This new drawing provides a sneak peek of the latest plans for Regent Square in North Montrose. And it shows a few changes from earlier views of GID Urban Development Group’s new 24-acre mixed-use project.
Earlier drawings showed several new streets cutting diagonally through the site of the recently demolished Allen House Apartments. But this latest leaked drawing of the complex’s first phase shows a straightened north-south axis coming off Allen Parkway, resulting in buildings with fewer odd angles.
This new drawing dates from late April. Our tipster reports:
. . . they will have some pretty cool apartments there in addition to condos and retail. This pic shows allen pkwy on the far right. The 2 shadows are the condo towers. The apartments will be 5 and 8 stories in multiple buildings and will have some awesome amenities including the rooftop pool you can see there.
After the jump: Closeups of the new drawing, plus a longing last look at those kinky old plans!
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Here’s the older plan, with Allen Parkway shown at the top:
And an older rendering looking south:
But forget about all that. Here are closeups of the new drawing, showing a straightened path from Allen Parkway to the new heart of North Montrose:
- Regent Square [GID Urban Development Group]
- Regent Square [David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services]
- Allen House Demo Pix [Swamplot]
I’m actually dissapointed that they straightened the streets out. They added some spice to the project. But then again, it will probably still feel the same to pedestrians and motorists, but not to us always looking from a birds eye view :)
To add, I see much less green space as well. Hopefully the part this new picture does not show keeps it’s green spaces.
I’m very disappointed. The first plan was truly unique site design. This just moves the project closer to other generic New Urbanism as seen in Dallas, Denver, Chicago, California, anywhere. There are still some interesting angles left in this plan. Hopefully they don’t disappear with the next revision.