'VILLAGE' COULD BE BUILT UP BY 2009.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Lancaster City Manager James Gilley briefed real estate agents on the city's plans to remake an aging downtown neighborhood with a park and new homes and apartments. The North Downtown Transit Village A transit village is a planned development around a transportation hub, such as a train station, with the intent to make it convenient for village dwellers to get to/from work or run errands and travel via a public transportation network. could be mostly completed within seven years, Gilley told Greater Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Association of Realtors members Thursday at an association luncheon. ``If we go hard at it, I think we could see the bulk of this done in five to seven years,'' Gilley said. ``If we mess around, who knows?'' The redevelopment plan is intended to redo To reverse an undo operation. See undo. the blocks bounded generally by Avenue I, the Metrolink railroad tracks, Kettering Street and Fern Avenue. Demolition started last month for the project's first major element, a 76-unit senior apartment complex with a Mediterranean-style motif at Kettering Street and Elm Avenue. A neighboring 40-unit complex will be refurbished to blend with the new project. The centerpiece of the transit village plan will be a municipal park coupled with expanded campuses of Desert Christian School A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. and Sacred Heart Catholic Church Sacred Heart Catholic Church can refer to:
The park is expected to cover 10 to 12 acres and include baseball fields, soccer fields and basketball courts. The city has already spent $1.6 million to acquire a 54-unit apartment complex that sits on a portion of the park-school campus site. |
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