The Tempe community will be built on 16 acres and would see about 1,000 residents living within 636 housing units, surrounded by communal space, green space and 24,000 square feet of retail. Instead of using personal cars, residents would have access to other transportation methods, including light rail, buses, ride-sharing, bikes, an on-site car-share fleet, scooters and more.
According to the article, the company also has sights for Dallas, Denver and Raleigh-Durham.
This led Dallas Business Journal to ask the question, “Where in DFW could a car-free neighborhood fit?”
“Where would you get 16 acres that doesn’t cost in the triple digits [per square foot]? They might have to go way north or way south for that. I love the concept, but they might be late to the game. When I think about people who would be into a car-less lifestyle, they don’t live in the suburbs,” Chuck Dannis told DBJ.
Dannis is the senior managing director of National Valuation Consultants and adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University.
Looking north and northwest of downtown, a few large land tracts exist near the Lake Highlands, LBJ/Skillman and Downtown Garland stations along the Blue Line, according to Dallas Business Journal.
So do we think that a car-free neighborhood could fit in Lake Highlands? Are we ready to turn in our cars for buses and trains?
Here’s the map which identifies DART stations where enough undeveloped space exists nearby for a Culdesac-like development.
