Nine Mile Station Transit Oriented Development Master Plan
Strategy for turning Aurora’s Nine Mile Light Rail Station area into a magnetic district of new mixed-use development.
Client
Aurora, Colorado
Project Size
650,000 sf, 2,000 residential units
Professional Services
Master Planning
Urban Design/Planning
As part of the City of Aurora’s coordinated program of capturing the benefits of new transit access, RNL developed a strategy for turning the Nine Mile Light Rail Station area into a magnetic district of new mixed-use development. This station is one of the busiest in the regional transit system.
RNL created a master plan and redevelopment strategy built around a relocation of the LRT station to a central position close to potential development sites, a redevelopment concept for the 20 acre Regatta Plaza site, a streetscape and landscape program on Parker Road, and a mixed-use site plan including repositioning a King Soopers market to make room for a vertically mixed-use development. High density low rise residential development and retail enlivens the central plaza, where a hotel and office round out the land uses.
The development is self-sufficient in decked parking, wrapped with retail and residential uses.
The first step in the program is a pedestrian bridge over Parker Road, followed by development of the large properties. Other features included a parking plan and implementation program for public investments, coordination of pedestrian and bike trails with regional routes, and new access to Cherry Creek State Park.
Meet the team
Rich
von Luhrte
Emeritus Board Member
In service to community and profession, Richard L. von Luhrte has made our communities better places to live, work and visit. You would be hard-pressed to find someone more passionate about placemaking or more committed to advancing the craft of Architecture, and we are proud to have him as a Senior Principal and Emeritus Board Member at RNL.
