Gale begins demo for $500m village.Demolition Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It contrasts with deconstruction, which is the taking down of a building while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. for the first phase of the highly anticipated $500 million Belmar Seaport Village Seaport Village is a shopping and dining complex overlooking the bay in San Diego, California. It houses more than 70 shops, galleries, and eateries on 90,000 square feet (0 m) of waterfront property. project got underway this week. The first phase of the mixed-used, pedestrian A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically. History Walking is the primary means of human locomotion. friendly project includes the redevelopment of two sites located at 800 Main Street and 500 Main Street in the New Jersey shore town. Demolition began on the former Seacoast Chevrolet building, located at 800 Main Street, to make way for 38 condos and town homes, 9,500 s/f of ground floor retail space and 67 covered parking spaces. Master developer Gale Belmar LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a subsidiary of Mack-Cali Realty realty n. a short form of "real estate." (See: real estate) REALTY. An abstract of real, as distinguished from personalty. Realty relates to lands and tenements, rents or other hereditaments. Vide Real Property. Corporation, anticipates construction to begin in the first quarter of 2007. "Belmar Seaport Village truly sets a new standard of how redevelopment should take place between the public and private sectors," commented Thomas Walsh Thomas Walsh may refer to:
"We have spent considerable time and effort meeting with Belmar's municipal leaders, business groups, downtown property owners, business owners and citizens. Due to our intensive planning taking place, Belmar is assured of a new, exciting mixed-use development Mixed-use development refers to the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. In planning zone terms, this can mean some combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, institutional, or other land uses. that not only preserves all that is special about this wonderful town, but also builds on its future." Gale Belmar held several public design workshops that led to the adoption of the Belmar Seaport Village Design Guide, which will govern all future development in the area. In addition, Belmar has embarked on a town-wide Sustainability Plan to ensure the long-term economic, cultural, and environmental viability of the community. At the heart of this is The Seaport Redevelopment Plan, which will strengthen the town's tax base, build upon New Jersey's Smart Growth strategy and preserve and improve the natural environment of Belmar and the region. Sustainable design is also a notable feature of Belmar Seaport Village. Key sustainable design principles will include more efficient use of previously developed land, reducing automobile dependence, increasing pedestrian activity, improving interior and exterior air quality, decreasing storm-water run-off and reducing the use of limited natural resources. |
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