It's odd to me that the sign for Domain 8 specifically mentions walking to Whole Foods, considering the fact that it's currently very awkward to attempt to walk anywhere from the Whole Foods parking lot. They do have provision for walking to the mall but you have to go up some stairs and across the upper level of another parking lot. It's weirdly designed and seems to be yet another situation where cars are the presumed method of getting everywhere. In fact, aside form the mall itself, I find the Domain to be poorly designed for pedestrians. It's just not appealing, and it looks like it's an after-thought.
I wish the entire Domain had been designed with walkability as a core objective, more like a compact little city instead of like a glorified office park and shopping mall. But still, it's interesting, and certainly better than an ordinary suburban office park/mall. I look forward to seeing how it turns out when fully built, as there will probably be a lot more amenities that may silence my whining.
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Originally Posted by Hill Country
...After looking at the rendering some more it does appear that it could be 12-stories and the three parking levels are connected to the office building (as opposed to being a podium) as seen behind the trees in the billboard rendering on the left.
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I hope so. The podium type of design is so odd looking, but I've yet to see one of the projects where there's ground-level retail with parking starting on the next floor up. Maybe that's not so bad, other than the appearance from a distance. One of the main problems with walking around the Domain, toi me, is that it seems like one is constantly walking by parking garages and surface parking lots. This is the main reason I find it an unappealing place to walk, aside from the mall.
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