
Public Realm (string our pearls concept connects small urban parks, greenway and plazas)
The way that people experience a place can be an amenity in itself, in creating a unique public realm. Having food truck plazas, farmers markets, second level beer garden create both experiences and convenience. This relates to 2 of the overarching idea of time and connection.
There is a build in amenity and convenience in mixed use communities from access to food drinks to multimodal transit options like bus, separated bike/scooter lane, uber/lyft pickup station.
Wind Crest is on 89 acres in southern Denver metro area and almost 1600 units
The Evolution of 55+ communities since this project started in 2003.
We design the neighborhood 1 from 2003-2007. The biggest selling points were mountain views and ability to provide view to the gardens.
Neighborhood 2 spanned 2009-2015. We focused on affordable amenities like community gardens, bocce, horseshoe pits, fire pits.
Neighborhood 3 2016-2022 Was about providing a place to gather. As I mentioned earlier People want connection especially if moving from a single family resident/community they had friends at. We do joke as a design team that we are designing places for people to drink, whether that is coffee, wine, beer or a cocktails.
Trails are still the number 1 amenity
Amphitheatre that they have programmed concerts, movies, weddings, pig roast
Outdoor Terrace dining and event space
The importance during covid of having these outside spaces was critical.
Vita is an urban mixed use 55+ community in Littleton, Colorado
159 units
Small Restaurant/ retail use incorporated
Small amphitheater, community gardens, outdoor kitchen
Using the fire lane as a plaza amenity with flexibility to add seating for the amphitheater
Capture the views!